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MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW America s First Law School
VOLUME N, ISSUE EIGHT MONDAY, FEB RUAR Y 7, 1994 TWENTY PAGES Thatcher succeeds Burger as W &M's new Chancellor UK- us relations, Thatcher speaks duties addressed in Q&A session By JOHN CROUCH By JOHN CROUCH Margaret, Baroness Thatcher Newly appointed Chancellor was installed as Chancellor of Margaret Thatcher took ques the College last weekend during tions on geopolitics and human Charter Day celebrations. rights from about 800 students Decent people in America and faculty at a symposium on and Britain must regain "the Friday. courage of their convictions," Although the "informal" ses draw on their shared liberal sion was closed to other media heritage, and stand alone, if representatives, the availability necessary, against "monstrous of tickets made the event pub communist and fascist licly accessible. tyrannies," Thatcher told the Her main points were that crowd in W&M Hall on the pursuit of worldwide con Saturday. She said friends of sensus is no substitute for Anglo liberty and justice must be bold, American leadership, and that frank and armed. traditional values of individual Thatcher's remarks on liberty and responsibility must Saturday concerned the Anglo once'again be transmitted from Margaret Thatcher (r) attends Charter Day along with President American alliance, its basis and -John Crouch one generation to the next. Timothy Sullivan and Governor George Allen. its future. America and Britain Bosnia are bound not by mere "national the simplicity of their truth. The "Our generation has gone a by jury, and the common law. The free world's leaders have interest," she argued, but by individual is a moral being, long way towards unlearning Unlike some American failed to help Russia develop a common, liberal principles capable of the exercise of free history," due to a "historical conservatives, she believes the free society, to secure derived from unchanging will, and able to know right from conceit," she claimed. We treat common law, evolved over democracy's gains in the East, "Biblical ethics." She said "our wrong." "abiding truths" and "permanent centuries, is more important and and to use force to preserve civi interests have so often coincided" In contrast, "the idea that things" as "quaint artifacts," trustworthy than statutes or lization in theBalkans, Thatcher precisely "because we stand on there is no truth to know" is now useful in their time but irrelevant political decrees. Thatcher was charged. But she praised gov the same hallowed moral ground: encouraging oppressors and today. formerly a practicing barrister. ernments for finally reaching an abiding belief in the sanctity disarming decent people, Thatcher stressed the Because of their traditional trade agreements, saying free of the individual." Thatcher warned. She urged fundamental importance of the "What led to the ultimate schools and universities to refute rule oflaw, expressed in the Bill See CHARTER, page 20 See Q&A, page 20 triumph of the principles .. . is assertions of moral relativism. of Rights, habeas corpus, trial Krattenmaker named dean; promises to contribute to Shrine By LEEANNE MORRIS and faithful reader of the Amicus Curiae by right away." explained. SHELLEY EVANS jokingly replying "I'll bring my own Regarding the larger university The nominations proved to be a Provost Gillian T. Cell announced the contribution to the Elvis memorabilia." community, Krattenmaker "also hope[s] "tribute to [Dean Search Committee selection of Thomas G. Krattenmaker of He was very happy when informed that to start making the law school in reality Chair] Jim Moliterno and to all of you Georgetown University for the post ofM the shrine is intact once again. and perception represent a building of and the reputation that M-W has around W's Dean at meeting with the faculty On a serious note, Krattenmaker more bridges in the wider college the countly." held Feb. 2. The Board of Visitors stated, "There is no one major thing that community, either through more joint Cell said she found the names on the approved the decision at their meeting needs to be done because M-W is already functions or classes." list to be "remarkable." Referring to the held Feb. 4. a first-rate law school." Echoing one of Cell congratulated the Dean Search two last candidates for the Marshall In a telephone interview on Friday the concerns of the Student Dean Search Committee for its work in the search Wythe deanship, Krattenrnaker and Harry afternoon, Krattenmaker enthusiastically Committee, Krattenmaker said, "One of process. She recollected that the Dean N. Scheiber ofthe University ofCalifornia referred to his new position as "both an. the first things on my agenda is some Search Committee did not begin its at Berkeley, Cell commented that "we honor and a challenge. And ifthere ' s one broadening and deepening of the assignment with much confidence. The thing I like better than an honor, it's a ciriculum. I hope to have this in place by members "were worried that the second See YIPPEE, page 13 challenge. I'm very excited about the the fall." time would not prove fruitful," Cell prospects in both respects." He also expressed a growing concern Krattenmakerwill assume the position of the law school as a whole when he - Inside this issue of Marshall-Wythe Dean by the first of discussed the need for "a systematic • Professor sabbaticals threaten • Selassie escapes a close call in curriculum offerings. Ethiopia. Page ~ July, 1994. planning about the situation of the law Page 4. When asked about the first issue on school building which is a little crowded. Rumors abound in law school'S .. Corner Pocket Sponsors beer his agenda as Dean, Krattenmaker proved Thereisaneedforexpansionoradditional MAD world. Page 9. revlews.Page 15. he has both a sense of humor and is a space ... a very desperate need for space 2 ======Monday, February 7, 1994 THE N.aa;s CuRIAE
Out Of Our Heads ~ ., t Lk/e.c~IL~ For once, this university's attempt to suppress information 111 e("(: T~ NC' failed. In addition to her re~ at the Charter Day ceremony, Margaret Thatcher spoke to a group of Q Cl5~ 011\ approXimately 800 students and faculty in a question-and answer session last Friday. When media organizations such I tf) ~ 1~~~~~:3R r o j \It .. ~ c ~ as The Flat Hat and the Daily Press inquired about press /?9j;""---~--===,- a~ to the session, they were told that it was an "educational experience" and closed to the media. . -00 e"j'l\> t Unaware ofthis restriction, Amicus reporter John Crouch, who was assigned to cover the Charter Day activities, simply yYl~a~ JAl~ obtained a ticket to the session like everyone else in attendance &~)t and reported what Thatcher had to say. How the officials of this College expected to bar media '-' t representatives from a public appearance by such a prominent ~ V\..v eA .. figure as Margaret Thatcher to a group of 800 people in Phi . Beta Kappa Hall is unknown. What is more disturbing is why O~e, ! they would want to. The university's action amounts to nothing more than simple discrimination. Obviously, the entire campus cannot fit into PBK Hall. Why should knowledge ofThatcher ' s remarks be restricted to the first 800 lucky people who are able to obtain tickets to the event? Surely, different people have different ideas of what a reporter's role is. But ifnothing else, doesn't that role include From the Editors' desk ... the ability to access presentations by public figures and report Amidst all the hoopla and First and foremost, Chair reaction to each of the candi on them to the community? excitement of the Charter Day manJimMolitemoandthemem dates in their final recommenda The College's justification for barring the media was festivities, the W&M Board of bers of the Dean Search Com tions. Marshall Dukes deserves unpersuasive at best. University Relations Director Bill Visitors announced the appoint mittee should be congratulated special credit for assuming re Walker implied that Thatcher was more likely to engage the ment of Thomas Krattenmaker for their tremendous efforts. sponsibility for this task under audience in a candid discussion if she was assured that her as the new dean of Marshall Although it is unfortunate that the disconcerting circumstances remarks would remain informal and unpublicized. Wythe. With the rest of the so few female and minority can surrounding Kyle Short's resig This argument might have merit ifthe audience consisted W&M community, the staff of didates could be persuaded to nation. of a small group of selected individuals who would agree to theAmicus Curiae welcomes him apply for the deanship, the Com Finally, kudos should be maintain some degree of confidentiality. . But the notion that to the law school and looks for mittee was unquestionably con given to Acting Dean Paul Thatcher would be more forthcoming in an informal meeting ward to his tenure as dean. scientious both in its recruitment Marcus and former ActingDean of 800 random students and faculty members is patently Yet the nature of such an of the finest applicants available Richard Williamson for keeping ridiculous. nouncements of consequence is and in its commitment to con the ball in play for the past two We can appreciate that Thatcher wanted to "do something that they are given as a fait sidering student opinion in its years since Tim Sullivan stepped special" for the Colle~e. But if that " somethin~ special" accompli, tending to obscure the deliberations .. up from M-W tq assume the means that the College community must relinquish its rights fact that a tremendous amount of Likewise, the Student Dean presidency of the College. By to free speech, then we must respond by saying, "Thanks, time and energy was expended Search Committee worked hard continuing the law ~hool 's high Maggie, but no thanks!" That's one of the reasons this in the process of selecting a new to elicit the views of the dean academic and professional stan country broke with England in the first place. dean. In celebrating candidates on the topics of pri dards, they helped maintain M Krattenmaker's appointment, it mary importance to the student W's national reputation, mak is appropriate to recognize some body. The Committee repre ing it possible to attract the very of the individuals who contrib sented the views of the student best qualified applicants for the THE AMICUS CURIAE uted to that effort. body by incorporating student deanship. Marshall-Wythe School of Law Letters ------"Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of To the Editor: Duck. Deep down in Bobby To the Editor: student news and opinion" Get the Duck back in the Bowden's heart he also knows As I sit here strivingto remain water. In his column Alan that he has not won his first comfortable in yet one more Editor: Leeanne Morris Duckworth stated FSU deserved national championship. After broken chair in Room 119, I Managing Editors: Paula Hannaford, Shelley Evans the national championship. being asked about "blowing" the wonder: who will pay for the Production Editor: Debbi Holmes Given seems to be the more Notre Dame game he responded: back surgery I will have to endure Assistant Editor: Stephen Thomas King appropriate term. In 1989, Lou "We didn't blow the game. They as a result of sitting in these Business Manager: Janet Breckenridge Holtz was labeled a whiner and whipped us! On their field, that swing-armchairs forthreeyears? News Reporters: Features Reporters: cry-babyfor making the strength crowd, a week off, they whipped Don't I deserve a real chair for John Crouch Ted Atkinson of schedule arguments the Duck us. They were better than us.'" the out-of-state tuition I pay? Mark A. Donald Janet Breckenridge makes. In fact, Notre Dame's Further, before the Orange Bowl Why aren't I paying attention in Kathrine Hutton John Crouch schedule in 1989 was far tougher: Bowden admitted that if No. 2 class? Does everyone else hate NinaHval Mark A. Donald nine bowl teams, six of the top these chairs as much as I do? Stephen Thomas King Bill Madigan 10, and a decisive victory (i.e., See BAD DUCK, page 17 -Neil Lewis (IL) Bill Madigan John Ryan more than two points) over No. P.S. Pete's no weasel. Doug Miller Daryl Taylor 1. However, a late season loss at The letters and opinion pages of the Amicus Curiae are Jon Sheldon Steven Youngkin Miami gave them the national dedicated to all student opinion regardless of form or content Sports Gurus: Alan Duckworth, Bill Madigan championship. When you have Opinion articles are not edited for content, only