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VOLUME 39 MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 NUMBER 24 Class of Panelists debate privacy concerns 2003 seeks of homeland security measures by Jenny Cieplak, 1L to set class Law Weekly Last Wednesday, the Federalist Society hosted a debate on the new gift record U.S.A. PATRIOT Act’s terrorism- by Jon Massimino, 2L investigation measures. The debate Law Weekly included perspectives from conserva- tives, libertarians and liberals, and The Class of 2003 is making a centered on the Act’s wiretapping, final push the last week of classes to document gathering and surveillance increase participation in the provisions. The event was moderated Graduating Class Gift program. The by Professor Mark Bonner of the Law Graduating Class Gift program pro- Center, who is also currently a Senior vides 3L and 4E students an oppor- Policy Advisor at the Department of tunity to show their support for the Homeland Security. Law Center with an unrestricted The PATRIOT Act is composed of gift for use where the campus need ten different measures, none of which is greatest or designated to a partic- were debated at the event. While all ular area of the Law Center such as the panelists agreed that the Act con- a clinic, journal or the library. tained many important measures that Photo by Jenny Cieplak, 1L “I am particularly grateful for were long overdue, they were sharply Panelists debate the potential violation of personal liberties caused by the the strong support that our graduat- divided on one component – the PATRIOT Act at an event hosted by the Federalist Society last Wednesday. ing students have demonstrated in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. can now gain access to any organiza- which they will be reviewed and recent years through the This component includes a provision tion’s records upon a showing that debated again. Graduating Class Gift program. making pen registers applicable to such information is relevant to a ter- Beryl Howell of Stroz Friedberg, a Your high participation rate is an internet use so that addresses visited rorist investigation. A roving wiretap computer forensic services firm, was inspiration to alumni who graduat- and e-mails sent can be recorded by provision, allowing to FBI to tap mul- General Counsel on the Senate ed in past years because it lets them law enforcement. Pen registers do not tiple phones of one person who may Judiciary Committee when the Act know that you appreciate their gifts, collect content of e-mails sent, but law be switching cellular phones, has also gifts that have made it possible to enforcement officials also do not need been added. The new provisions con- See PATRIOT, page 4 probable cause to get them. The FBI tain a four year sunset clause, after See GIFT, page 5 Dean Search Committee membership Barristers’ appointed; student committee on hold Council by Avedis H. Seferian, 2L Law Weekly ends highly The newly formed Dean Search Committee met with the student lead- ership last Monday to introduce them- successful selves and begin discussing issues per- tinent to the search for a new Law Center Dean. Outgoing Dean Judy season Areen opened the meeting by inform- by Matt Dalton, 1L Law Weekly ing those present of the composition of the Committee, before leaving the With wins at the International room to allow the Committee to have a Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court conversation with the student leaders. Competition, the National Frederick The 12-member Committee is Douglass Moot Court Competition, and chaired by Professor Robert Pitofsky, the National Thurgood Marshall Mock who was Dean of the Law Center Trial Competition, the 2002-2003 school before Dean Areen. In addition to year proved to be a very successful one Pitofsky, the Law Center community for the Law Center’s moot court, ADR will have nine more voices on the and mock trial teams. Committee, in the form of seven other Georgetown participants competed professors, one student and a distin- Photo by Mark Leighton, 2L Some members of the Dean Search Committee at a meeting last Monday, from left in many competitions and were usually to right: Todd Walter, 2L, Prof. Gottesman, Meyer, Prof. Pitofsky, Prof. O’Sullivan, Dean See DEAN, page 4 Mlyniec, Prof. Patterson and Prof. Diamond. See BC, page 6

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Clinic Acceptances St. Thomas More Chapel - A list of students who have been Home of New Boston Piano accepted into a clinic will be posted on Campus Ministry is happy to a board in the third floor atrium and at announce the arrival of a new Boston each clinic at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Baby Grand Piano. Through the gen- Apr. 15, 2003. The list will also be erosity of GULC alumna, Elizabeth posted on the clinics' web page Heffernan, Esq., the new instrument (www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics) on provides wonderful accompaniment Apr. 16, 2003. Students must call or to the services celebrated in the chapel. stop by the clinic in which they have Though the piano is intended primari- been offered a slot by 5:00 p.m. on ly for worship, following a long-stand- Monday, Apr. 21, 2003 to accept the ing tradition, musical groups, students offer. and staff are welcome to make use of the instrument. Please treat it with due respect and continue to refrain from eating and drinking in the chapel. Summer Clinics Students who are interested in taking a clinical course during the Summer 2003 term must submit their Registration for 2003-2004 applications to the office of the Registration for Fall 2003 and Assistant Dean for Clinical Programs, Spring 2004 courses will begin on Room 336, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 7 and continue through Monday, Apr. 21, 2003. Applications Friday, Apr. 25. All registration infor- are available in the Registrar's office, mation and materials will be available room 336, and on the web at on-line at www.law.georgetown.edu/reg- www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics. istration/prereg and at the Office of the Registrar throughout the registration period. Time of distribution of materi- als to first year students will be Summer 2003 Registration announced. The Summer Session begins on May 23. Early registration begins on Apr. 7 and will continue through May 23. Students should register ASAP. Sublet Your Apartment Now! The Office of Residence Life pro- Crossword solution on page 3 vides summer sublet listings for GULC students. There is no fee for fac- Attention GULC ulty, staff or students wishing to list their property for the summer. If you Writing Center Closure Earth Day Celebration Class of 2003!!! have an apartment or room that you The Writing Center will close for The Writing Center will close for You are the guests of honor at the wish to sublet for the summer or you the semester on Friday, Apr. 25. Please the semester on Friday, Apr. 25. Please Welcome to the Alumni Association are seeking accommondations for the come to room 540 if you would like to come to room 540 if you would like to Party on Thursday, Apr. 24. Please join summer, check out the Off-campus make an appointment to have a make an appointment to have a us for free beer, food, wine, soda, fun Housing web page at www.law.george- Writing Fellow review your seminar Writing Fellow review your seminar and door prizes at Thunder Grill town.edu/reslife/offcampus/listing.html paper, writing sample, or resume. paper, writing sample, or resume. (inside Union Station) from 6:00 p.m. for information on listing a property until 8:30 p.m. The Alumni or contact the Office of Residence Life Association wishes to congratulate at 202-662-9290 for a summer sublet you on your accomplishments! We listing application. hope to see you there! If you need Cafeteria Closing for Summer JLSA’s Passover Lunch Series more information, please contact On May 19, the cafeteria area will Announcing JLSA's Passover Megan Wagner in Alumni Affairs at begin renovations. It is scheduled to be Lunch Series - All who are hungry, 202-662-9512. completed by mid-August. During come and eat! Why is this lunch differ- National Race for the Cure construction, the servery and seating ent from all other lunches? Come find Join the Georgetown Law team for areas will be closed. The cafeteria will out! Monday, Apr. 21, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. the World’s largest 5k run/walk for substitute a very small satelliet opera- in room 588. Nosh Delicious Kosher- breast cancer on Saturday, Jun. 7, in tion in the lobby area behind the for-Passover Food! Schmooze with the Second Annual Washington D.C. Open to students, Chapel. The Coffee Bar will be tem- Faculty! Passover Lunches, Room 187, Take The Stairs Month - faculty, staff and non-Georgetown stu- porarily relocated to outside the lobby next to the cafeteria. Join us for full Fitness Center Classes dents. To sign up, e-mail GO 1L of the Moot Courtroom. Please direct kosher-for-Passover meal - Tuesday, The Fitness Center has added two Coordinator, Amanda Vance, at any project questions to Shahriar Apr. 22, 12 - 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, new classes - Ballet on Monday at 7:30 [email protected]. Teymourian, Project Manager at x9924 Apr. 23, 12 - 1:00 p.m., Thursday, Apr. p.m. and Jazz on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. or Debby Morey, Direct of Business 24, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. See you there! No dancing experience necessary. Services at x9783. April begins our Second Annual Take The Stairs Month. We are not GULC Idol asking you to run the bleachers, sim- Karaoke Contest/ End of the Year The Law Weekly wishes all ply begin taking the stairs and you Party on Apr. 23, The Quad, 3:30 - 5:30 will see how this can strengthen your p.m. Beer, lemonade and great food! muscles and inprove your stamina. Sponsored by the Office of Student its readers the very best on Look for prizes on the stairwells. Affairs, featuring Evasive Maneuvers Interested in playing on the sum- and Moral Hazard. Advance Karaoke their forthcoming exams and mer softball? We will be playing on sign-up in OSA, 170. Mondays, generally around 6:00 p.m. down on the mall. For more informa- congratulates to all those tion, please contact Karen at x9294. who graduate in May. MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 NEWSNEWS GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 3 Law Center community prepares for Commencement by Lonnie D. Giamela, 3L who spoke during the orientation on Friday to a suits, dresses, and events will conclude with a Dean’s Law Weekly University officials would not con- possibly tuxedos on Saturday night reception for graduates and guests firm or deny either of these speak- during the black-tie optional following the diploma presentation The preparations for ers, stating that an announcement Graduation Gala. The gala will be a ceremonies. Commencement weekend are begin- will be made a later time. dinner dance that will feature a live In preparation for the weekend ning to reach a feverish pace, Though the Law Center has yet dance orchestra and a buffet spread and graduation from the Law according to one school official, as to name its commencement speaker, of fish, chicken, pasta, salad, breads Center, students have a myriad of the graduation weekend is less than students are excited about the events and desserts. The event will take tasks to take care of. Graduates must a month away. With a three day planned for the weekend. Many place at the National Building complete their student loan exit schedule of events planned for stu- believe that the event is more sym- Museum on F Street, directly across interview by Apr. 30, purchase their dents and their families, the only bolic than anything else, but it will from the north entrance to the tickets for the Graduation Gala as major announcement yet to be made be a day to celebrate with loved Judiciary Square metro station. soon as possible as the event is like- is who the Commencement Speaker ones. Tickets for the event are $25 for ly to sell out, return all library books will be. “The essence of law school is graduating students and $50 for all by May 1, and pick up their cap and The announcement of who the that dizzy feeling, resulting from a others until May 4. gown from the Main Campus Book speaker will be is one of strategic combination of adrenaline and caf- Graduation day festivities will Store. Though wearing regalia is not importance for the Law Center, and feine, that you get on the morning of begin with a Baccalaureate Mass