spell checked. Photographers: Fred Ochsenhirt, Peter Owen a head-to-head match-up Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinion of Production Assistant: John Crouch everything else is rationalization the newspaper or its staff. All letters to the Editor should be Business Assistant: Doug Miller and excuses. Further, the Duck's submitted by 5 p.m.on the Wednesday prior to publication. Cartoonists: John Davidson, Dan Jordan, Jeff Regner assertion that FSU played a We cannot print a letter without confirmation of the author's Midwestern Correspondent: David Ziemer strong schedule and the ACC is name. We may, however, withhold the name on request Renaissance Man: Daryl Taylor a weak conf~rence (which it is) Letters over 500 words may be returned to the writer with a and John Crouch as Agent 007 seems contradictory. request that they be edited for the sake of space. I shouldn't be tough on the Monday, February 7,1994 THE AMIa;s Cu1uAE ======3 William & Mary faculty debate Issues• of public policy By KATHRYN HUTION moderator was Public Policy Professor ., and STEPHEN THOMAS KING James Lee. . William & Mary baptized the new Hershner took an academic/scientific University Center last Friday with its perspective. He faulted the government Charter Day Faculty Symposia sponsored for creating a system in which an agency by the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public must make policy decisions based on a Policy on Feb. 4. Faculty from all areas of single concept, such as the protection ofa the university critiqued the Clinton species or the conservation of wetlands, Administration, discussed the savi!tgs and as well as for restricting agencies' loan crisis, argued the responsibilities of resources and power to pursue a specific, the U.S. and the United Nations in world quantifiable goal. This system does not peace-keeping, and analyzed the allow an agency to consider a greater implementation of environmental policy variety of factors or an entire ecosystem, in the United States. hecbarged. Environmental Policymaking Hershner identified the "no net loss" Suggestions made by panel members wetlands policy as an example of this on "Piecemeal Environmental Policy incompetence. Under this approach, a Making: Is There a Better Way?" ranged one-acre wetland in the middle of an from creating a holistic approach to urban area would be preserved, but it natural resource management to would not benefit any species living in the maintaining an incremental system to wetland, nor would the surrounding allow for changes in a dynamic public human population derive any benefit from policy area. Panelists included M-W its preservation. Instead, Hershner urged Professors Lynda Butler and Ronald that the government should use criteria to Professor Rakesh Bhala participates in public policy --Stephen King Rosenberg, Government Professor C. symposia Lawrence Evans, and Marine Science See SYMPOSIUM, page 17 Professor Carl Hershner. The panel's Spady pleads guilty; gets 1 year suspended, 10 days injail By MARK A. DONALD warehousing Spady in a vio lation of the suspended undergoing counselling with a Renne's fears. When asked why and PAULA HANNAFORD correctional facility would serve sentence probation were at issue private psychologist he had not paid the fines and In what he termed a "tragic" no purpose. He then gave Spady in the show cause hearing that continuously since he returned court costs, Spady answered that case, York County General the requested 12-month sentence followed the indecent exposure to Williamsburg at the end ofthe he honestly thought that the case District Court Judge Merlin but suspended all 12 months, charg e. According to the August, 1993. Renne voiced had been concluded. Renne Renne presided at the trial of conditioned on good behavior testimony of the COL concern that Spady was unable noted that the file in the earlier Leonard Spady (former 3L) for a nd participation in the representative, Spady had not to handle his personal problems charge indicated that the matter indecent exposure and for Community Diversion Incentive been in contact with the COl independently, referring to should be dealt with in the most violating the conditions of an (COl) Program for a two-year Program since August 1993 and Spady' s failure to maintain lenient and least intrusive way, earlier suspended sentence on period. Spady also was ordered had not paid his fines and court contact with COl and to pay his however that approach had Jan. 28. Spady was arrested at to· pay a $400 fine and $146 in costs from the previous obscene fines and court costs as evidence the Rec Center on Nov. 11 for court costs. telephone call conviction. of this belief. See GUILTY, page 13 flashing members of the Participation in COl and his Spady said that he had been Spady seemed to confirm women's swim team. Spady pled guilty to indecent exposure and was given a 12- Alternative graduation ceremony considered month suspended sentence and ordered to pay a $400 fine and By DOUG MILLER for the law school ceremony." courtcosts. Renne also reinstated The SBA Executive Board The law school cermony is held 10 days of Spady's previous 29- reviewed proposed changes in outdoors in Zable Stadium, but day suspended sentence for this year's graduation. plans for if rain forces a move inside, the making obscene telephone calls the upcoming Barristers' Ball, event is held in Phi Beta Kappa in 1992. availability of parking and ne:\'t hall which is too small to After offering Spady's guilty year's budgeting process at its accomodate all the attending plea and acknowledging that most recent meeting on Feb. 3. friends and relatives, said Spady has an ongoing personal New Hooding Ceremony Masciale. TheproposedHooding problem, his attorney argued for considered Ceremony would be held in lenient treatment. Among the Graduation Committee Chair William and Mary Hall, and factors cited in support of Andrea Masciale (3L) seating would be plentiful. leniency were the public shame announced that preliminary Executive Board members and disgrace which Spady results of a survey of third-year challenged the proposal, saying endured in the tight-knit law students supported (27-10) the the change in tradition might school community as a result of adoption of a new Hooding inconvenience those who had the publicity sUrrounding his Ceremon} which would be held already made plans. No decision case. As evidence that Spady on the Saturday prior to the main has been made on the change had experienced humiliation, a campus graduation. If adopted. according to Masciale. "I'm still copy of the Amicus Curiae (Jan. the Hooding Ceremony would open to more input. I don t care 24 edition) with a front-page replace the current Law School whether we do this thing or not, article about Spady was entered Graduation which is held after I just want to make a decision into evidence. the main campus cermony on one way or another so we can get The Commonwealth's Sunday. the planning done. ' Any third Attorney requested 12 months "The most c mmmon years ~ishing to voice an opinion jail time, but the judge, complaint I've gotten about past -staff photo See SBA NEWS, page 4 Brooks Patten (2L) ,,·as ,·oted viCe apparently concerned about graduations" said Masciale, "is president Spady's well-being, said that the limits on the number oftickets 4 ======Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE New Publications Council bylaws subject of hearing By LEEANNE MORRIS publication would be required to ------, The Publications Bylaws prepare a Statement of Purpose Review Committee held a public and Practice. The publication hearing Feb. 1 to receive would then be held accountable comments on its proposed bylaws to "standards of artistic, for the Publications Council of sc~entific, scholarly, or the College. The most significant journalistic honesty and change from the existing bylaws integrity, as established by the is the absence ofany power ofthe publication's statement." Council to discipline editors for Committee members stressed the content of student that they purposefully made the publications. language ofthe proposed bylaws The Committee was formed ambiguous to allow for flexibility in the wake ofstudent reaction to in interpretation by future a cartoon that appeared in The Councils. Pi /lory last spring. Persons offended by the "We tried to make a very content of a publication would clear statement that a publication still be able to bring a complaint cannot be punished for offending before the Council, but the people," Professor and Council's role would be as a Committee member Rodney mediator between the publication Smolla said. "You can lose and the complaining parties. The Committee chair Jack Edwards (center) addresses concerns with -staff photo funding for a shoddy project, Council's goal would be to "find though." the best possible resolution of the proposed bylaws Under the proposed bylaws, the conflict." University Relations. guidelines that would tell the hoped that the guidelines would the Council would be able to "We need to have good people Mikael Davis, president of publication that it had to be give editors the impression that reduce or eliminate funding ofa on the Pub Council who have the Black Students Organization, responsible," Davis said. theycan'tjust publish anything." publication for failure to meet experience with mediation and said he was not satisfied with the However, he believed that the Davis said he hoped for more production schedules, maintain bringing together people who proposed bylaws. role of the Council as educator involvement by African- budgetary control or provide the have passionate, opposing "I don't think there is and mediator would be very opportunity for broad student views," said Committee member anything that the Pub Council helpful. "I believe in free speech See PUB, page 20 involvement. Also, each Ray Betzner of the Office of could do under these new as much as anyone else, but I M-W professors take flight frOlll teaching posts By JON SHELDON 'time in Geneva at the Hague assisting the contracts. The first is a book on how One important aspect ofwinning a grant "Sabbatical," "visiting," "leave," war crimes tribunal in their work with the abortion informs us about how elected is thatduring the leave period, the College whatever you call it, five Marshall-Wythe former Yugoslavia. government shapes constitutional values; replaces much of the salary that the law professors will be absent from their Smolla will be on research leave and the second is a three--volume compendium, school would otherwise have to pay. teaching posts for part or all of the 1994- will be working on yet-to-be-determined written withajoint-degree (I.D.IM.P.P.) A substantial portion ofthe salaries of 95 year. projects, including taking care ofhis two student Wendy Watson (3L) about federal the five departing professors, therefore, Professors Rodney Smolla daughters. abortion politics. will remain to hire visiting professors. (constitutional law), Linda Malone Gerhardt is going on unpaid leave as Alces will also remain in Williamsburg Although M-W has not received any (environmental and international law), a visiting professorat Cornell Law School, on research leave all ofnext year, and will commitments for the fall semester, Michael Gerhardt (constitutional law), with Cornell picking up his salary. work on book contracts. Alces will Associate Dean Jayne Barnard expects Peter Alces ( contracts, sales) and perhaps Gerhardt will probably teach complete a treatise on suretyship, write a that many of the courses that the absent Neal Devins (constitutional law) will be constitutional law and health law, but his bankruptcy casebook, and finish a treatise professors now teach will be covered by doing a variety ofdifferent activities come schedule is yet to be worked out Gerhardt on the treatment of intellectual property visiting professors, and in some cases, the fall semester. also hopes to finish a book on within the bankruptcy process. adjunct professors. Smolla and Malone will be in Europe impeachment, as well as finish two As well as his law-related projects, Barnard stated that when she receives for most of the academic year. Malone is articles-one on health law and one on the Alces is on the College Research commitments from professors, she will expecting her second child in March judicial confirmation process. Gerhardt Committee that awards the grants for notify students through the Amicus. (another daughter, to be named Corey said that he thought his visit at Cornell research leave. Research grants are Information will also appear in the Colleen Malone Smolla) and will take a would be a good way to get exposure to awarded based on a competitive review of registration materials, scheduled to be combination research/maternity leave. new people and ideas. professors' submitted proposals of distributed in late March. Malone will initially be in Sicily at the Devins, who has been on research research. The Committee awards grants Barnard also stated that having five Institute of Higher International Studies leave for this spring semester, might to the best proposals in the College. The professors on leave at one time is within as a visiting scholar. She will be working continue his research leave into the fall law school's only role in the process is the normal range, and that all are expected on a book dealing with rape as a weapon semester. Devins will remain in granting the professor the one-year to return the following year. of war. Malone will then spend some Williamsburg finishing two current book absence, which is rarely, ifever , denied.
to all get together and have fun," she said -very optional according to organizers. too much whining about the parking SBA NEWS, from page 3 "We really want to get everyone to come. Students Lose Parking Spaces situation." A lot of our events are sort of small, and In other business SBAPresidentDave SBA Budget Process Begins should submit their ideas to Masciale by maybe they appeal to the younger people, Delk (3L) announced the administration Treasurer Charles Griffith (3L) hanging file. but Barristers' can be a lot of fun for was taking back three of the six parking reminded those on the board that the BSA Barristen' Ball anyone--married, single, groups, spaces they assigned to day students last budgetiogprocess was getting underway. The Executive Board also discussed whatever." month. The faculty complained that there " Any student groups that are interested in plans for promoting the spring formal, Tickets for the Feb. 18 dance are $20 were too few spaces and asked for the getting SBA funding will need to get Barristers' Ball. Newly-electedSBA Vice this week, $22 next week and $25 the change. their requests in to me in the next week. " President Brooks Patten (2L), who night of the event In addition to food, a "There's really not much we can do he said Griffith said he will hold meetings planned the event as SBA Social Chair, 0.1., the opportunity to see law students about it," Delk said "There's plenty of with student organization leaders on Feb. said this was the one event that is really and the type of people who go out with parking out in the back lot"MatkCapron 11 and Feb. 14 to discuss their budgets. designed for every law student them, there will be an open bar from 9:3.0 (3L) expressed the sentiment of many on The deadline for the SBA budget is Feb. "This is the best opportunity we have to 1:30 p.m. Dress is black-tie optional- the Board saying "There's been entirely 24. Monday, February 7,1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE 5 Selassie sidetracked on way ,to Ethiopia; evades ambush By STEPHEN THOMAS KING It turned out that the first arrivals to power, "nobody really cared that the its ethnic mission. Second, in light of Professor Alemante Selassie narrowly the conference were taken into custody at previous governmentfell. Everyone hated human rights violations and the repression avoided arrest during the Christmas break the airport in Addis Ababa, the capital of it." Any new government was preferred. of opposition political parties, the while on his way to attend the Peace and Ethiopia. Upon hearing the news, some However, the new government has conditions for democracy do not exist Reconciliation Conference in his native members in Selassie's group "wanted to begun to show authoritarian tendencies Selassie explained why he decided it Ethiopia. go on regardless, but I was not one of of its own, according to Selassie. "Their was safe for him to return to Ethiopia Selassie was forced by political them. All I could think of were the main mission is ethnic," an inherently after an I8-year absence. "The U.S. circumstances to leave his country 18 Contracts and Secured Transactions exclusive mission, especially when only embassy in Ethiopia had issued a press years ago. His outspoken criticism of the exams that I had to grade, and of course representing 5 percent of the population. release endorsing and promoting the peace increasingly authoritarian Marxist regime my family. What would my family and Only government-approved opposition initiative, as had the Ethiopian made him a target of government the students think?" parties are allowed to operate openly. government's leader just days before the oppression. In the intervening years, Selassie and the others decided to "What kind of democracy is that?" asks Conference." President Meles Zenawi, Selassie has never returned to his await word on the fate of those who had Selassie. Ifan individual declares himself head of the transitional government, homeland. This Conference was to be his been arrested. After a day or two, the first an opponent to the rUling government, announced that it was the right of every first opportunity. arrivals had not been released, so the government intimidates, harasses and Ethiopian to meet in conferences such as Selassie, along with Ethiopians living Selassie's group decided to call off their imprisons him. the one sponsored by the opposition allover the world in exile, were to attend journey. The five that were taken into The collapse of the Marxist groups. "Both factors encouraged me to theDecembermeeting. However, Selassie custody still have not been set free. government in 1991 created a window of go," said Selassie. and the group of Ethiopians he was The Marxist government from which opportunity for peace and democracy, but "I am very interested in ethnicity and travelling with encountered a sluggish Selassie escaped was ousted in 1991. A many feel that the window is closing. that is why I wanted to go back," said bureaucracy at the airport in Cairo, where transitional government took its place, Consequently, a vast array of opposition Selassie. "I continue to think and write they planned to make a connecting flight controlled by the Ethiopian People' s groups and individuals organized and about it. This was an opportunity for me to Ethiopia. Revolutionary Democratic Front. But, planned to attend the Conference. to see, first hand, how ethnic politics "It took forever to process our passports according to Selassie, "It is itself a front The many opposition groups affect democratization and peace." But and visas. Meanwhile the plane left, and for an ethnic-based party, the Tigrai essentially have a consensus on two issues. for now, Selassie must wait for another that was how we were saved. We were Peoples Liberation Front." The group First, the present transitional government opportunity to return to his homeland lucky that the bureaucracy was so represents less than five percent of the will never be able to lead the country to when he does not run the risk of inefficient," he said. population, but at the time they gained peace and democracy withoutabandooing imprisonment. International Law Society visits French embassy and AID By NINA HVAL The Embassy cafeteria lived up Despite freezing rain, sleet to the French renown for culinary and snow, 15 Marshall-Wythe achievement. The cafeteria students affiliated with the serves all 400 employees with International Law Society (lLS) salads, a choice of hot entrees journeyed up Washington, D.C., and a delicious assortment of Jan. 28 to visit the Embassy of desserts. After lunch, many ILS France and the Agency for members took advantage of the International Development authentic French cafe for (AID). espresso and cappucino. As part of its mission to AID at the State Department expand the exchange of was the next visit on the ILS · knowledge on international law, field trip. As an extra treat, ILS organized this trip that was former Secretaries ofState lames open to all law students. All Baker and Alexander Haig exited three of the trip's goals were the diplomatic area of the State accomplished: entertainment, Department as the ILS group international exchange, and entered. career opportunity exploration. AID has a budget of$8 billion At the Embassy of France, with which it funds programs in LeslieFerrell, the public relations developing countries that representative and one of only promote private sector growth, four Americans employed at the housing development, and M-W students visited tbe Embassy of France as part oftbe ILS field ' -Nina Hval Embassy, gave a presentation to famine relief. Three attorneys trip. the ILS group on the Embassy's from the Office of the General service without having to take Matalon works with the attorneys come from a top ten activities, as well as a tour of the Counsel--Paul Weisenfeld, the foreign service exam. AID ' s Bureau of Human law school and have two or more five-buiIding complex located on Renee Matalon, and Mark Normally,anAIDforeignservice Response. Her clients include years experience at major law an old farm in the upper environs Fittipaldi--spoke with the ILS attorney receives a two-year post the Food for Peace Office, the firms. However, Weisenfeld of Georgetown. group for over an hour and a half abroad asa regional legal advisor Office offoreignDisaster-Relief, noted that the new head of the The Embassy has many about their work for AID, their (RLA). RLAs travel a circuit or and the Office of Private and Office of General Counsel, departments that include background, and job regional posts where AID funds Voluntary Assistance. Matalon appointed by President Clinton, diplomatic relations, education, opportunities at AID. programs. said tluu her job satisfaction may change the current hiring and consula,te service. Fittipaldi explained his work Weisenfeld explained how stems from the interesting policy. ILS has information on Unfortunately, the Embassy of as advising clients from the private enterprise bureau of international legal issues she internship opportunities at AID France does not offer many jobs developing countries who AID works to stimulate private encounters each day, her job for anyone who is interested in for new attorneys. It employs happen to organize projects and sector growth in developing flexibility (she works part-time), gaining experience in this only one American attorney. programs that AID funds. As an countries by focusing on housing and the opportunity to travel. particular area. The Embassy is famous for AID attorney, Fittipaldi counsels development and private Often times, AID attorileys travel At the end of the day, the its cultural events at its Maison his clients on how to comply investment. As part of his work, to developing countries for one general consensus was that the Francaise. In addition to regular with the AID regulations to Weisenfeld counsels to two month stays to work on a trip offered the right balance of concerts, which are held in the qualify for funding. organizations that are interested specific project, such as drafting information on international law Maison's large auditorium, the An AID attorney can be hired in receiving AID funds on how all ofa country's laws governing and culture. Due to the positive Embassy often hosts parties in under the civil service or foreign to design, manage and low-income housing develop response from those who an elegant reception hall service rubric. Through AID, an implement programs that will ment. attended, ILS will plan a similar decorated with modem artwork. attorney can enter the foreign comply with AID regulations. As it stands DOW, most AID trip next year. 6 ======Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIaJs ClJlU.AE --~ Law Watch By JOHN CROUCH a marital sexual assault conviction, the Second Circuit held. (Law Week). Mew Mexico for $45 million for using its RICO SWELLS: The Racketeer Virginia's Court of Appeals held. "Force STRESS DEFENSE: A convict's post sacred symbol on the state flag. Jacques Influenced and Corrupt Organizations or a present threat" is needed, although traumatic stress disorder mnst mitigate Cousteau and a dail)' settled over a Act does not require economic motives, intimidation would support a conviction mandatory sentencing guidelines insofar scubaing "Cowsteau" mascot. Lawyer the Supreme Court held 9-0. RICO still for marital rape, a more serious charge. as it helped cause the crime, the Ninth Geoffrey Powers's estate sued makers of has not been applied to protestors. (Do; ly (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Circuit held. (New York Law Journal). "Philadelphia" for stealing his stOI)' Press). LEGALIZE: Colombian Attorney KEEPING THE PUBLIC . wholesale and in detail. He and his film CHINESE GET ASYLUM: Chinese General Gustavo de Greiff called for the INFORMED: Punjabi police tattooed double both had to disrobe in court to fleeing "population control" can receive repeal of drug laws. (Reason). the word "pickpocket" on four young show sarcoma lesions.. (USA Today). asylum in the U.S. for demonstrating a FOOD CRIME: Popping cough drops women's foreheads, causing nationwide PRIVACY: Discrimination claimants "well-founded fear of persecution," on the subway is not eating unless suspects outrage. A court has ordered that the keep privacy rights, especially concerning Alexandria federal judge T.S. Ellis said. "have secret sauce dribbling from their tatoo be removed. (London Times). mv, the Second Circuit held. (Wall But the U.S. claimed China got an chin," said Compton, Cal. judge Ellen TOIL: Arizona prisons revived hard Street Journal). exception because China is an equal Deshazer. (USA Today). labor. (USA Today). MORE PRIVACY: Police need warrants opportunity oppres59r that doesn't single CHASE IS ON: Lawyers, doctors and MOOT VOTE: Congress may let to enter partlyfenced, posted or landscaped out particular people to oppress. private detectives have a commercial territorial delegates vote when they make land, New York's Appellate Division said. (Richmond Times-Dispatch). speech right to get access to public accident no difference, the D. C. Circuit said. New York's constitution is more strictly FUNDIES FOILED: A Cairo judge reports and write to victims, a Houston (Washington Post). . construed against governments than the dismissed the case of fundamentalists federal judge held. New York's Jacoby & GAME OVER: A Cleveland federal U.S. 