at required, the cap and gown will be the university as a whole, as the an exam while waiting for the regis- Leavey Center on Main Campus at available on the Sunday and nation’s top universities are vying trar’s office to post the exam room 9:30 a.m. The mass will be followed Monday prior to Commencement for the most prominent dignitaries list on the McDonough doors,” said by the President’s Brunch with tick- and during weekend of and public officials. George Steven Amchan, 3L. “The com- ets not being required for the event. Commencement. Washington University recently mencement ceremony two weeks After students and their loved For any questions surrounding announced that Associate Supreme later is nice but a little anticlimac- ones get a bite to eat, the focus will the weekend, students are encour- Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor tic.” shift to the actual commencement aged to visit the Office of Student will be speaking at its law school’s The festivities will begin Friday ceremony in the early afternoon. Affairs. ceremony in late May. afternoon with the 2003 Graduating Graduates must report to Dahlgren Rumors continue to circulate Class vs. Faculty softball game. Quad, behind Healy Hall, for rob- throughout the Law Center as to Dean Everett Bellamy, who has been bing between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. who the speaker will be. One admin- the source of the initial competitive The main ceremony, which will istration official and a source close bantering between the two teams, showcase the yet-to-be announced to the speaker selection process told will lead the faculty team. Commencement speaker and the the Law Weekly that the current “I expect Dean Bellamy to handing out of honorary degrees, choice for Commencement speaker pull out all the stops and maybe a will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. At is “someone students became very few ringers - to make sure that the 3:00 p.m., students will then go to familiar with during orientation.” faculty/staff doesn’t lose to both diploma presentation ceremonies The most cited names have been Congressman and Students in the that are presented individually Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize win- same semester,” said former Student based on one’s first year section. ning author of Make No Law, and Bar Association President Corey Locations for those ceremonies Michael Powell, Federal Maze, 3L. include Gaston Hall, Darnall Hall, Communications Commission Students will go from wearing t- White Gravenor Patio, Red Square Chairman and Law Center alum, shirts and shorts at the softball game and Leavey Esplanade. The official PAGE 4 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY NEWSNEWS MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 Pros and cons of USA PATRIOT Act provisions discussed refused to say how much or when they ones. As an example, he mentioned the Armed Forces to the source of the prob- PATRIOT from page 1 had used the powers, even with confi- Fourth Amendment reasonableness lem, like was done in Afghanistan. was passed. She discussed the process dential information redacted. Jaffer jus- doctrine, asking whether this was a Almost all the panelists agreed that used when passing the Act and tified the need to get this information policy or legal question. He also men- law enforcement and investigative explained the reasoning behind the by saying that it is essential to self-gov- tioned data mining – the accumulation agencies would benefit from more sunset clause. She described it as an ernment to know how new policies are of huge amounts of information which Congressional oversight, if only to incentive for the Department of Justice being implemented, and to see whether Justice could use to look for suspicious make sure that agency technology is up to cooperate with Congressional over- to let the sunset clause take effect. He activity and the Department of to date. Most also agreed that the USA sight. “With PATRIOT we took Justice reminded those present that The FBI Transportation could use to assign risk PATRIOT Act was passed without at its word when they said they needed has used surveillance to harass people levels for passengers. Sobel also criti- much debate or oversight, and some these additional powers – now we’ll in the past. cized the withholding of information, questioned the process by which the see how they’ll work out.” Some of the Daniel Levin, of Hale & Dorr and a saying that it is hard to judge reason- Administration attempted to force the changes codified existing practices former Justice Department official, also ableness in a secretive context. bill through. However, it may be years where codes were antiquated or out- spoke in favor of the Act. He stated that Timothy Lynch of the Cato before the bill is challenged in court – dated, she said, and in some ways actu- many of the legal arguments against Institute attempted to reframe the Lynch mentioned that organizations ally increased privacy by defining and had experienced difficulty in finding a clarifying terms. plaintiff or someone willing to violate Avon Williams III, the Principal [Daniel Levin] stated that many of the legal the law to provide context for a legal Deputy General Counsel for the Army, arguments against the Act are really policy dispute. was unreserved in his appreciation of Students attending the panel also the new Act. However, he also said it arguments, and that debate would be clear- ran the gamut from liberal to conserva- has not profoundly altered the conduct er when cast in those terms. “The world really tive. Colin Moriarty, 1L , wondered of intelligence activities. Two of the why many of the panelists emphasized most important changes, he continued, has changed fundamentally,” he said, “but the changes that had taken place in were the provision allowing roving society since Sept. 11. “Obviously ter- wiretaps – now warrants are issued for it’s important to keep things in a proper poli- rorist organizations were around the person instead of a particular cy perspective.” before Sept. 11, and the government phone – and a provision which allows did know about it. Was it just a mis- the Army to trace activities of hackers take, not lack of resources?” he won- within their own computer system the Act are really policy arguments, debate, looking for alternatives to see- dered. Michael Dana, 2L, was thankful without having to seek authority to do and that debate would be clearer when ing the issues in terms of liberty versus that “there were some balanced indi- so. cast in those terms. “The world really security. His suggested four principle viduals, like Messrs. Williams and Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU was out- has changed fundamentally,” he said, perspectives. First, the idea that Levin, on the panel who recognized the spoken in his criticism of the Act. His “but it’s important to keep things in a restricting freedom and privacy is not costs associated with living in a free discussion centered on how little we proper policy perspective.” Many of the only option – he mentioned alterna- and safe society.” Allison Hiltz, 3L, was know about the FBI’s use of surveil- the changes are quite minor, he tives like increasing civil defense and grateful for the balanced viewpoints. lance provisions. The new Act, he explained, and it’s important to get reprioritizing FBI activities; second, “One of the things that I think the added, can now be used to investigate clear descriptions of what they actually assessing how well the government has Federalist Society does very well is pro- people who are not suspected of a are before attacking them. He urged exercised its existing power before viding opportunities for diverse view- crime just because they work for gov- the audience to beware of slippery adding more; third, moving slowly and points to be heard and discussed at the ernments the FBI considers hostile. On slope arguments in this context. cautiously in conferring more power panels and debates that they sponsor. behalf of the ALCU, Jaffer filed a David Sobel of the Electronic and finally, ceasing to redraw the line This was yet another example,” she Freedom of Information Act claim ask- Privacy Information Center took issue between liberty and security – this will concluded. ing Justice to disclose how they were with the idea that the only arguments lead to less and less liberty. Sometimes, using their new powers, but they against the PATRIOT Act are policy he said, the answer is sending the Pitofsky to chair Committee DEAN from page 1 It was work that the bulk of the meeting last Monday focused on. guished alumnus. The remaining two Asked about how the committee seats shall be filled by representatives planned to go about the logistics of from the Main Campus of their search, the students were told Georgetown University. that once formally charged, the com- The seven professors on the com- mittee would devise a strategy plan, mittee are Richard Diamond, Mike something they hope will be complet- Gottesman, Patricia King, Richard ed in the Spring so it can be imple- Lazarus, Wally Mlyniec, Julie mented in the Fall. As is the norm, an O’Sullivan, and Elizabeth Patterson. ad will be placed in the Chronicle of The student representative on the Legal Education, but the Committee Committee is Todd Walter (L ‘04), and expected a lot more work to be done the alumnus is Dennis I. Meyer (L ‘60, through word of mouth. The commit- LLM ‘62), who is Senior Counsel at tee anticipated dividing up into Baker & McKenzie, and serves as the groups to do outreach to specific Chair of the Georgetown University schools and candidates. Meanwhile, it Law Center Board of Visitors. Main is expected that faculty members of Campus will be represented by Bette the Law Center who are interested in R. Keltner, Dean, School of Nursing the position will let the committee and Health Studies and James J. know directly. The members them- O’Donnell, Provost. In addition to the selves are not going to be candidates 12 members on the committee, for the position. Edward M. Quinn, Secretary of the The committee solicited general University, will assist with the search. comments about issues students felt In a letter to the Georgetown com- were central to the continuing success munity dated April 16, Georgetown of the Law Center, and were therefore University President John J. DeGioia things the committee should keep in stated, “I wish to again express my mind during the search. Three strong deep appreciation for [Areen’s] out- themes that emerged during the meet- standing leadership at the Law Center ing were fundraising prowess, law and for her many contributions to school rankings, and the Law Center’s University management. We will positioning of itself as a dominant have many opportunities to recognize force in international law studies. The Judy’s leadership and remarkable committee encouraged all students to career.” He also mentioned that he meet with them informally to discuss expects to formally charge the com- these and any other issues they feel mittee on April 25, so it “can begin its are pertinent to the search for a new work soon after.” Law Center Dean. MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 NEWSNEWS GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 5 Student Bar Association holds final meeting of term: asks for fulfillment of students’ role in Dean search by Mark Leighton, 2L schools, and one student, has been Asian-American Law Students ter informed of current SBA events. Law Weekly formed, while the all-student commit- Association, with $3,940. Student The delegates will also act as a contact tee has been quietly dropped. organization leaders were permitted point for students in their district. The Student Bar Association The SBA then moved on to New to attend an open forum on Friday, Finally, the SBA made additions (SBA) held its final meeting of the Business. In accordance with a previ- April 11 to discuss their allocations to the current office assignments for school year on Tuesday night. The ous resolution sponsored by James and express any concerns to the student organizations, which are up delegates wrapped up business from Appropriations Committee, where for reorganization next year. The their predessor, and addressed several groups requested added Room Assignment Task Force kept all upcoming issues of the Law Center. The main search funds, based on their activity levels. organizations in their current offices, Specifically, they passed appropria- committee has been The SBA also voted to create dis- but assigned some groups to share tions for student groups, as well as tricts in the upper-year classes. The office space with new groups, such as asked the school to reinstate the stu- formed, while the all- delegates will receive e-mail address- the Women of Color Collective, dent Dean search committee, which student committee es from students in their designated Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, has not been appointed by President districts, and send notices to those and Muslim Law Students DeGioia. that was originally students to keep the student body bet- Association. The group began the meeting by looking back and honoring the previ- promised has been ous Executive Board of the group. The quietly dropped. Law Center community celebrates public service members, specially invited to the meeting, were presented with framed Wallace, 1E Attorney General, the pictures of the Law Center signed by SBA announced the delegates serving Dean Areen. on each student-faculty committee. In The group then turned to several the past all positions on student-facul- resolutions that were pending. They ty committees were open to any stu- picked up an issue remaining from dent who applied. Now an SBA mem- their last meeting and formally ber will serve on each committee. requested that the coffee shop be open The SBA passed the budget on Saturdays. They also passed a res- appropriating funds to student organ- olution requesting a cashier on cam- izations for next fall. The total for the pus to issue checks directly to stu- fall semester came to $50,700, dents rather than students having to although that amount may be supple- get checks from Main Campus. mented for appropriate expenditures. The final resolution was a The biggest winner was the Gilbert & requesting the formation of the stu- Sullivan Society, with $8,400. Second dent-composed dean search commit- place went to the Equal Justice tee, which had initially been planned Foundation with $6,950. In third place Photo courtesy Tia Roebuck as complimenting the main search was the American Constitution Students were recognized for their outstanding dedication to public service committee. That committee, com- Society, with $6,500. Fourth and fith as well as those graduating students who met their pro bono pledge hours. posed of 8 law professors, one alumni, places went to the Black Law Students Prof. John Podesta spoke at the event sponsored by OPICS last Monday. two members of other Georgetown Association, with $5,000, and the Class Gift program aiming for a new high this year

GIFT from page 1 of Apr. 17, 2003, Section participa- The section with the highest Association will throw a “Welcome tion is as follows: Section 1 – 15%; participation will celebrate with a to the Alumni Association” party expand the campus and increase Section 2 – 16%; Section 3 – 22%; happy hour at the Irish Times on on Thursday, Apr. 24 for graduat- financial aid,” commented Law Section 4 – 26 %; Section 7 – 12%. Wednesday, Apr. 23 from 5:30 - ing students. The event is open to Center Dean Judith Areen. LL.M. graduates as well as J.D. Nicole Ouellette, Director of the graduates. The second floor of the Law Annual Fund, added, “Law The Class of 1999 holds the record with 56% Thunder Grill at Union Station has Annual Fund dollars help bridge participation; the Class of 2003 hopes to set been reserved for the event, which the gap between tuition revenue will run from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Dean and daily operating expenses at the a new record and achieve a goal of 60% Bellamy and Dean O’Neil both plan Law Center and enhance the stu- on attending. The party will pro- dent experience.” The Law Annual thanks to the leadership of the following sec- vide free beer, food, wine, soda and Fund is used to supplement the tion volunteers: Abim Thomas, Corey Maze, door prizes for outgoing students financial resources of various aca- as the Alumni Association wishes demic programs at the Law Center. Leslie Slavich, Mandy Veal, Eric Hildenbrand to congratulate them on their many The application of these funds have and Allison Hiltz. As of Apr. 17, 2003, Section successes. gone to needs such as competitive Megan Wagner of the Law financial aid, technology upgrades participation is as follows: Section 1 – 15%; Alumni Affairs Office said, “Of and new library collections. Also, Section 2 – 16%; Section 3 – 22%; Section 4 – course there will be some door the funds are used to help students prizes and freebies and we basical- in public interest careers pay back 26 %; Section 7 – 12%. ly would like to inform everyone their loans. Overall, the Law about the Alumni Association and Annual Fund plays a crucial role in The above rates are not just a 7:30 p.m., following the class photo. the possibilities that lie ahead. We funding those areas and programs gauge of the competition between Gifts must be received by 12:00 would like for students to always of the Law Center that truly make the sections. They are also used by p.m. on Apr. 23 to count in the sec- stay connected! It is a great way to Georgetown the stellar program corporations and foundations when tion competition. Gifts can be stay connected with Georgetown; that it is. those institutions make their deci- dropped off in the Student Affairs Alumni Council members plan In recent years the graduating sions when awarding grants. Office or handed to a section volun- great trips such as the recent class has consistently met or sur- Alumni giving rates are an impor- teer at the Graduating Class Gift Baltimore Orioles game and the passed 50 per cent participation in tant factor in those determinations. table outside the chapel area. The much anticipated tour of the Spy the program. As of Apr. 17, 18% of In turn, the improvements the Law winning section will be announced Museum.” graduating students has made a Annual Fund provides, as well as at the class photo, by e-mail that gift. The Class of 1999 holds the the grants the giving-rate numbers afternoon and posted on the bul- For more information on the Law record with 56%participation; the may incite, definitely enhances the letin board in the cafeteria. Donors Annual Fund, please call at 662-9500 Class of 2003 hopes to set a new reputation of the Law Center and of $25 and above will receive a or e-mail: [email protected] record and achieve a goal of 60% hence the value of a Law Center Class of 2003 shirt. However, gifts town.edu. thanks to the leadership of the fol- degree. The class gift of the Class of of any amount will be counted and For the Welcome to the Alumni lowing section volunteers: Abim 2003 will therefore have more of an will increase the participation num- Association Party, please contact Thomas, Corey Maze, Leslie impact than the pure monetary bers. Megan Wagner in Alumni Affairs at Slavich, Mandy Veal, Eric amount they contribute. Additionally, the Alumni 662-9512. Hildenbrand and Allison Hiltz. As PAGE 6 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY NEWSNEWS MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 Moot Court, Mock Trial and ADR teams record wins Jean-Louis Cauvin, 2L, and Nicki Mediator awards in the competition. Massachusetts. BC from page 1 Nelson, 2L, won the national Frederick Jerry Roscoe, Jean Baker, Mark The Law Center team was the run- amongst the top finishers. In addition Douglass Moot Court Competition and Brownell and Denise McFarlane ner-up at regionals of the National to the skills of the competitors, won Best Brief in the competition. coached the Law Center team. Moot Court Competition. The team Georgetown is consistently one of the Richard Pearsall, 2L, and Fentrice In the ABA Representation in was awarded best brief and Andy strongest schools in these competitions Driskell, 2L, placed third and Mediation Competition, Peter Chang Hetherington took home Best Oralist because of the overall school support Catherine Buell, 2L, and Mawiyah and Jennifer Recine coached by Roscoe, honors. Baker, Brownell and McFarlane won Surya Saxena, 2L, and Grant the competition’s Third Region held at Fairbairn, 3L, reached the semifinals of “The Barristers’ Council Executive Board, George Mason University in February. the Mardi Gras National Sports Law coaches, alumni, and participants all worked The competition was sponsored by the Competition in New Orleans on Feb. American Bar Association’s Section of 28 sponsored by the Tulane Law hard and had a terrific year,” said Dean Everett Dispute Resolution. School Moot Court Board. The team Bellamy. Amber Dolman, 2L, Vanessa won Second Best Brief and Saxena won Marti, 2L, Jonathan Gimblett, 2L, and Second Best Oralist. and interest in competing, according to Andrea Prasow, 2L, placed first in the At William and Mary’s Spong Dean Everett Bellamy. “The Barristers’ Hooker, 2L, placed fourth. Pearsall and Mid-Atlantic Region of the Philip C. Moot Court Competition, the Law Council Executive Board, coaches, Driskell also won the regional competi- Jessup International Law Moot Court Center team made the semi-finals and alumni, and participants all worked tion with Hooker and Buell placing hard and had a terrific year,” said third. Cauvin and Nelson won Best Bellamy. Brief and Driskell was named Best Kelly Gable and Vicky Williams won the Tenth Kelly Gable, 3L, and Vicky Oralist at the regionals. Annual International Manfred Lachs Space Law Williams, 3L, won the Tenth Annual Natasha Friedrichs, 3L, Kendell International Manfred Lachs Space Kelly, 2L, Ceara Flake, 2L, and Moot Court Competition. In the national ver- Law Moot Court Competition. Anjanette Tinney, 3L, won both the sion of the competition, Petra Vorwig and Williams also won Best Oralist at the Regional and National First Annual competition. Bellamy credits the strong Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Amanda Shafer placed first. They will now par- support of Professor Paul Larsen in Competition. Kelly and Friedrichs also ticipate in the Eleventh Annual edition of the helping the Space Law team win the won Best Oral Advocate - Defendant international competition, which is Team. competition, to be held in Germany this Fall. sponsored by the International The Frederick Douglass Moot Institute of Space Law and was held Court and Thurgood Marhsall Mock Competition sponsored by the Sterling Darling, Jr., 2L, walked away during their Colloquium on Law of Trial Competitions are sponsored by International Law Students with Second Best Oralist. Outer Space in Houston during Oct. the National Black Law Students Association in February at American Law Center teams also reached the 2002. In the national version of the Association and were held Mar. 12 -16 University. The team was coached by semi-finals at the National Moot Court competition, Petra Vorwig, 3L, and in Los Angeles. Erica Ellis. Competition and the John Marshall Amanda Shafer, 2L, placed first and At the International Academy of Heather DeGrave, 2L, and Keith Moot Court Competition. National wrote the Best Brief. Vorwig won Best Dispute Resolution Mediation Palfin, 2L, coached by Sandy Sellers Moot Court team members were Oralist. They will now participate in Competition held in Des Moines in and Lewis Shadoff placed third at the Emmett Beliveau and Bret Taylor. John the Eleventh Annual edition of the November, the team of James Bond, Center for Information Technology Marshall Moot Court team members international competition, to be held in 2L, Jason Cirlin, 3L, and Carlo Romero, and Dispute Resolution Online were Mary Ellen Shuttleworth, Jill Germany this Fall. 3L, placed third. Each of the team Negotiation Competition in February Randall, Kate Hamann, and Ron members garnered Outstanding sponsored by the University of Connely. MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 SPORTSSPORTS GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 7 GULC sports gurus give predictions for the rest of 2003 With the semester coming to a close and the Law In other sports… Oregon Penitentiary resulting in a drastic reduction Weekly about to embark on its annual summer …John Rocker will have something thrown at in their salary cap problems. hibernation, we decided to leave you with a few him from the stands. Ron Artest and Dennis Rodman will match up things to look for over the summer, courtesy of …Tiger will win some major event and get mad against each other in a WWE wrestling match. prominent sports experts around campus: at cameramen while doing it. Rodman will win when Madonna sneaks up behind …some drunken NASCAR fan will reach Artest and hits him with a metal folding chair. Matt Foley, 1L Nirvana by watching a car burn. The Bowl Championship Series will still suck. The big question this year in baseball is, which …some drunken WWE fan will yell at the Michael Jordan will once again come out of team will be the worst: Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, or wrestlers and start chanting “USA!” not realizing retirement to play for the Lakers, who will also sign Detroit? Most of the guys in Tampa Bay’s starting that both wrestlers are from the U.S. Karl Malone, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Tracy lineup haven’t hit puberty yet. The over-under on …some drunken White Sox fan will run onto McGrady, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, when Lou Pinella has his first aneurysm is Jun. 14 the field and attack somebody. Chris Webber and curiously keep Mark Madsen - Tigers watchers are disappointed by the team’s 0-9 …many drunken Americans will continue to yet still remain under the salary cap. start— after all, last year they went 0-11 before wonder what in the heck Cricket is and why soccer Phil Jackson will become the first person to finally winning one. But at least a handful of Devil is the most popular game in the world. request a championship toe ring after he has run out Rays and Tigers will be good at baseball by 2007. of fingers to use for his other championship rings. The Brewers, though, are the league’s most hapless Chris Kelly, 1L The XFL will come back as the XX-FL. Nobody franchise. Their big ticket free agents were people Look for the St. Louis Cardinals to represent the will pay attention until the following year when it is like Marquis Grissom. They didn’t work out, shock- National League in the World Series this fall. The the XXX-FL and everyone tunes in thinking it is ing no one but the Brewers front office. This winter, Cardinals won the N.L. Central last year by finish- something else. they got mostly people you’ve never heard of, like ing 13 games ahead of Houston and despite usually Keith Osik, or at least wish you hadn’t, like Dave being slow out of the gate, the Cards have become Clarence Nesbitt, 2L & Paul Cazers, 2L Mlicki . The Brewers are going nowhere faster than one of the best second-half teams in baseball losing For the Lakers, the challenge was laid out anyone else, so watch for them to have the inside no more than five games in September in each of the before the season began - win a fourth straight track at worst record in 2003. past two seasons. Chris Carpenter will be added to championship and join the Bill Russell Celtics as the the rotation in June and Woody Williams has only only team to accomplish that feat. If they do, there David Bishop, 1L given up eight hits in 12.2 shut-out innings. Don’t is no question they will be basketball immortals. Predicting the future of sports is not as hard as worry about Jason Simontacchi’s ERA. He got And with the playoffs starting, it is clear that only most people say it is. Watch: rocked in his first two starts, but he’s a put-it-in- two teams are capable of beating the champs – Over the next year in the NBA… play type of pitcher and with the National League’s Sacramento and San Antonio. San Antonio is a …Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers will get into best defensive line-up behind him, he will quickly strong defensive team, but offensive inadequacies a fight. return to form as a solid number three starter. With and inconsistent play from Tony Parker and …Someone on the Portland Trailblazers will get only two of the Cards’ every day position players Stephen Jackson will doom the Spurs. For the Spurs arrested. currently batting under .325 it’s time for them to to win, they must play perfectly. The Kings, on the …the Utah Jazz will make the playoffs only to start their charge for world domination. other hand, can play well, but not great, and still be routed in the first round. win. This will sound stupid, but to beat L.A. you …Shawn Bradley of the Dallas Mavericks will Brian Wahlquist, 3L have to outscore them. The Kings have the firepow- get posterized by at least 30 players that are a foot Karl Malone will come back for yet another er in Chris Webber, Mike Bibby and Bobby Jackson shorter than he is. year, but instead of Social Security being taken out to consistently outpace L.A. However, both Shaq …even more rumors will spread about why of his paycheck, he will qualify for it to be added. and Kobe are playing better than they were last year Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers wears that The Portland Jail Blazers will finally accept their and the quest for four will inspire them on to victo- black thing on his arm. new image and start recruiting players from the ry. PAGE 8 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY FEATURESFEATURES MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 Travelogue - Penitentiary issues in South Africa by KC Goyer, 1L into Cape Town and on Thursday morning I did a live in prison is against regulations. He also repeatedly Guest Writer television interview for SABC Africa, a cable news requested HIV testing, and tested negative for over a program akin to Headline News here in the U.S. year. When the plaintiff tested HIV positive in 1994, While the snow piled up in DC, I was in South Afterwards, I presented at the Office of the Judicial the evidence was clear that he had contracted HIV Africa for a speaking tour to launch a publication on Inspectorate, an independent government agency while incarcerated. The prisoner brought a claim AIDS in prison. Before coming to GULC, I spent three which monitors prison conditions in South Africa. against the government seeking ZAR 1.3 million years in South Africa first as a Master’s student and Judge Fagan, the Inspecting Judge, was a crucial ally (about USD 162,500) for medical expenses to cover then researching criminal justice issues and teaching during the course of my research and I dedicated the anti-retroviral therapy. political science. The organization with which I monograph to him and his staff to commend them for This became a contentious issue because the remain affiliated is the Institute for Security Studies their important and difficult work. South African government has adamantly refused to (ISS) in Pretoria, who flew me over for a week of sem- After the seminar, a journalist from the South permit ARV treatment to be administered in state inars, briefings and media interviews. African Medical Association interviewed me and hospitals, and the Minister of Health, Dr. Manto I arrived in Johannesburg on Sat, Feb. 15 and then we headed to Durban. I gave my last presenta- Tshabalala-Msimang, has publicly referred to the enjoyed the summer sunshine for the weekend before tion at the University of Natal on Friday to a capacity medicines as toxic and poisonous. The international starting off the week with a briefing at the crowd of about 55 people, mostly academics and guidelines for the treatment of prisoners promulgated Department of Correctional Services on Monday prison officials. I did most of my research in by the World Health Organization advocate the morning. While meeting with the National Director KwaZulu-Natal, as well as earned my Masters there, equivalence principle: whatever health care services are available in the general community should also be One, they slice the carrots before they send them to the provided in prisons. However, with ARV not provid- ed in the general community, the government was women’s prison. Two, the Department insists on standing by loath to provide it to a prisoner at state expense. The their statistic that only 3% of South African prisoners are HIV case was scheduled to go to trial on Feb. 10, and I was expected to testify on Feb. 11 regarding my research positive. This is a ludicrously low prevalence rate in a coun- on condom policies in prison systems around the try where HIV infection in the general population is more world as well as the current situation in South African prisons. On Feb. 6, however, the government and the than 20%. Given that prisoners are a high-risk population plaintiff reached a settlement, the terms of which were confidential, and the trial never took place. before they even arrive at the prison, and the extent of The feedback from the plaintiff’s attorneys was high-risk behavior in the prison environment, it is patently that the settlement was very favorable to the plaintiff. However, there are several drawbacks. The settle- ridiculous to assert that this segment of the population ment doesn’t set a precedent or do much to help other would maintain such a low infection rate. prisoners in similar situations, and the case didn’t generate much-needed media attention for this issue. Also, the government has embargoed a study I com- for Health Services and the National Coordinator for so it was the perfect place to end the whirlwind trip. pleted over a year ago that actually tested 274 prison- HIV/AIDS, I learned two things. One, they slice the Johannesburg and Pretoria are fairly centrally located, ers for HIV, and I have not been permitted to release carrots before they send them to the women’s prison. but Louis Trichardt is the far northern border of South that prevalence data to the public domain. Two, the Department insists on standing by their sta- Africa, Cape Town is the south-west coast and The Department has threatened legal action if I tistic that only 3% of South African prisoners are HIV Durban is the east coast, so I was really criss-crossing release the information obtained from current prison- positive. This is a ludicrously low prevalence rate in a the country. ers, and so my publications to date have only includ- country where HIV infection in the general popula- The basic findings of my research are that prison- ed information obtained from prison staff, manage- tion is more than 20%. Given that prisoners are a ers are likely to have HIV before they are incarcerat- ment and officials as well as NGOs, academics, and high-risk population before they even arrive at the ed; we need more research to determine the extent of former prisoners. If I had been able to take the stand prison, and the extent of high-risk behavior in the custodial transmission. Prison conditions exacerbate to testify, I would have been under oath to discuss the prison environment, it is patently ridiculous to assert health problems, and prison presents an intervention full extent of my knowledge on this issue, which that this segment of the population would maintain opportunity to positively impact public health in mar- would have given me the only likely means to break such a low infection rate. ginalized populations. The socio-economic and the Department’s ban on the release of my data. On Tuesday, I presented at an ISS seminar where demographic groups that are at high risk for HIV However, the various presentations and briefings the first copies of my latest monograph, “AIDS in infection – poor, unemployed, illiterate, peri-urban from last week and the resultant media coverage Prison: Problems, Policies, and Potential” were dis- black youth – are the same groups that are most like- should help to ignite additional interest in this issue, tributed. There were about 40 people in attendance, ly to be incarcerated. Even assuming crime levels and hopefully increase pressure on the government to including a TV crew from SABC, the South African were the same for poor black youth as for other seg- permit the dissemination of this important informa- BBC, more or less. Most of the attendees were aca- ments of the population, young black men without tion. To date, this study is the only HIV prevalence demics and government officials from Johannesburg legal representation are more likely to be convicted study ever conducted in a South African prison. and Pretoria, the former being the business capital and more likely to be sentenced to prison than any If you would like to know more about the mono- and the latter serving as the seat of government. After other group. Furthermore, the young are more sexu- graph or ISS, please check their website, www.iss.co.za. the seminar, SABC, Reuters, and the Wall Street ally active, are less likely to maintain monogamous Journal as well as several radio news programs inter- relationships and tend to have wider sexual networks viewed me. I seemed to get asked the same questions and more sexual partners. The poor and uneducated have limited access to educa- tion and health care regarding sexually transmitted infec- tions, including HIV/AIDS. Also, most prisoners report never having used condoms although many report having multi- ple sexual partners in the 12 months prior to incarceration. Thus, the risks for incarceration, as well as the risk for HIV infection, overlap considerably.