'so (New York Law Journal). who say linguist Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid is Meyers is running the first television ads judge enjoined bars from tuning in AND STILL MORE: Police need a heretic and must divorce his wife. seeking victims ofa single product. (Wall blacked-out NFL games with antenna warrants to aim thermal imaging devices (Washington Post). Street Journal). amplifiers. (National Law Journal). at land, a Tyler, Texasfederaljudge held. WIDE OPEN: Britain will open lawyer ELECTED mIEVES: "Lawless ... INTEL PROP. EXPANDS: Strayhorn's (National Law Journal). discipline hearings to the public. (London and publicity mongering" Chicago version of Ellington's "Satin Doll" -and SECRET INGREDIENT: Putting Times). congressman Bobby Rush and two evel)' substantially new arrangement ofa unnecessmy PCBs in products incurs DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE: aldermen must pay for stealing a picture tune--gets its own copyright because Superfund liability if the manufacturer Deceiving your twin's girlfriend into sex ofMayor Harold Washington, the Seventh melody does not wholly determine intended "disposal" of the toxins, a is not common-law rape or sexual Circuit said. The painting portrayed harmony, Manhattan'sjudge Sand held. Colorado federal judge said. (National misconduct, according to a Long Island Washington in a pink bikini with a whip The Ninth Circuit said color, although Law Journal). judge. However, it could be statutory sex in one hand. (USA Today). not a trademark, can be protected "trade PREEMPTION PROTECTS IND- abuse, which has a looser non-consent AMTRAK PRIVATE: Amtrak may dress" if combined with other distinctive requirement. (New York Law Journal). reject political ads because its founding features. (Law Week). See LAW WATCH, page 17 NO RAPE: Intimidation does not su rt SOUL mEFf: The Zia Pueblo sued Meet t 'fFotter Hardy· ... ByBILLMADIGAN He'sbeenatMarshail-Wythe : Nightfestival.Wi~'s , staysin close toucblVithhis .. on an article ontbe laW of . They 3recalled the ··' everSince.'. ' . ." '" , annuaL 'New. , . Year,'s past " life. " conceriiing· computer ; nctwoIk$tbat • Katatonics,andonoccasion ." ~ Whilehere; Hardyb.aSbeen · celebnruoll" .. . . 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M-W curriculum under review· M-W students participate in annual Work-A-Day Program The Ad Hoc Curriculum Revision Committee will sponsor a student forum this A total of24 students participated in Marshall-Wythe' s first Work-A-Day on Jan. afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in room 120 to solicit student input on potential changes to M 29, volunteering 160 hours ofcommunity service. The annual event occurs on the last W's academic offerings and requirements. "The purpose of the committee is to Saturday of each January and 6,000 law students from across the country were recommend changes based on our assessment ofwhat the goals ofthe law school ought expected to participate. to be," said student representative Erin Brewster (2L). "We've been talking in broad The Work-A-Day Program pairs students with community groups to give future terms about what skills every student ought to leave here with, and what courses are lawyers first-hand experience with social issues which are in need of legal attention. required to provide those skills. Now we're getting in to the details of what courses Locally, Law Students In the Community (LSIC) paired students representing the students would like to see and specific changes they might like to see made." SBA, Phi Delta Phi (PDP), and the Mary and William Society with agencies in the The topics discussed by the committee include revising lL course requirements to community. SBA worked with Housing Partnerships, Inc., rehabilitating a include some one-semester courses; reducing the number of hours required for Williamsburg home by rebuilding the front porch steps. PDP members researched graduation; and focusing on the law from a global perspective, according to Brewster. legal iSsues and presented their findings to a newly-formed single-parent support She added that ideas are welcome on all aspects of the current curriculum. group of the Salvation Army. Mary and William members spent the day painting, Although the faculty maintains a standing committee on the curriculum which cleaning and generally sprucing-up the Avalon Shelter for Women and Children. considers and makes recommendations on proposed changes, Brewster said there -Linda Harris (2L) hasn't been a comprehensive review of the school's academic program in several years. In addition to Brewster, David Lee (3L) serves as a student representative. Federalism revived at M-W Others on the committee include Acting Associate Dean Jayne Barnard, and Professors Jonathan Koenig (2L) called a meeting of the long~ormant M-W chapter of the Trotter Hardy, Glenn Coven, Dave Douglas, and John Levy. Federalist SocietyJan. 27 and was elected the Society's president on a platform of -Doug Miller (2L) increased activism. The Society is a group of conservative and libertarian students. Koenig hopes to organize student-faculty luncheons to discuss public policy issues. Student organizations' budgets due Some members plan to attend a conference on "Feminism, Sexual Distinctions and the SBA Treasurer Charles Griffith (3L) will be holding meetings with student Law" which will be held at University of Virginia on March 4-6. The conference will organization leaders to discuss funding for the '94-'95 school year. Organization feature Professor RichardEpsteinand Judges J. Harvie Wilkinson, Lawrence Silberman, leaders hoping to secure funding must sign up at the SBA office for a time to meet with and Frank Easterbrook. Griffith on either Feb. 11 or 14. -John Crouch (2L) W &M Law Review 1994-95 editorial board announced LeBel named to the American Law Institute The Law Review announced the following Editorial Board appointments: Professor Paul A. LeBel was one of 68 people invited to become a member of the Editor-in-Chief Erich T. Kimbrough American Law Institute, an organization comprised of 2,800 judges, academics and Managing Editor Keenon C. Hook legal practitioners dedicated to the "clarification and simplification of the law and its Senior Articles Editor Erin M. Masson better adaptation to social needs." Articles Editors Edward J. Efkeman, Blake ·M. Guy, and David A. Pinkowitz "It is a singular honor for a member of our faculty to be selected for membership Student Notes Editor Joshua Sacks in this important and influential group, .. said Acting Dean PaulMamls. LeBel, whose Topics and Research Editor Douglas E. Miller expertise lies in torts and products liability and who authored John Barleycorn Must Business Editor Margaret Hardy Pay: Compensating the Victims ofDrinking Drivers, will participate in the Institute's Board Editors Carla S. Blake, Michael D. Homans, Roderick W. Simmons, Timothy Third Restatement of Torts project. M. Singhel, Erica Swecker, and Matthew Whitworth Other Marshall-Wythe faculty members who have previously been offered Candidates Program Director Carla S. Blake membership in the ALI include Marcus, Acting Associate Dean Jayne Barnard and Professor Peter Alces. 1994-95 Moot Court Board Named Congratulations to: Pennsylvania ups bar examination requirements Chief Justice Ted Atkinson The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered that effective with the February 1995 Business Justice Toni Russo bar examination, Pennsylvania bar applicants will be required to achieve a score of Bushrod Tournament Justice Erin Brewster 135 on both the multistate and essay portions of the exam to qualify for bar Bushrod Research Justice Blake Guy membership in Pennsylvania. Previously bar applicants who achieved a score of 135 Spong Tournament Justice Carla Archie on the multi state portion were passed automatically. Spong Research Justice Theresa Pulley SMH Bar Review advises students who were planning to take the Pennsylvania bar Administrative Justices Beverly Rebar, Rob Kaplan, Walter Benzija and Lori examination to waive into D.C. to consider taking the D.C., Maryland or Virginia bar Petruzzelli examinations instead to avoid the stricter criteria. Let us arrange your call back travel The Bagel Bakery S~ Daily deliveries to the law school Y- ,,. ,~ .~~~!~~E Specialty Baked Goods and Frozen Yogurt ~ .... 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Needed Admiralty program could be ours for little cost Hampton Roads area, the James consider to be somewhat closed, University of Virginia's Professor Bhala in International River, and the Chesapeake Bay. course availability in the . President Casteen, to do battle Business Transactions. When a By John Ryan For those of you not familiar maritime law field should be with our cowboy-governor Panamanian crewmember on a with the region, this translates seriously pursued. Having such regarding state funding for Norwegian flagship is killed by When the settlers arrived in into proximity to the largest coal instruction pays respect to this Virginia's institutions of higher a falling sack of Colombian Jamestown in 1607, they did not port in the world, the largest region, enhances the ability of education. The purpose of coffee beans off the coast of have friends 'to pick them up at naval base in the world, one of our students to contribute to it, President Sullivan's fight is to Virginia, what do you do first? the airport, nor could they take the top five commercial ports on and gives further credence to the maintain top academic Admiralty law, at the least, is a the T, the L, or the Metro from the eastern seaboard, the site of assertion that our school can opportunity at low cost for the facet of international law, and their port ofentry to their happy the first battle between ironclad provide a comprehensive legal present and future students of the lack ofany course pertaining homes. Their primary means of naval vessels, some of the best education. Virginia's schools. This type of to admiralty detracts from the transportation was the ship they sailing on the east coast, and The cost ofinstituting such a fight should not be left to our ability ofour lawyers to serve the came in on, and where that most significantly a place where program is minimal. As recently presidents alone. There is no practical needs of international stopped, so too did they, admiralty lawyers are both as the fall of 1993, practicing definite indication as to how clients. excepting those, of course, who respected and put to work. attorneys from ·Hampton Roads education interests will fare My exposure to the field of continued to pioneer. The admiralty law classes at have affirmatively expressed to during