repeatedly, so the live interviews were not as nerve- The poor and uneducated have limited access to wracking as I thought they would be. On Wednesday education and health care regarding sexually trans- morning, an ISS colleague, Makubetse Sekhonyane, mitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. Also, most and I traveled up to Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo prisoners report never having used condoms (Northern) Province to present to a group of staff at although many report having multiple sexual part- the Kutama-Sinthumule Maximum Security Prison. ners in the 12 months prior to incarceration. Thus, the This is the largest private prison in the world, built for risks for incarceration, as well as the risk for HIV a capacity of 3,024 and managed by Wackenhut, a infection, overlap considerably. U.S.-based private prison corporation. We arrived just The initial reason for my trip was not to do these a day short of their one-year anniversary. There are seminars at all but to testify as an expert witness in the only two private prisons in all of Africa, and they court case of a prisoner who contracted HIV while have both opened in South Africa in the last two incarcerated at Pollsmoor, a prison just outside Cape years. Town. The plaintiff repeatedly requested condoms On Wednesday evening, Makubetse and I flew but was denied access to them on the grounds that sex MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 FEATURESFEATURES GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 9 Final music advice: Four brief parting reviews by Jason Bache, 3L heartache and longing that is as bitter as it is daddy doesn’t know won’t hurt him and good Law Weekly sweet. On this album the three girls of Azure Ray old fashioned mischievousness. Kind of like a bring the air alive with cool breathy sighs over rebel with a cause. Sure barbershop music is a lit- Time has drawn short, but there are still distorted keyboard and acoustic guitar. Azure tle off the beaten course, but hey, isn’t anything many bands I think everyone needs to listen to. Ray is the only color my happy dreams come in interesting worth finding? So I’ve convinced the pow- these days. Their music is simple, and yet for that ers that be, against their reason, so powerful. These ladies drag out amaz- Oingo Boingo – Farewell better judgment, to let me ing harmonies. Their voices blend together and For those keeping score Oingo Boingo is my have this last space to make then blend again with the deftly laid planes of second favorite band ever. This album is a record- a couple of parting com- aural landscape, to form a lazy and lackadaisical ing of their farewell concert at the Universal ments and recommenda- waltz down memory lane. Amphitheatre in L.A. The event sold out five tions. One of the greatest things about Azure Ray, days and spawned a Grammy award winning the band or the album, is the lyrics. To be honest, live video. Oingo Boingo was the greatest band of Gravediggaz – The Pick, I have never heard a woman sound so truthful as the ‘80s and technically the ‘70s. If you are think- the Sickle and the Shovel when one of the ladies coos, “Love isn’t how it’s ing that you have never heard them, you are The Gravediggaz are an interesting side proj- found, it’s how it’s lost.” And it is only after feel- wrong. If you have seen a movie starring a ect of Prince Paul and Wu-Tang producer, Bobby ing the lowest lows that a proper Azure Ray can teenager in the ‘80s, you have heard an Oingo Digi, a.k.a. the Rzarector in gravedigga land. A show you how to rise. “On Ris”e they sing, “Hey, Boingo song. However, as great as their ten plus concept band much akin to other Prince Paul hey. Look how low I’ve sunk. Don’t ask me to albums have been, this live show is the zenith of projects like Dr. Octagon, the Gravediggaz also rise. I’ll lose you when I am high.” Azure Ray is the Oingo Boingo experience. seem to inhabit a bleak post apocalyptic world filled with lyrics that taste great when you are It is so hard to pick any defining moment controlled by math and zombies. You see, the high, but best when you are low. from this double album because there are so Gravediggaz, or Grym Reaper, Dr. Strange, Da many simply awe inspiring musical moments. Gatekeeper and the Rzarector individually blend Ambiance – Ain’t Bisbehavin’…“and we ain’t Picking any one would diminish the utter bril- 5 percent rap over fairy tales. For those not initi- neither” liance of any other. However, a certain highlight ated, 5 percent is a militant off-shoot of Islam that I will have to admit I would have never is the song “Mary”. A slow torch burner of a song preaches the supremacy of the Black man. When picked this one up on my own. But a good friend that ambles along and sternly tells the story of 5 percenters first said G they were referring to once left it in my CD player and I have to say, I Mary, a girl that left her small town to experience that fact that under 5 percent of all black men are was very surprised. Ambiance is a Sweet the greater world on the outside. Mary gains gods. Adeline’s chorus who sing jazzy versions of tra- insight, but at the expense of everything she loves The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel is filled with ditional barber shop songs. But once the whole and cares about. Wu-esque beats ala the Rza and the liquid smooth mighty wind of it all passes, this album is terrific. Further discussion of this album would be rhymes of the pick, the sickle and the shovel in Not a concept album in the truest form, but there pointless because all OB fan already own, it and this motley crew of rappers. A sure hit for any certainly is a distinct feel to the whole album. non-fans wouldn’t recognize a single song title. real Wu-Tang or Prince Paul fan, but also anyone With songs like “Ain’t Misbehavin’/Looking So I won’t waste any time with any of that. The else who likes East coast, beat heavy rap from the Good but Feeling Bad”, “Taint Nobody’s one thing I will say is that if you have ever seen inner city. And even if vampires and zombies rule Business If I Do” and “(Oh Suzana) Dust Off that the movie “Back to School” with Rodney the Gravediggaz world, they still live in the hood. Old Pianna” the whole thing plays like the Dangerfield, Oingo Boingo is the band playing in soundtrack to a movie about a girl named Chance his room when he throws the big party. They play Azure Ray – Azure Ray in the 1950s, on her first night sneaking out after live on this CD the song they play in the movie. A wonderfully light and fluffy album of curfew. Many songs have this element of what

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5. In my spare time “I play the 1. “My favorite part [of the Law piano, and my partner, Mark, plays Center] is the diversity of people. the bassoon. We do a lot of chamber When I first came here, for me, it music together with other wood- was an opportunity to use my var- wind players. We have a regular Tasha Flores ied education and my experience, group that gets together pretty and using it here - I was a rector of often to play together. I belong to a a seminary for my community for club that does regular concerts- nine years before coming here. And amateur musicians that put on con- this was, for me, like a step forward certs regularly. And I also take in that it was no longer younger piano lessons. I had piano lessons people who are in either undergrad when I was a kid all the way up Fr. Alexei Michalenko or in graduate school studying the- through high school, and then I ology. It was a new area - people in wasn’t going to become a musician, the law - and the great diversity so I stopped studying the piano, here. People from different back- and I just played around for my grounds, although they are all own fun, and then about three years studying law, different religious ago I decided I really wanted to get traditions, different ethnic tradi- more serious about it, so I started tions. It’s sometimes a challenging taking lessons again. I found a won- thing, but it’s something to cele- derful teacher.” Who am I? brate. And it’s something I continue Reginal M. Hodges to enjoy. I enjoy people.” Who am I? 6. I’ve worked at the Law Center for 31 years. “The building 2. Here’s my advice for stu- had been opened about a year dents: “I’ve seen students with all before I came here. “I’ve seen a different types of study habits. You drastic amount of changes since I’ve have to find out what’s right for been here. you. There was this one girl; she I’ve met a lot of interesting peo- Joseph Burr studied on the subway train…and ple since I’ve been working here. at 12:00 I knew that she’d be at Working here has been a good job. Union Station waiting for me. And You know, you have your ups and some like study groups, and some downs with everything, but I’ve don’t like study groups. So every learned a lot since I’ve been work- student has to find out what’s good ing here. Especially working with for them in order to get it. But the people, dealing with students, the best advice for students, I don’t care employees, the faculty and staff how much you study, don’t forget members. I’ve enjoyed it. It’s been a Bill Taylor to eat. I’ve seen that happen so great experience.” Who am I? many times. They study so hard they forget to eat.” Who am I? 7. I moved to Washington while I was in the Air Force. “I was sta- 3. I am currently working on a tioned in Texas for two years, and I documentary in Tahiti and Bora put in for a transfer because I had Bora. “It’s dealing with the children just gotten married and my hus- born of the soldiers of World War II band is from New York and he Wendell Staples that were stationed there. They’ve hated Texas. I was transferred to been searching for their fathers. We Bolling Air Force base in D.C., and I work with an anthropologist who did a little over a year there. That started the study in ’74, a good was the end of my term, but we friend of mine. He’s now in his 80’s stayed here because we liked the

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folks, and we worked with a private and I really enjoy that. And it’s Taylor Bill 5. investigator. We found some of the close to our families, so we like Staples Wendell 4.