this gubernatorial maritime law is greater than Over the years, the ship has Marshall-Wythe ceased the author their willingness to administration. To be sure, as some, less than many. My father served an important role for the approximately five years ago teach free of charge either a funding becomes more scarce, practices maritime law, and I coastal peoples. Riparian with the unfortunate death of survey course or a seminar opportunities for cost-free have lived and worked around settlements similar at inception Admiralty Professor Walt regarding admiralty law. This augmentation ofcurriculum will the water all my life. What I to Jamestown grew and today Williams. Up to that time, both opportunity was communicated become scarce as well, and have, more than any arcane represent the bulk of the largest an admiralty survey course to the administration of our law consequently we should seize knowledge of the subject, is the cities in the United States. Our taught by a regular faculty school. These attorneys are not what these admiralty lawyers knowledge that work in the field country developed in this manner member and a seminar taught by local yokels, but partners in top have so kindly offered us. can be very interesting. I think not because revolutionaries adjunct Hampton Roads law firms whose clients include Recently, the policy-makers people that lack familiarity with among the coastal towns were attorneys were offered. While London insurers, international at Marshall-Wythe have made the field would be well served by drafting great documents, but these classes were popular among carriers, and all manner of the terrific decision to invigorate exposure to it. rather because oftheir proximity alumni and continue to be useful companies representing the vital our international law program. To play the alliteration game, to the great liquid highway of for current students wishing to marine industries of the region. In light of the recent our school's calling card is its the sea. practice along the ~astern They have taught the course at developments concerning core curriculum, and contrary to While the emigration of seaboard, there has been little or Marshall-Wythe in the past, and NAFTA and GAIT, and the any carping that this be changed., European and African peoples no effort to reinstate the continue only to teach at Regent possibility of normalization of congratulations are clearly in and their "arrival" in our country admiralty program. University. Perhaps we need not relations with Vietnam, this order. Nonetheless, we should have become the topics ofhis tory, Both for the sake of students ask why Regent is getting this seems a timely and wise decision. seize the opportunity to build revisionist, deconstructionist, desiring either a broader manna from heaven, yet, puns A class in admiralty, taught by upon this foundation and and back again, one thing has curriculum in general, or aside, we should ask why our -an instructor with insight into reinstate the once popular remained true: we on the coasts admiralty instruction in students are not. the inherently practice~riented admiralty program. live by our commerce, by the particular, and for the greater As you read, the President of problems confronted by maritime The downside of such an ocean. goal of strengthening ties with a The College of William & Mary, lawyers, will complement the endeavor is nonexistent, while William and Mary is within Hampton Roads market that favorite son Tim Sullivan, is multi-million dollar the potential rewards are forty-five minutes of the many out-of-state students preparing, along with the countertrades covered by substantial. It's a MAD World ===:======Law school pressure cooker creates merciless rumor mill By M.A. DONALD subjected to the sanction of peer Legal Skills activities. And I thought before being allowed on stage. Most of As we old timers are well aware and disapproval. Mr. Spady's counsel made there was nothing lower than Legal Skills. the crowd follows suit, and a fun time is most M-W newbies have realized by now, special note of the close (read Those who have felt the full force ofits guaranteed. our hallowed halls often press us tightly "suffocating") social climate one can find fury understand that "the loop" should Among the ways to dilute gossip together, that is to say, our law school by leapfrogging the National Center not be taken lightly. In our class, the culpability at the date auction is to fonn a social climate often emulates a pressure building. A copy of this esteemed journal gossip handlers emerged early, and bidding cartel, in which the actually cooker. was even considered by the judge while through a series of minor skinnishes and interested person appears to be merely Take a couple hundred ingredients, hearing about our little slice of Hades. major campaigns, have consolidated their another face in the crowd. This also throw in a pinch of boredom, a dash of His Honor did the right thing and empires, earning the deference of the makes for higher bids that go to a good competitiveness, omit all spice, and heat suspended all of the ridiculous 12-month masses, or at least the lowering of cause, and make the drunks on stage real over a high flame for three years stirring sentence whined for by the Persecutor, conversations within earshot. happy. infrequently. vindicating those who have noted that Anyone looking to juice up their Those with lucrative summer or post Among the admitted by-products of social conditions here approach a very reputation will have a major opportunity grad employment should realize that one this unique process is a helping of gossip .expensi ve fonn of punishment. That to do so at the always-debaucherous P. S.F. can bid pretty high and still not reach that so hefty as to put the Information such a sentence was even requested, for Date Auction on Feb. 11 . This event "day of pay ' level plus the dates usually Superhighway to shame. If there were indecent exposure for God's sake, even could never occur at a more politically include food from BiIlyburg's busload of infidel non-believers in the crowd before, further enhances my lack of respect for correct institution, so go, if for no other better eateries. Len Spady's sentencing proceeding those in the prosecutorial arts. reason than that. On second thought, those with should have brushed aside any The Spady case proves another point This single event spawns more gossip lucrative jobs should buy a date AND uncertainty. for those uncertain: the surest way to ride than any other during the year. A bonus pledge a day of pay. Perhaps among the For those who missed the story, among the gossip circuit is to perfonn an activity is that you get to see what your date will professorial offerings will be that special the factors cited by Mr. Spady's counsel involving one's genitalia. The second look like when you get him/her drunk someone you have been looking for . . . in his request for lenient treatment was surest way is to require students to bring since there is a m.4Umum blood alcohol and you'll get to make him wear a name the fact that Mr. Spady had already been little name cards to class and to replicate level that all of the meat must achieve tag too. 10 ======Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIa;s CtooAE Ask Mr. Smart Guy Dear Mr. Smart Guy: afraid you will lose your tuxedo like last In the end, it doesn't matter at all who can afford to blow wads of money on Barristers' Ball is just around the year, throw on your best funeral duds or you go with because everyone has fun, PSF's legalized prostitution. bend, and I'm somewhat concerned wear your dress blues. You can even wear and everyone eventually winds up yalddng Nevermind the fact that the entire law about having neither tuxedo nor date. that Starfleet uniform you wear to all the in the cab anyway, and someone always school will be leering at your drunk, haIf Is it absolutely necessary that I have .conventions up at Gonzaga. manages to burn down the place with naked body when you're up there on that these things! I don't want to buckle While many people take an actual their odd telekenetic powers. stage . . Don't worry about the possibility under the weight of peer disapproval, date to the Ball, such romantic coupling that you may draw the low bid of the so help me get it straight, would you! is not required. In the past, people have Dear Mr. Smart Guy: night, orno bid at all. Forget any concerns -Unloved and Unclothed gone without a "date" and have actually Help! I agreed to be sold at the that your date may include dinner at Taco had a terrific time. Some folks go in a Dinner Date Auction this Friday night, Bell and bowling witiiDeanKaplan. Yau Dear Unloved: group like a great big dinner party and but now I am getting cold feet. Have I are a great American. Don't get so stressed. You act as flaunt the fact that they are disease-free made a horrendous mistake that will though this thing is going to turn out like and totally unattached in front of the foUow me through the rest of my law Letters to Mr. Smart Guy should be the prom scene at the end of Carrie. faces of people who have to dance with school and legal career! Or should I dropped in the Amicus hangingfile. Mr. No one is really sure what is going on the same person all night. Some people pat myself on the back for p·articipating Smart Guygreatlyappreciates the myriad with the Ball in regards to proper attire. import dates of a non-romantic nature, in a charity function! ofproblems law studentsface and wishes Dress at the event had previously been such as a sibling, a close friend, or random -What Have I Doae! to prOVide helpful advice to everyone. strictly formal. This year, however, naval personnel. And some people like to However, ifyour letter fails to make its advertisements for the Ball state "no . just sit in a comer of the room alone and Dear Scared Shitless: much deservedappetvance in the Amicus, tuxedos required." According to Pete drink, all the while burning with bitter Take comfort. You are doing a great you can take comfort in the fact that the Schiron, political and theatrical hatred at all those people on the ballroom service forthe entire law school by helping ommission was probably due to space renaissance man, formal wear includes floor who are dancing and falling in love PSF. Without assistance from people like constraints in which case the oversight both tuxedos and "dark suits." If you and laughing at you behind sycophantic yourself: many of our classmates would will be remedied in the near future. think that a tuxedo is too expensive, or, little faces, faces that will pay, and pay be unemployed or unpaid this summer. Either that, or your question was like the illustrious Jonathan Rotter, you're andpay.. .. Because ofyour actions these unfortunates really, really stupid. M -W student separates fact from fiction for readers By TED ATKINSON straight on some stories and asked by the govemment. He sang ribald songs. disciplinary decisions. Students The law school is like a small separate rumor from fact. recentlytravel/edwith Seal Team FACT: Thisrumorprobably are arbitrarily selected and town, of sorts, replete with its RUMOR: Professor Six to an undisclosed Gulfstate developed last year after capriciously punished by a Star own little government, social Donaldson has been teaching to release French hostages. constitutional law guru Rod Chamber style secret society structure, and newspaper. Like here since 1965, and when he FACT: The student in Smolla was seen celebrating the headed by the aforementioned any small town, the law school is first arrived he lead a hippy sit question never worked for the purchase ofa new tie at Paul 's by Fred Jacob in order to weed out also bound to have its own rumor in at the. President's residence CIA, but did work at the State quaffing beer and telling bawdy undesirables. The Judicial mill, fueled by baseless to protest federal policy on Department commissaJyback in limericks to unsuspecting CW Council budget is used to feed speculation and manned by charitable tax deductions. college. However, he was tourists. Fred's unquenchable thirst for people ... well, people like me, FACT: Actually, Professor recently hired by an unnamed RUMOR: The Law Review comic books. I guess. Donaldson once wrote a letter to on-line service to treat "with is not actually written by the RUMOR: The chain of We all shamelessly gossip to the General Assembly when he extreme prejudice" those staff of the law review. It is planning memos nquired for some extent, some of us more was 15 encouraging legislators students caught abusing their written by a company that Client B is explained by the fact than others. These rumors to adopt an estate planning privileges by printing cases advertises in the back of that a former legal librarian usually come and go like bumoys system too complex to be already in the stacks. magazines under the catch-line willed a significant amount of in a restaurant, but some persist understood by mere humans. RUMOR: One night last "Term paper blues?" and is sent money to Legal Skills on the and become almost legend. He's been teaching here since year several professors and here to be revisedandpublished. condition thatfirst-years be put People will swear that so-and-so 1944 and has since written administrators went to The sham is perpetrated merely through Q mind-numbing did such and such, but when virtually every Virginia law on Chowning's Tavem where they to keep our national rankings assignment that would be ofno pressed, they tell you that they trusts and estates as a hobby. proceeded to drink like fish. 