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4. I’d like students to know 7 right - Congrats; you are a 3 or 4 right - Tsk tsk; who do you “[t]hey can always come in and talk Man/Woman of the People think is keeping those bath to me. We’re always willing to get rooms clean anyway? things in that we don’t have. Some of these publishers are niche pub- 5 or 6 right - Ok; You probably are 1 or 2 right - Your penance - go lishers. They don’t really make their cordial with the cashiers take out the garbage material readily known. So, if some- MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 OPINIONOPINION GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 11 Lessons of the past must never be forgotten Jewish child be expected to know the man - Raoul Wallenberg. A Germany, on this particular day we Leah Schmelzer the horror that the Nazis had wait- Swedish diplomat, Wallenberg should honor those who lost their Guest Writer ing for him once he boarded the issued thousands of protective doc- lives by remembering them and train in front of him? But the boy’s uments, including false Swedish making them the promise that we “I know of course it’s simply luck, mother knew. She knew that the passports, and used them to secure will never forget them or the lessons That I outlived my many friends, train would only take them from the the release of Jews from deportation history has taught us. My father has Last night I had a dream, ills of the concentration camp to the trains, death march convoys, and also taught me the importance of And my friends said of me, evils of a death camp, essentially labor service brigades. On Jan. 17, remembered Wallenberg and the ‘survival of the fittest’, from life to death. Perhaps this is 1945 Soviet agents detained thousands of others who helped And I hated myself.” why she welcomed the hand of the Wallenberg. He was never heard save the lives of millions of Jews. ~Unknown, seen in the stranger when he reached for her from again. My father never got to Those individuals deserve to be Holocaust Museum son. But this made the boy cry hard- thank this man for saving his life remembered and honored as well. er. So, the stranger, not wanting to and the lives of his mother and sis- I wish I could say that we all A little boy of four years stood separate the boy from his mother ter. have learned our lessons from those clinging to his mother’s side. Tears and sister, changed the fate of those My father’s only real memory of terrible years in history. But unfor- poured out of his eyes and you three Jews by simply taking all his father is watching the Gestapo tunately, I cannot. Sadly, hate is invade his home and arrest the everywhere present in our society. She knew that the train would only take weeping man in the kitchen. My When I was nineteen, my sister grandfather was sent to returned home from our Long them from the ills of the concentration camp Buchenwald and eventually died in Island school to find a swastika Bergen-Belsen, sometime between painted on our driveway. We need to the evils of a death camp, essentially February and April of 1945. to remember what hate can lead to from life to death. Perhaps this is why she My father’s story is unfortu- so that we can avoid those conse- nately not unique. The details may quences. Six million people died welcomed the hand of the stranger when he change from person to person – because of hate. Let us honor those reached for her son. But this made the boy some children lost both parents, six million by killing the disease some lost entire families, and some that killed them. cry harder. So, the stranger, not wanting to children did not even survive at all. We need to stop looking at the separate the boy from his mother and sister, By the end of the war, six million world as full of differences. On Apr. Jews were murdered. Six Million. 22, 2003 and throughout the week as changed the fate of those three Jews by The number is unimaginable. But well, take the time to remember every one of those six million, every those who have perished. Their simply taking all three of them off that terri- single one, had a mother, a father, a lives, their stories, their deaths. fying line. family. Every single one was taken Remember those who saved the liv- so unfairly away. And every single ing. Remember that they lost their one deserves to be remembered. lives because of hate. And in could see the confusion on his three of them off that terrifying line. Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2003 is remembering, realize that those scared face. He knew not the fate This story is real. The little boy Holocaust Remembrance Day. who died were more similar to you awaiting him, only that he had rea- survived the war, grew up, and While we should never forget the than they were different. son to be afraid. How could any became my father. He never forgot horrors of what happened in Nazi PAGE 12 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY OPINIONOPINION MONDAY, APR. 21, TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 How not to lose your significant other while in law school think it’s safe to say that distance has not long time together before spending time ized by a high degree of communication Avedis H. Seferian really harmed the relationship. apart, you get to know the person well, between the partners. And this doesn’t Therefore, I feel it would not be too pre- and you can make a better decision mean long emotional emails every day. sumptuous of me to share with you about whether he or she is right for you. In many ways, both quantity and quali- I’m sitting here wondering what to some of my thoughts on this matter. I think a big reason that distance ty play a role here. Short but frequent write about, and the only thing I know I have a lot of friends who came to puts a strain on relationships is that emails and phone calls are just as impor- for sure is that I do not want to write law school leaving a significant other people are not always sure about the tant as an occasional heart-to-heart. I about the war in Iraq. While that is back home. I am sad to say that many of person they are seeing. Without some don’t think you communicate to remind admittedly a very important topic, those relationships didn’t last. I haven’t degree of certainty, it is natural for peo- each other you’re still in love; I think there’s already too much stuff in these done a formal study of them, of course, ple to keep an eye out for someone bet- you communicate to remind each of the pages on that. However, I have to admit but one thing that a lot of those doomed ter. And since any degree of certainty kind of person you are. The distance the war is on my mind, but for reasons romances had in common was that they requires some time to be arrived at, I alone can’t change what you feel about a not related to the conflict itself. person – it’s the time spent apart that There was an article in Time maga- acts to change who you are, and who zine a few weeks ago, about a husband Still, that mathematical formula is nowhere they are, that results in a change in how and wife pairing who were both being near perfect, and I know enough long term you feel. So frequent communication deployed to the Middle East. It made helps both parties stay in touch with me wonder what would be better – to relationships that have fallen apart due to who their partner is and thus it mini- have your loved one be so far away mizes the risk that time spent apart will while you stay at home safe, or to be out distance to recognize that this theory alone change one beyond the other’s recogni- there with him/her yourself. I would cannot be enough to map out the phenom- tion. think if two people really are in love, Having said all this, there is one each one would rather put himself/her- enon. So what’s the missing element? In a final thing I think is important – there self in danger and want to have the word – communication. really is no substitute for time spent other stay at home and be safe. But safe- together. Again, a common feature of all ty concerns aside, I began to think about the successful long distance relation- how many couples were being separat- had not been going on for long before think it’s fair to say that there is an ships I am aware of is that the people ed from their partners, and my thoughts law school played interception. It seems inverse relationship between the risk involved do see each other as often as turned from the war to the more gener- to me quite logical that a relationship that distance breaks up your relation- possible. Besides the obvious, there are ic issue of long distance relationships. that already had a relatively long histo- ship and the amount of time you so many things you simply can’t do via I suspect this is something many, if ry to it would stand a better chance of already have invested in the relation- email. Looks and gestures can convey not most, of us are currently dealing surviving time apart. ship. far deeper meaning than emoticons and with while studying law at In my case, we had been dating for Still, that mathematical formula is phone conversations. Georgetown. There’s a special someone three years already. Cynics would nowhere near perfect, and I know So there you have it. For what its back home, wherever home is, and you account for this theory by saying that if enough long term relationships that worth, I’ve been practicing all I’ve happen to be so many miles away from you’ve invested so much time in a rela- have fallen apart due to distance to rec- preached and am happy to report that him or her. What does distance do to a tionship, you feel compelled to hold on ognize that this theory alone cannot be once I get out of law school, I will be get- relationship? I don’t want to be a “Dear to it, and so the fact that you don’t break enough to map out the phenomenon. So ting married to the same wonderful Abby” here, but I now have two years up doesn’t mean you actually have a what’s the missing element? In a word – woman I was with before I got in to law worth of experience as a law student liv- good relationship. There may be some communication. school. I hope many of you out there can ing far away from his girlfriend, and truth to that in individual cases, but I All the successful long distance rela- say this same happy thing. since she recently became my fiancé, I believe that if you really have spent a tionships that I know of are character- MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 OPINIONOPINION GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 13 Class of 2003 - we’ve seen much, conquered all