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For the first time in history the movie Like too many soundtracks, Best Cut: Mr. Jones representative of the album as a no heavy metal music will be Executive producer Jonathan Philadelphia has several songs The Good: Solid album that, de whole. However, most of the reviewed. Demme has created a powerful on it that I could swear were not spite its simplicity, songs are not as nearlyup-rempo "No heavy metal?" you ask, musical companion to his in the movie. For exampie, "I doesn't get bor as that cut would lead you to "Can the end of the world be far powerful movie with this ten Don't Wanna Talk About It," a ing. believe. "Rain King" and "A behind?" Fear not, fellow song collection. However, very cool cut by the Indigo Girls, The Bad: It's also pretty sol Murder For One" are really the headbangers, I have not despite its connection to the was allegedly on the radio in the idly depressing. only others that share "Mr. abandoned you. As a true movie, this CD stands well on its background of an early scene in The Ugly: A band from South Jones '" absence of sullenness. renaissance man ofmusic , I have own. You can still very much the movie. It might as well have ern California sing The other eight tracks have a a responsibility to fully explore enjoy it even if you're too cheap been "Detroit Rock City," for all ing about the rain in more mellow, depressing feel to the musical landscape. Besides, to shell out the money to see the I remember of it Baltimore. them. Rather than telling a story, when you have a ~hanceto review film. Other stand-outs on the This five-man band from the somewhat obscure lyrics two CDs without having to buy The CD begins with the first album include "Lovetown," a Southern California brings us paint a landscape of soinber them, you can't pass that up. single and video from the movie, characteristically moody Peter an II-song, 51-minute CD moodiness that evoke more than Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Gabriel song, "Please Send Me characterized by acoustic guitars they describe. Title: soundtrack to Phila Philadelphia," a song that Someone To Love," a bluesy, and crisp percussion in a vein Overall, the CD is very cool. delphia recently won the Boss a Golden retro-sounding ballad featuring not unlike that of the always Though the band's style is Artist: Various Globe award The simple drum the smooth, seductive voice of cheerful REM, only with better unwavering throughout, it never Producer: Various and keyboard accompaniment to Sade, and "Philadelphia," the lyrics. This CD appeared on the gets boring, and there are really Label: Epic Records Bruce's subdued vocals belies Neil Young song that closes the Marshall-Wythe Best of 1993 no weak songs. If you love the Best Cut: Bruce Springsteen the song's subtle intensity. movie. Some of the more list, and it's easy to see why single, you'll love the CD. Just "Streets of Philade 1- Another evocative piece, interesting cuts include the Spin (especially since one vote would make sure you listen to it when phia" keyed more for its prominence Doctors' cover of Credence have gotten you into the top ten). you're in a good mood. The Good: The variety of styles in the movie than for its pop Clearwater Revival 's"Have You Vocalist Adam Duritz, who •••••••••••• on soundtracks al appeal. is "La Mamma Morta," Ever Seen The Rain," and "Ibo also wrote all of the lyrics and Special thanks to Rachel waysprovidesa good an operatic exce.rpt performed Lele (Dreams Come True)," a some of the music, has a style Shachter and David and Debbie opportunity to expe by Maria Callas. ' Even this tune combining a swinging salsa that can be described asa mixture Pearson for loaning the CDs that rience music and metalhead can appreciate the sound with a morose vocal ofSting, Michael Stipe, and Neil made this column possible. bandsyouwould not emotional force ofItalian opera. delivery. Young. As ugly as that may Otherwise, you would be otherwise hear. Unlike any other track on the sound, it makes for some strong hearing about the new Slayer The Bad: Overall, the album is CD, when you hear it, you can't Title: August And Every vocals, especially when you add album. Suggestions on CDs to kind of depressing. help but visualize the scene in thing After in a dose of Maria McKee on review are always welcome. Chung Oak Sushi bar happy hour delights M-W diners ByJANETBRECKENmIDGE which is flat pieces ofbarbecued beefover be there at happy hour, during which refills even though they were requested. This week's eating adventure takes us rice. Debbie and I both enjoyed this dish. Sushi is a dollar a piece. Now that's a Despite the mix ups, the waitress was to the Far East-Rt. 60 East, that is. I It's unfortunate that no one at our table bargain. The Makkis are all about $3, sweet and she was slammed, so we were don't know about you, but I think it's a was overly familiar with Korean food, so which is about the norm. willing to give her a break. good idea to get out of the 'B~g every no one could comment on its authenticity. Our waitress had a little bit of trouble Even though this may not sound like once in a while to remind myself that not Others at the table commented on the gettin~ our orders straight. Lee ordered a the most glowing review, I know I'll every town is so carefully designed that width of the strips of beef. Apparently, combinationMakki platter, which usually return to Chung Oak. Maybe it's my Wal-Marts can't pass zoning muster. the meat is normally sliced much thinner. consists of three different rolls. She got fondness for hole-in-the-wall type places, Upon reaching our destination, Debbie AlsO, Lisa Hwang (3L) commented that it mostly California rolls and none of the I don't know. Maybe it's the fact they Zeitler (3L) exclaimed, "Ob, so this place tasted a little overcooked. Although the promised Tekka Makkis. The Sushi chef have $4 lunch specials and karaoke. That is a hole in the wall." And that's pretty meat was a tad on the fatty side, I thought was happy enough to fix things, though, should be enough for anybody. much what it is. it was really good. The portion was large and in the end I think Lee got the better See ya there: Chung Oak Restaurant, Chung Oak is a "Korean Chinese enough to feed two people easily. It came deal. 15320 WarWick Boulevard, Newport Restaurant" that features a Sushi happy with lots of yummy, gooey steamed rice Our drink service was hit or miss as News, (804) 874-3505, Hours: 11a.01. to hour every day of the week from 5 to 7 and kim chee, pickled vegetables, which well. I don't think anyone got drink IOp.01. p.rn. I'm not too fond of so I gave it a miss. It As the restaurant was located just three cost about $8. doors down from an Asian food market, Lisa, Lee Stokes (3L) and Krista YIPPEE, from page 1 GUILTY, from page 3 we took a chance that the place catered to Pollard (3L) sampled various things from Asian Americans, and thus the food would the Sushi bar. Lisa said that the Tekka had two really superb and nationally noted obviously not worked be better than the average Chinese food Makki (tuna roll) was too mushy, and candidates." Stressing the "contractual" nature ofa one can get just about anywhere. The Krista said that ·her Salmon Sushi was "I want to assure you that I'm excited suspended sentence agreement, the judge clientele turned out to be an interesting tougher than it should have been. Both and pleased with Tom's appointment," reinstatedlOdaysofthe29-daysuspended mix ofservicemen, Asian Americans and Lee and Lisa tried the California rolls and Cell informed the M-W faculty and staff sentence from the prior charge, and truckers. Likewise, the food elicited mixed gave them a thumbs up. I tried them and at the meeting. ordered them served Spady was not reactions. And the service, well . .. it was I ·thought they were great. Cell described Krattenmaker as taken into custody immediately, but asked just mixed up. The Sushi platters came with Miso soup possessing "a very high level of energy to be allowed to. schedule the jail time. While most ofour group decided to be which Lee said was good because it wasn't and a real desire to work with all ofyou to Spady will also be required to participate adventurous and order frOQl the Sushi too salty. The best part about the Sushi, move the school forward" into the next in more closely supervised counselling bar, Debbie and I tried the Bool Go Gi, however, was the price. We happened to century and a new level of excellence. through CDI'snew sex offender program. 14 Monday, February 7, 1994 THEAMIaJs CuIuAE Cinema Cynicism Philadelphia a good effort despite shallow characters By STEVEN YOUNGKIN represent Hanks. _ ones the jury has seen on TV, but it very studio executives to get this film made at Of all the movies released recently, But although this movie deserves quickly turns into a media spectacle. all. The flaws probably reSult from the Philadelphia left me feeling the most accolades for bravely confronting a sensi Unfortunately, it's just not very compel compromises they forced him to make. confused. tive subject affecting our entire country, it ling despite the courtroom theatrics. We Studios-consumed with not wanting to On the one hand, I should applaud is flawed in some major respects. The have all seen these legal stunts before offend the general audience-no doubt Hollywood for FINALLY acknowledg characters are extremelytwodimensional. the impassioned, unmotivated speech, decided to offer a lukewarm version ofthe ing something that the rest of the country Hanks plays a character so noble he lacks the dramatic moment on the witness stand. story. Demme must have been under has known for some time: AIDS is ravag even a single imperfection and Jason It seems, Oh, so familiar. pressure to make it "commercial." More ing our country. I should also applaud Robards (as the senior partner) is so evil The movie is not without its positive than likely, this pressure probably re director Jonathan Demme and actors Tom that you expect to see him twirl a mus elements, though. Hanks deserves major sulted in the softening and weakening of Hanks and Denzel Washington for hav tache a la Snidely Whiplash of Dudley credit for giving his character depth the movie. ingthecouragetotakepartinHollywood's Dooright fame. The story would have .Despite the two-dimensional nature of In the end, though, the big question is, first major AIDS-motion picture. But, been more compelling if both sides had his character, Hanks manages to convey "Should you go see itT' The answer is though I should applaud them, I can't been sympathetic. a sense of dignity that makes us sympa "yes." Both Hanks' and Washington's Tom Hanks stars as a hotshot young Washington's character is the excep thize with him. performances are both superb and there attorney in a prestigious law firm. Shortly tion. . His role has more depth. As the In addition, some moments are unde are a number of powerful scenes which after the firm offers Hanks a promotion, protagonist, the audience must hope that niably powerful. In one scene, Hanks tend to overwhelm the weaker parts. they discover that he has AIDS and fire he wins. But as a homophobe who repeat performs a portion ofan opera that affects While I do generally recommend this him for misplacing an important docu edly refers to homosexuals in derogatory him deeply. His performance is so heart movie and while I hope that it has ment Hanks sues for discrimination. terms, he offends the audience; Because breaking that by the end of the scene the commercial and professional success, the After attempting to hire nine separate of this complexity, he is the most acces audienCe has the same reaction as Wash film primarily makes me sit back and attorneys, Hanks finally comes to Denzel sible and empathic character on the screen. ington, which is "Wow." look forward to the next motion picture Washington. A homophobe, Washing The film could have used a few roles more My confusion resulted from the fact about AIDS. ton initially refuses Hanks' case because like his. that while the movie has its flaws, I I hope that the next one won't be he doesn't want to be associated with the The movie suffers from an over sim should have expected theseproblemsfrom under the same pressures burdening gay community. Eventually, Washing plification of story as well as characters. Hollywood's first major attempt to ad Philadelphia. Then maybe we'll be able ton decides discrimination is discrimina In his opening statement, Washington dress the AIDS epidemic. Demme prob to get the real story about AIDS and its tion, for whatever reason, and agrees to promises that the trial will not be like the ably had to do substantial finagling with victims. SNL's Adam Sandler Opens University Center By SHELLEY EVANS This conversational style The celebratory opening of worked to his advantage when the Student University Center telling stories about his family began with a sold-out whom he had just vacationed performance by Adam Sandler with in Florida. These were of Saturday Night Live fame on stories everyone could relate to, Jan. 27. Sandler, looking much such as his parents' concern with like a college kid himself: began leaving early enough to catch a the evening acting quite plane as if a pterodactyl might unprepared. He fumbled with swoop down and eat his car, his the microphone, played with his mother telling him, "Drink gum ("Ooh, so much flayvah liquids," when he's sick left") and commented often about ("because when I drink solids I the blinding light focused on tend to choke"); and his him. grandmother who quizzes him But this dazed and confused about family history before attitude became one of his buzzing him into her apartment cliarms. He is like a friend who building ("Who in our family is is unable to tell a joke because he allergic to chicken? ... Who is can't remember the punchline, pregnant out of wedlockT') but the delivery, with all of its College, of course, was wonderment, is usually funnier another subject. Applause was -staff photo than the joke itself. Sandler rampant when Sandler spoke of Adam Sandler, of Saturday Night Live fame, entertained students could do no wrong. the horrors of dating someone at the new University Center. Sandler began the evening freshman year, breaking up and audience obligingly sang along steak with a slice of love but has a four-and-a-half-hour concert. by singing an "Opera Man" song then seeing him or her every day on the chorus. If you are no idea what the chicken pot pie His impression of Springsteen specially written for W &M about for the next three years. "Jfagirl unfamiliar with Sandler, his ismadeouto(" He also provided forgetting the lyrics to a song needing to study but going to the breaks up with me, I want her to songs contain simple the audience with a surprise and faking everyone out Green Leafe instead to get "shit die, " Sandler explained. observationswithsillyreferences performance (on request) of consisted of playing the same face off." I found it strange to Concerning his education, that always rhyme. "RedHooded "Medium Pace," a hilariously riff repeatedly, mumbling hear Sandler cursing. One Sandler described himselfas "on Sweatshirt" is about a sweatshirt disgusting song of sexual incoherently and slipping in the becomes accustomed to hearing a scale leaning towards dumb. I he was given when it was too perversion. word "Jersey." It was perfect. him censored on TV. But finished a book the other day . . large, but that he grew into and The evening ended with During the encore, Sandler Sandler's wit is easy-going and 450 pages. That's a lot of grew to love. Sandler's deft impressions of told a story about being in a adolescent, so his frequent use of coloring. " Another favorite, "The Springsteen, a screaming Axl diner and doing his SNL diner the "F' word just sounded like a Finally, Sandler plugged in Thanksgiving Song," contains · Rose and a moaning Bono. routine for the waiter who had teenager trying to be cool. his guitar and began to sing the the lyrics, "A turkey for you and Sandler commented that every no idea what was going on. "Not Sandler himself explained that songs that truly distinguish him a turkey for mel I can't believe time he sees Springsteen, he as famous as I thought I was," he curses a lot because "I'm so from other comedians. The first the bouncer took my fake I.D." always marvels at the fact that Sandlernoted. Thiswascertainly dumb, I'm stalling to get to my song was the infamous "Red "Lunch Lady Land," is about a Springsteen could remember all not true at W &M, where he got next real word." Hooded Sweatshirt" to which the woman who serves "Salisbury of the words to his songs during a standing ovation. Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIrus CuluAE ======15 Beer snobs find happiness at Corner Pocket ale tasting By PAULA HANNAFORD a red flag for me. Since I'm not a fan of bodied ale with a spicy ginger flavor and with lots ofthickcrabpieces-which made Ifyou are anything like me, you have light beer IDyself (bard to tell from my a sweet-hops aftertaste, this beer is a up for the disappointment of the ale. two reasons for regularly drinking delicate, girlish figure, I know!), it's not holiday must! The only thing that could The last serving of the night was the Budweiser beer: it's relatively cheap and surprising that I found this one to be too improve its sharp taste and aroma would only beer that Tom and I seriously dis it supports the local economy. A distinc light, with very little effervescence and be consuming it in front of a roaring fire agreed about. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal tive taste, pleasing aroma or hearty tex almost no aroma. in a mountain ski lodge, surrounded by Stout, Tadcaster, England, came close to ture, however, are not counted among its Following that carne Perry's Majestic good friends. After introducing this beer, the Christmas Ale according to my method most distinguishing characteristics. OrganicLager, alsobrewedinNewYork. Bradley explained that the distributor of ranking, with a rich, smooth texture, a But finding these qualities among the Tom and I found this beer to be extremely ship only received about 100 cases of the very sweet flavor, and no bitter aftertaste. hundreds of beer choices now available pleasant, both for its strong and unique Anchor Christmas Ale this year which But Tom found it too sweet and com frequently requires considerable patience, hops flavor and for the PC-ness of having sold out in less than a week. mented that it had very little aroma. substantial quantities of money, and a a completely organic beverage. Maybe because of the outstanding By the end of the evening, I was well willingness to try a lot of really bad beer. Accompanying this beer was the first quaijty ofthe previous beer, the following served, well fed and happy. For those of But not to despair, all you frustrated appetizer of the evening-toasted french Sierra Nevada Winter Celebration, from you wishing to expand your drinking gourmands of the brewer's trade! Anew bread slices spread thickly with a spicy Chico, Cal., was a sore disappointment. horizons beyond the bounds ofAnheuser method for discovering tasty and unusual mixture of black olives and red peppers Although the Tasting Notes described a Busch, I strongly recommend attending ales is quickly growing in popularity. and then topped with melted parmesan "strong, aromatic hop and toasted-malt the next tasting advertised. The Comer The beer tasting phenomenon has hit the cheese. The olive and pepper spread was taste," the only flavor I could discern was Pocket promises to have several more 'Burg. delicious, with a surprising sausage-like unpleasantly soapy. Luckily, the beer featuring other micro-brewery beers over The tasting that I attended on Feb. 3 flavor. was served with a hot crab dip--creamy the next months. I'll see you there! (accompanied by my charming drinking Next was Samuel Smith's Pure companion Torn Martinchek) was spon Brewed Lager, from Tadcaster, England, sored by The Comer Pocket and featured a thoroughly forgettable brew for which I M-Walums rate law school nine beers-from a light pilsner to a stout apparently didn't even bother to make -by seven different micro-breweries from notes about. Suffice it to say that I was not education across the U.S. and England. impressed, although in all fairness my The portions were very generous lack of enthusiasm for this beer might be about one 12-oz. bottle of each type of due to the incredible experience of the 389 graduates from the past ten years responded to a survey beer for every two people at the tasting. In fourth beer of the evening. by the Curriculum Committee about how law schools could fact, I would recommend that anyone The Pike Place Pale Ale, brewed in planning to attend a similar function White River Junction, Vt., had an out better prepare students for legal jobs. bring a designated driver (manytbanks to standing malt aroma, a full ale flavor and Tom for his superior tolerance for alco a slightly sharp but sweet aftertaste. It Poorly Prepared hol!) or plan to call a cab at the end of the definitely was my favorite of the lighter Well Prepared evening. beets.from the evening. Served with this 1 2 345 A selection of hors d'oeuvres-with were twin bars of puff pastry slathered recipes donated by Rob Corliss of the with a bleu cheese mousse and garnished Williamsburg Inn and prepared by chef with thin slices offresh fruit. Since Tom Case analysis 215 108 39 14 10 Michelle Holdsworth, formerly of the is not a fan ofbleu cheese, I ate his as well. Trellis Restaurant--complemented the The fifth beer ofevening was the Olde various selections. Ken Bradley, regional Heurich Mearzen Beer, brewed in Wash StatutOI)' 105 129 80 41 23 beer manager for beverage distributor ington, D. C. Those ofyou who have lived analysis Broudy-Kantor Co., Inc., gave a short for any length in the mid-Atlantic area narrative about each ofthe beers and their have probably run across the Olde Heurich respective breweries, as well as some beers from time to time already. Recognizing 114 109 98 44 22 tasty tidbits about the brewers' trade in "Mearzen" is German for March, ac & resolving general. cording to Bradley, and is brewed each Throughout the evening, our hostess, March with a strong hops presence to ethical issues Comer Pocket owner Lynn Allison, ensure that it will keep throughout the mingled with the guests, making sure summer. This lager was pleasant enough, Drafting 13 29 68 115 141 that all was running smoothly. All this but not particularly exciting or distinc for only $20-less than most would ordi tive in any way. instruments narily spend on a night out. At this point in the evening, the beer Before presenting my impressions of selections became more seasonal (read the selections for the evening, I should more flavorful) and consequently more to Drafting memos, 94 130 84 37 28 warn you that I am very particular in my my liking. The New Amsterdam Winter briefs and similar taste in beers. Basically, the stronger the Anniversary was a dark beer with a sur documents malt flavor, the heartier the aroma, and prisingly light taste. The brewery do the greater the beer's resemblance to used nates a portion of the profits from this motor oil in color and texture, the better beer to AIDS-related charities. The Tast Interviewing 42 79 103 94 · 55 I like it. And, as the saying goes, "One ing Notes claimed that it was brewed with man's drink is another man's poison." hints of nutmeg and cloves, but due to my clients and others So don' t take my recommendations as increasing inebriation I couldn't taste gospel, particularly since my "tasting any particular spiciness. Negotiation 26 64 96 114 73 notes" became increasingly less coherent The third appetizer of the evening as the night wore on. So if you have a accompanied this selection--a lightly preference for bland, effervescent,-dish browned "gritcake" (made from hominy Trial Preparation 57 88 93 70 38 water-tasting liquids, by all means, help grits and cheese) and served with a glaze yourselves to my "poison." gravy and a slice -of Virginia ham-and The tasting