ever. Some of the fonder memories end trip to Siena, meeting one anoth- they are. The students like Corey Lonnie D. Giamela for me include cramming a semes- er while watching Pearl Harbor and Maze, who through our bickering as Editor Emeritus ter’s worth of reading into five the gelato at Vivoldi. SBA President and Editor-in-Chief nights while preparing for Professor There were the experiences in of the Law Weekly has become a good It started out with the Garret v. Cohn’s Civil Procedure Exam, the student groups such as BALSA, EJF friend, Allison Hiltz, whose e-mails Daily case from Torts where a little unique lectures of Professor and the Barristers Council that led to cajoled people into signing up for boy pulled a chair from underneath Wasserstrom, the saga of Tax I with achievements like a student led sig- the craziest of projects and Jaime a woman and forced her to fall. It Professor Weindenbruch and having nature drive for one of the most Willis, who marketed EJF so well will end in less than four weeks with a crush on the girl who sat in the widely-signed Supreme Court briefs this year have made the Law Center a celebration, and our parents are front row of Professor Gottesman’s in history or receiving a plethora of a better place for our community wondering how much longer they Evidence class and being so happy awards at various moot court, mock and our neighbors. need to sit in those uncomfortable when I was assigned to interview trial and ADR competitions across In addition to our student lead- foldout chairs on Healy Lawn. her for a story by the Law Weekly. the world. I would be remiss if I did- ers, the times with our classmates However, the last thing the Class of Aside from actual classes, I don’t n’t acknowledge my colleagues at and friends will always create a 2003 will ever be known be for is sit- think there is a student at the Law Weekly like Courtney Ozer, chuckle or grin when we think about ting on its laurels or taking the Georgetown who hasn’t checked Jason Bache, Mike Dutra, and Brian them in the future. My trip to Las proverbial second chair at counsel’s Student Access at least five times a Briz who were integral in making Vegas with Maverick, Shooter and table. day in January to monitor GPAs that this newspaper the best law school Timay; a certain St. Patrick’s Day The Georgetown Law Center rose and fell quicker than the stock one in the country. The Barrister’s feast with friends in Georgetown, Class of 2003 is unique among any market. Pulling all-nighters to put Ball, aka the Law School Prom, the and; a trip to watch GW play Dayton other class in the Law Center’s 123- the finishing touches on our Legal EJF Silent Auction and Homecourt last fall are examples of that for me. year history. We evolved from a Research and Writing Briefs, our were valuable opportunities for rev- Tradition requires me to leave class divided in heated debate dur- closing arguments for our clinic elry with fellow students. you with a verbose cliché from some ing the 2000 presidential election, client’s hearing the next day, and for Out of all these events, activities 19th Century leader. Instead, I end where we were riveted to the televi- that seminar paper that was due in and classes, relationships have today with a few words from my sion and Tim Russert’s dry erase less than 24 hours wrenched stom- formed that have helped us through grandfather who passed away in the boards well into that infamous first achs more than the Chicken Fingers the high and low times at the Law summer of 2001. In his native tongue Tuesday night in November, to a platter in the cafeteria. Center. As is the case with my close of Armenian, he told me shortly community united as we stood firm Outside of the classroom, the friend Courtney Ozer, we have before his death that “you must in response to the horrific September Class of 2003 listened to Supreme enjoyed the opportunity to meet that invest in something in order to fully 11 terrorist attacks in New York, Court Justices, Senators, special someone or, like my class- experience and gain all you can from rural Pennsylvania and here in Congressmen, public interest advo- mate Andy Hein, share the joys of it.” Washington. cates and accomplished lawyers welcoming newborns into your fam- So as we rise from these chairs This year, our community has debate and discuss the most perti- ily. We have assisted one another in and head our separate ways, let us questioned the necessity for war in nent legal topics. We enjoyed the times of pain, suffering, and the loss invest in our communities through Iraq while demonstrating an unwa- company of friends at SBA-spon- of loved. As Father Alexei said in much needed pro-bono work and vering support for the men and sored Happy Hours on Wednesday, one his most recent homilies, friend- community service, invest in our women who courageously defend the popular Thursday night Happy ships are so important because they careers that will lead to a myriad of the freedoms some use to question Hours, or just going to a local bar to double the joy in times of happiness different paths in public service, our leaders. History has undoubted- watch your alma mater get and cut the pain in half by giving law, the arts and small businesses ly issued its call to our generation. destroyed in a college basketball you a shoulder to lean on. ownership; invest in the families We graduate from Georgetown in a game by your good friend’s alma With all this in mind, there is no that have supported us through our time of war, taking our place in an mater. There were the frequent question that what makes this Law legal educations, and; invest in the American legal profession that must drive-by hellos in the halls of Center so special are the people that lifelong friendships that we have protect the fundamental need for McDonough where weekend gossip affect our everyday. There are staff formed with one another here at truth and the institution of justice. was as strong as a Red Sox’s fans members like Dean Bellamy who Georgetown. Yet our distinguishing experi- optimism in April and subsequent ensures that all student groups are It has been a pleasure writing ences go far beyond the historical realism in July that the curse of the funded adequately and can broaden this column for the past year and a events we have witnessed first-hand Bambino was still in full effect. For their horizons, Barbara Moulton and half. I hope you all enjoyed it and during our studies here in our those of us who had the opportuni- Holly Eaton in OPICS who that returning students will enjoy nation’s capital. The day-to-day tri- ty, a six-week summer abroad pro- admirably advocate on behalf of the Law Weekly in the year ahead. To als and tribulations of being law gram introduced us to many who we public interest and the wonderful the Class of 2003, God Bless and school students create memories will be lifelong friends with because cooks and cashiers in the cafeteria good luck in all your future endeav- that will be etched in our minds for- of the nights at Kukuya, the week- who should be thanked more than ors. Bon voyage, Georgetown - it’s been great fun Spann’s Torts exam, trying to limit attempts, the machine simply ate made a difference in various Courtney E. Ozer my word count as he had warned by my card. So there I was, completely extracurricular activities, and (not Editor Emeritus cutting out “the” and “a” wherever smashed, with no ATM card and no to beat a dead horse) met the man I could; waiting two months to get cash. Luckily, a friend of mine at the with whom I will spend the rest of my first law school grades; and cel- Times came back across the street my life. I can’t believe that graduation is ebrating/commiserating at Capital with me to get cash out and…the My wish for every first- and sec- mere weeks away. I remember City Brewery once the long wait machine ate his card too! Thank ond-year student is to feel the same being a first-year – moving in the was over. goodness for credit cards – other- way upon your graduation – have contents of my ridiculously large I remember celebrating the end wise, I wouldn’t have been able to no regrets. Make the most of your truck to Gewirz; going to the orien- of exams spring semester with a continue buying shots! I was told time here. Get involved. Make a dif- tation on the Main Campus, where ridiculous drinking game at the the next day that I was literally car- ference, whether it be in the com- we were awed by all of the degrees highly frequented Irish Times – my ried back to Gewirz and placed in munity at large or here at the Law and experiences that our fellow friend Eric and I thought it was a bed, which I did not get out of Center. Leave your mark, whether it classmates had already collected; great idea to do a shot each time we (except for the bathroom of course) be on your journal, your clinic, your being scared out of my wits when were up on the pool table. Problem for about 24 hours. club. Do not emerge yourself in called on for the first time during was, Eric and I were on different I recall sitting at James’ gradua- your schoolwork to the point of the first week of classes; and, of teams and there were only three tion at the end of my first year, feel- having nothing else in your life. course, meeting James, a 3L, who is teams total playing. So…one of us ing as if that was so far away. But it Spend time developing your friend- now my fiancé. would be playing in each game, and wasn’t. It is here… now… ships, not just your GPA. Make Fall semester exams first year – sometimes both of us. We came up I am leaving Georgetown with memories – ridiculous drinking sitting in Professor Schrag’s Civil with the even more genius idea that no regrets. I have made the most of games at the Times, birthday out- Procedure exam, uncertain if I was when we were both playing, we my time here. Even with all of the ings with friends, Ben & Jerry’s in the right exam room since none of should do two shots. Then, I ran out stress of classes and exams, these study breaks during exams…you the contents of the exam looked of cash, so I went across the street to past three years have been amazing. get the picture. even remotely familiar; following the ATM and forgetting that my pin I have made some of the best friends So now it’s time to say goodbye that exam, certain, along with most number had recently changed, tried I will ever have, have learned more … farewell Georgetown … it’s been of Section 4, that I was going to fail to get money out using my old pin than I had in all my previous years great fun. out of school; taking Professor number, when after several failed of learning, been involved and PAGE 14 GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY OPINIONOPINION MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 Georgetown Life in under 1,200 words - including the headline MPRE say can practice law ethically in is better. In a great article called “The Jason Bache Maryland, you only reap what you sow. Feminization of Love,” Francesa Law Weekly Third, for everyone, follow your Cancian examines the slow roll of social Jonathan A. Massimino, 2L dreams. Whether it be in your career, psychiatry into a very gender biased def- Editor in Chief Goodbye, so long, auf Wiedersehen, your hobby or your heart. If you want to inition of love. Take it from a Woman’s farewell. These might be the last lines of trade your soul for a cheap Penny’s suit Studies minor in college; women are not Mark Leighton, 2L mine you ever read. So I guess here goes, and walk into court and free guilty men, the weaker sex or the fairer sex but they Avedis H. Seferian, 2L life in 1,200 words. I could point out the go ahead. Sure I think it’s the worst thing are also not the better sex. I have read Managing Editors biggest problems I see facing people you could ever do with your life, but arguments from Helen Gurly Brown, attending this school, in the vain hopes hey, I could be wrong. The important Gloria Steinem and Tanya Modeleski, all Alaina Dartt, 1L thing is do what you want to. If defend- on the role of and perceived role of Katie Mierau, 1L that someone else will rise up and take News Editors on the fight of the Résistance. I could burn ing animals is your thing, good. If help- women in society today. Just because bridges that I thought I would never ing multinational corporations evade you think more talking is good, doesn’t Audrey Perry, 1L need to cross again. I could preach the taxes is your thing, do it. Too many peo- mean it is. Just like it isn’t true that pee- Features Editor values of living positively. But none of ple compromise ideals for a salary that ing standing up is a better solution. that is what you are reading this for. contains five zeros. My favorite Woman’s Studies pro- Aaron M. Clemens, 2L Right? Also please remember the views Take it from a guy who worked for fessor, Dr. Shehan, once said that there is Commentaries Editor expressed within are not necessarily the the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and a big difference between pro-woman views of anyone in real life. the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, public and anti-man. I believed her then and I Greg Stoller, 3L is the only kind of interest worth having. still do now. It is true I might be a chau- Sports Editor First, this school needs to develop a clinic for criminal prosecution. Why is it Let me take a time out to thank the EJF. vinist or misogynist, but that is com- Amina Rana, 2L that every person at the Law Center Thanks for letting me do what I loved, pletely separate from my being a femi- Senior News Writer/Assistant Editor assumes an interest in criminal law not what I had to. If you came here to nist. Just like animal rights advocates always equates to soulless public make society better and not to take it fight for the rights of animals, that does- Jason Bache, 3L defenders? Also why doesn’t the faculty from a corporate flunky, do it. At the end n’t mean they love them all just as much Assistant Editor publicize the D.C. students in court of the day money won’t help you sleep. as people. I will fight for women my more? I wish I had known what a Rule Wealth alone is nothing. True happiness whole life, that doesn’t mean I like them. Tye Anderson, 1L 11 student was, before I meet one in only comes from doing what you truly Or maybe I do and all this is just to Jenny Cieplak, 1L what. Who cares if that means it takes 30 offend you. But either way I still stand Christian de La Chapelle, 3L court. Don’t know what I am talking Matthew Dalton, 1L about? Neither did I and that is all the years to pay of a silly little debt. opposed to advocating for inequities in Michael Dutra, 3L fault of the Law Center. And most important, if you take the form of contraception. Everyone, Brian L. Frye, 1L Next fall students for the first time in nothing else from me, please remember deserves protection, not just who a Joel Goldman, 1L history will be able to get credit for this one thing. Always follow your heart. group of girls thinks deserves protection. Jennifer Gregory, 3L externships. While that is great news for We live structured lives in structured The worst part of this whole debate Elizabeth “Emy” Hancock, 1E every future student, it came a day late halls and are terribly risk adverse people. is that it is like a black man preaching David Kim, 1L and a dollar short for some of us. This Think about your future. Think about integration in 1960s Alabama. Some peo- Adam Laxalt, 1L semester I volunteered at a State’s what you are going to do with your life. ple are so racist or sexist or what have Scott Lindsay, 1L Where are you working, where are you you that they can’t even see the tree from Tarek Maassarani, 1L Attorney Office and did for simple expe- Mike McClellan, 1L rience what students at Catholic and GW living, who are you living with? School, the forest. If you don’t think you are Amanda Shafer, 2L are getting 4-5 credits for. The Law work, life, they all work to limit what we racist or sexist, you will never change. Amanda Vance, 1L Center needs to do a better job at really even see as possibilities. Sometimes your Some people need to advocate for real Annie Wartanian, 1E developing clinical programs and heart will say one thing and everything equity, not just for some women. Sexism Staff Reporters & Writers externships that reflect a wider variety of else will say something different. Never is bad no matter who does it. ACE is practical implementations. If the Law even pause to think: Everything and wrong. Not for its mission. I think it is Mark Arimoto, 2L Center isn’t careful I might have to come everyone might be proven right in the important women protect themselves. I Artist back in ten years and teach myself. end, but the heart should always win. just think that if a woman can’t use birth Never wonder what if? A regret is worse control due to side effects of cancer, she Lonnie D. Giamela, 3L Second - and this is to the students – Drew Mosley, 4E get the funk involved. Write for the than a failure. should be able to get a condom at the Courtney E. Ozer, 3L paper and join the bowling, wine tasters Fourth, female does not always health clinic if she can’t get on the pill. Editors Emeritus or running club. There is a club or organ- equal right. That is one that is actually a I’m a real awful guy, huh? ization for everyone. There is the Gilbert little more for me than anyone else, but I Well, that’s it. These have just been Monica Stearns and Sullivan Society, Constitution think every boy like me should hear this. some things to think about this summer, Business Manager Society, Federalist Society, Young If you want to have sex once a day and next year and the rest of your life. I hope Republicans, Sports and Entertainment she wants to have sex three times a day, I have managed to educate, enlighten The Rev. Robert F. Drinan Society and Student Animal Legal you should not give in to her demands and entertain you and hopefully if the Faculty Advisor Defense Fund. Surely something has to every time. Sometimes it is ok to say no, stars are right we will meet in print Georgetown Law Weekly interest you. Remember the job of every I don’t want to eat at the Olive Garden! again. Please always dance like no one is 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W. ethical lawyer is to leave the world better Just because they say they’re advocating watching, screw like no one cares and Washington, D.C. 20001 than they found it. And take it from a equity, doesn’t mean they are. love like it’s always for real. Peace, I’m Telephone: (202) 662-9265 man who the administrators of the In society as a whole there is an out! Fax: (202) 662-9491 undertone of an insinuation that female [email protected]

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MONDAY, APR. 21 TO FRIDAY, APR. 25, 2003 OPINIONOPINION GEORGETOWN LAW WEEKLY PAGE 15 How can this possibly be the last issue of the semester? the incredibly vague response of my Mass Appeal second year at Georgetown, I cannot Jon Massimino expand my answer any further than that. The great thing about being here Time moves way too quickly. As is that one year of law school means you read this, finals are a week away, so much more than just being a law the Gewirz move-out date is twenty- student. Everyone is trying to wrap four days away and summer jobs are up their activities so we actually can staring at us from a month away or transform back into law students for less. Can this be right? Everyone the final month of the school year. I always said that law school moves by thought it would be difficult putting rapidly, but I personally had no idea. together an expanded issue this I’m sure that many of us would say week, but the level of activity on cam- that it seems like only yesterday we pus refuses to die. walked onto campus for the first time So, what has changed since we – a young buck with eyes wide open arrived in September? Not much, just and warm hearts. But now, we have the announcement of Dean Areen all changed, for the better and for the stepping down, the beginnings of two worse. It is a process we all go new buildings, sniper attacks, a small through day to day. Remarkably, we matter in Iraq, a stellar new class of only become aware of these alter- 1Ls, externships, the best newspaper ations when we stop to take note of in the country and many other things them. that I am sure I am forgetting. But sometimes the changes are So, 1Ls, are you the same person just too big and they force some reflec- you were when you began this whole crazy thing? Fellow 2Ls! How’s the tion. Some changes come when the Cartoon by Mark Arimoto, 2L demarcation line between eras is job search? As much as I would love to take up all this space chatting about impossible to ignore. Our fast-moving satisfied with something at the school, former Law Weekly Editors-in-Chief in calendar has pushed another such the changes we’ve all experienced, special attention must be paid to the they will lobby to change it and not the Class of 2003. I have never known point upon us. The time has come for give up until it’s done. As a group, her to be anything less than strong, us to stop and look around before change that will leave in its wake a huge impact – the departure of the they’ve done much and individually intelligent and clever while at the pushing forward. The end of another they’re superstars. same time sweet, beautiful and happy. year of Georgetown Law is way too Class of 2003. I doubt that few classes have been Many people from the Class of She ran the Law Weekly with efficiency close for comfort. As the school grows 2003 have contributed to the Law and excellence. She was fair to every- and grows, the rate of change we through as much here at Georgetown – Bush v. Gore, Sept. 11, snipers and Weekly, and if nothing else, they can one but never once did she compro- experience from year to year becomes claim responsibility for our success. mise our goal of being the best. even more dramatic, and it becomes War. They’ve seen it all and they’ve experienced it through the lens of stu- They helped create a nationally recog- Courtney has always bent a sympa- even more important to take the time nized voice of Georgetown Law. thetic and non-judging ear my way to figure out this question: what the dent at a premiere law school in Washington D.C. As a group they Many institutions of higher learning and for that I will forever be grateful. hell have I done with the last year of would love to have any voice, let For far too long she was the only my life?!? have accomplished much, and for them I will say this – if they are not alone one of quality and excellence. estrogen-carrying member of our edi- I wish I had an answer. Other than For this, their time for recognition has torial board, but she always handled come. I wish I could do this for every- herself with grace and took hanging one in the Class of 2003 that has ever out with a bunch of guys in stride. I do written for us, but that list is too long not want to minimize what she taught and distinguished. Four people in par- me about what being EIC is all about, ticular merit special appreciation. but that knowledge is far outstripped I was not pleased to first meet by what she has taught me about Greg Stoller. I showed up at my very being happy and appreciating life. first Law Weekly meeting thinking that Finally, we come to Lonnie, the L I was the guy to write sports. But I to the D to the G. My law school and was relegated to writing Features and Law Weekly mentor, Lonnie raised the News articles while Greg dominated bar as EIC. He made it clear that noth- what should have been my space in ing but a repeat as champs would be Sports! Everything turned out for the successful. Last semester when I was best, but me being who I am, I held a Managing Editor, I worked with a grudge for a while. I am now proud to panic. Not because Lonnie was run- consider Greg – a man of loyalty and ning the ship with an iron fist, but respect – a friend. He reworked the because I didn’t want to let him down. Law Weekly sports section and turned He has taught me much about what it it into a consistent and permanent part means to lead and to hold yourself to of the newspaper. a higher standard while doing so. He Jason Bache occupies a unique has taught me never to settle for any- position on the Law Weekly and within thing less than the best, and that goes the Georgetown community. I don’t for everything from Law Weekly edit- think he would like his voice ing standards to academic success to described as alternative, so I’ll call it women. LDG – I swear you will be non-mainstream. He knows of bands impressed with my Barristers’ Ball that I’ve never heard of before reading date next year. I will never be able to his articles. What I appreciate most repay Lonnie for the lessons I have about Jason is his ability to rile people learned from him. up. He knows that some of opinions Appreciate the Law Weekly crew won’t find wide acceptance, but that from the Class of 2003 for making us does not deter him from making them. who we are and defining what we That takes a distinctive courage that want to be going forward. At the same not many people have. This attitude is time, I encourage you all to stop and the reason for the existence of the appreciate a graduating student who Section Two Underground Resistance. has influenced your time here. So But maybe now that I’ve mentioned it much about how law school works is in the Law Weekly it may not be so learned from those who came before, underground anymore! Don’t hate the otherwise we would all be lost. None playa Jason, hate the game. Jason’s of us can escape that fact. views bring a different angle to the My congratulations to you, Class Law Weekly that often goes under- of 2003. You certainly leave the Law appreciated, but it certainly adds Center a better place than you found more than it subtracts. it. In the grand scheme of things, Courtney E. Ozer is one of the two maybe there is no higher praise.