started with the New paved the way for the best beer of the Trial Practice 49 98 96 69 34 Amsterdam Light, brewed in New York evening. City. The official Tasting Notes de The Anchor Christmas Ale from San scribed this beer as "somewhat lighter in Francisco was the all-time highlight of Appellate Practice 74 119 82 50 18 body andaftert.aste, " which inStantly raises the night for both Tom and me. A full- THE AMIcu:s CuRIAE Monday, February 7,1994 16 Monday, Feb. 7 Sunday, Feb. 13 • OCPP Information Session: "Summer Work for Academic Credit," · Play: YoungMen, Older Women, starring Millie Jackson, Carpenter 12:30 p.m., Room 124. Center, Richmond. • Exhibition: "Malcolm X: Man, Ideal and Icon," V alentin~' s Museum • Music: Concrete Blonde, Boathouse, Norfolk, 8 p.m. through March 15. Unrest, Nsect Club. • Exhibition: "American Drawing Biennial IV" Muscarelle Museum through March 6. Monday, Feb. 14 · Flower Sale: Sponsored by BLSA. Make purchases in M-W Lobby. · Holiday: Valentine's Day. Give a kiss to your sweetheart, someone • Happy Birthday: Frederick Douglas, first black to hold high rank in you care about, or yourself. U. S. government (1817). • Presentation: Dean Vladimir Balas, Deputy Director of West Bohemian University in Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Tuesday, Feb. 8 • Amicus Curiae Meeting: 6 p.m., La Tolteca. Tuesday, Feb. 15 • Flower Sale: Sponsored by BLSA. Make purchases in M-W Lobby. • Deadline: to apply for financial aid for 1994-95. • Charter Day: Charter granted for W&M, 2nd U.S. college (1693). • Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Richmond Coliseum. VVednesday, Feb. 9 • Ha"ppy Birthday: Henry Engelhard S~einway, piano maker (1797). • Flower Sale: Sponsored by BLSA. Make purchases in M-W Lobby. · Music: Godplow with Jerm Flux and SkUIj, Nsect Club. • Men's Basketball: ClAA Mid-Winter Classic, Va. Union v. N.C. Central, 7:30 p.m., Richmond Coliseum. VVednesday, Feb. 16 • Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: BeatIes appear on Ed Sullivan Show (1964). · Intramural Sports: Outdoor soccer begins; swim meet. Sign up at SBA office. Thursday, Feb. 10 • Discussion: "Environmental Racism: The New Face of • Bar Review: for MBAs and M-Ws, City Limits. Karaoke and drink Discrimination," Prof. Ronald Rosenburg, Winifred Beldon ofRISE, specials, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. I I :30 a.m. Rm. 124. • Informational Session: The Thomas Jefferson Program in Public • Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Policy, 12 noon - 1 p.m., Rm. 127. Circus, Richmond Coliseum. • Comedy: D.L. Hughley and Kevin Anthony, Z Comedy Club, • Short but Sweet: Lithuania proclaimed its short-lived independence Richmond, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. (1918). • Play: Young Men, Older Women, starring Millie Jackson, Carpenter • Music: Everything, Nsect Club. C;:enter, Richmond. • Flower Sale: Sponsored by BLSA. Make purchases in M-W Lobby. Thursday, Feb. 17 • Thought for the Day: Statistics are used as a drunk uses a light pole. • Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Richmond Coliseum. Friday, Feb. 11 • Happy Birthday: A. Montgomery Ward found mail-order a nice • Registration Deadline: "Job Finding Success Inside, Outside, and business (1844). Around the Law: Job Strategy and Alternative Careers Workshop," Feb. 26, at the University of Richmond, I p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 • Barristers' BaD: last day to purchase tickets for $20. Price goes up • Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey "to $22 through Feb. 18, $25 at door. Circus, Richmond Coliseum. • Comedy: D.L. Hughley and Kevin Anthony, Z Comedy Club, • Take Your Bun to Lunch: National Bun Day, Iceland. Richmond, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. • Play: Young Men, Older Women, Carpenter Center, Richmond. Saturday, Feb. 19 • FlowerSale: SponsoredbyBLSA. Make purchases in M-WLobby. • Barristers' Ball: Open bar, food, DJ ("the Party Machine") 9:30 • Happy Birthday: Thomas Alva Edison who lit up your life (1847). p.m., Williamsburg Lodge. Tickets $25 at the door. · Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Saturday, Feb. 12 Circus, Richmond Coliseum. • Play: foung Men, Older Women, starring Millie Jackson, Carpenter • And in the News: Marines land on Iwo Jima (1945). Center, Richmond. • Music: Full Stop, Nsect Club. • The Dating Game: Sponsored by Essence and AKA, Campus Center Ballroom, 8 p.m. Admission $1. All proceeds go to Avalon Women's Sunday, Feb. 20 " Shelter. Anyone interested in participating should contact Debbie • Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Monore at ext. 1-5051 . Circus, Richmond Coliseum. • S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous: Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" • Happy Birthday: Ansel Adams who really knew how to handle a premiers in Carnegie Hall (1924). camera (1902). Fair Debt Collection Practices Act does SYNDROME: Twenty-three percent of LAW WATCH, from page 6 not apply to child support because it is not the 176 ABA-approved law schools lack BAD DUCK, from page 2 "consumer debt," said Western District deans. USTRY: FDA approval of medical judge S.G. Wilson. (Virginia Lawyers The average dean lasts three years, Nebraska and NO.3 West Vrrginia both devices preempts inadequate warning Weekly). two months, twelve days, four hours and lost then Notre Dame-would deserve the suits, Manhattanjudge Robert Sweet held GODLESSNESS UNCONSTITU nineteen minutes. (National Law national championship, but he hoped the in the noisy heart valve case. (New York TIONAL: Virginia cannot keep any Journal). voters wouldn't see it that way. StBobby Law Journal). god's name off license plates, Richmond AMERICANS DON'T SUE ENOUGH: then ranked Notre Dame NO.3 in his poll, Philip Morris sued San Francisco, federal judge Richard Williams held. Each year 40 percent of lower- and behind FSU and Nebraska. Get ready for saying California workplace-safety (National Law Journal). moderate-income Americans have non purgatory, St Bobby. In conclusion, I regulations preempt a new San Francisco CALLER-ID ADMfITED: Testimony criminal legal problems, says an ABA wouldjust like to say: "GO IRISH! BEAT no smoking ordinance. (Wa/l Street about caller-ID readings is not hearsay, survey. EVERYONE" because ifyou don 't, under Journal). Virginia's Court of Appeals said. It was or these, most do not use the legal some strange revisionist logic, you won't FEDERAL WANNABES: State used to catch a kidnapper. (Virginia system to solve them. or those who do, win the championship. prosecutors may not get federal Lawyers Weekly). most are satisfied. Thirty-eight percent -Stephen McCarthy indictments to retaliate for refusal to plead THE MARSHALL-WYTHE do nothing. (Washington Post). (Notre Dame '90) or cooperate, said Norfolk federal judge Richard Kellam. (Virginia Lawyers them. He pointed out that the public will underlying structural problems of Weekly). SYMPOSIUM, from page 3 clamor for legislation that will give it banking." According to Bhala, "the EASY RETRIAL: Goading the defense . clean air without recognizing that the regulators react to crises and react badly;" into requesting a mistrial does not bar re detennine whether a wetland area deserves problem of ensuring clean air involves however, the response typically results in trial ifthe court actually believes a veteran protection, if there is a more efficient more than a one-step approach. "thicker statute books," which leads to prosecutor thought a jury could and alternative use for the land, and whether Rosenburg predicted that by focusing more work for lawyers. "should be informed of' a murder it could be eradicated with no net loss to on the public's values-preservation versus International Peacekeeping defendant's " irrelevant and the public. efficient use of natural space, sweeping Since the end of the Cold War, U.N. inflammatory" "reputation for trafficking Evans also faulted the government governmental power to act versus missions have increased considerably. narcotics," Virginia's Court of Appeals with inefficient management, but did not government controlled by forced Now that the Soviet Union and U.S. are held. (Virginia Lawyers Weekly). profess much hope for change in his cooperation with other governmental not vetoing one another's meddling in GAMEY FILM: CBScannotshowfilm lifetime. The government, he observed, bodies, nature versus economics-that the world affairs, the U.N has increased its of rotten meat at a Rapid City, S.D., is fragmented by design, and jurisdiction government can create a system for number of missions from four in 1987, to cannery as it hurts the city's economy, over a single resource often is split up implementing environmental policy that 17 in 1994. said a federal judge there. (USA Today). among different committees. As an will obtain results while satisfying those With increased participation in COMMERCE RAMPAGE: An in example, Evans noted that one values. regional conflicts have come accusations state pager call is interstate commerce if Congressional body has jurisdiction over Savings and Loan Crisis of the U.N. missions doing too much or its signals could reach other states, a New woodland trees west of the Mississippi At the session entitled "Have We Heard too little. Bhala, History Professor Ismail York federal judge said. The pagers' River and another has jurisdiction over the Last ofthe Savings and Loan CrisisT' Abdalla, Government Professor Clayton ''very purpose is to reach across state those east ofthe Mississippi. Explaining a panel composedofLaw Professor Rakesh ClemensandPsychology Professor Harvey lines." (New York Law Journal). The that in Congress, "Jurisdiction is turf is K. Bhala, Economics Professors Wayne Langholtz gathered to discuss these issues Gun-Free School Zones Act is within the power," Evans stated that he did not Grove and Clyde Haulman, and Business in a session entitled "Peace-making or commerce powersince gun violence hurts foresee any politicians ceding any power School Professor Kelly Leahy KamIn Peace-keeping: Whose Job-U.N. or "the national economy," the Ninth Circuit soon. examined the savings and loan crisis and U.S.T' said, creating a circuit split It refused to Butler posited additional reasons why whether the nation can expect further Bhala examined the U.N. 's peace consider a claim that the law is environmental policy is so piecemeal. crises in the banking industry. keeping missions from a lawyer's overinclusive, saying defendants may not She cited concerns about the ability of AccordingtoBhala, the U.S. banking perspective. The United Nations' charter, attack overbreadth that does no;. affect administrative experts to regulate industry may simply be vulnerable to a Article 2, Paragraph 4 clearly intends to their own cases. (Law Week). efficiently and wisely prevent the regular cycle of failures. With each new outlaw war, or the "useofforce." However, EASY VENUE: Phoninganotherjudicial implementation of a more holistic crisis comes a political response, normally he says, "there is much ambiguity in its district incurs conspiracy venue there, approach like the one suggested by in the form of increased regulation. application. " the Second Circuit held. (New York Law Hershner. Historically, environmental Bhala said regulators have adopted a For instance, how should the U.N. Journal). policy focused on the use and exploitation "too big to fail doctrine." The regulators deal with assistance given by one country THERE IS JUSTICE: The IRS paid of natural resources. Protection was not will simply not allow the larger lending to rebel forces in a neighboring country? Miami lawyer Daniel Heller $500,000 an original concern. institutions to fail for fear of a ripple The assisting country does not actually for fraudulently prosecuting him. He Butler also referred to misconceptions effect causing numerous other banks to use its own force against another nation, spent four months in prison before the (that still exist today) about the need for go down with them. Bhala attributed the but through assistance to revolutionary II th Circuit said that three agents increased protection in the face of "too big to fail" doctrine, in conjunction groups, aids that nation in the use of intimidated his accountant into perjury. optimism about the health of the with deposit insurance, to encouraging force. A federal judge denied them sovereign environment and skepticism about reckless lending on the part ofthe savings Bhala also brought up the problems of immunity. (Wall Street Journal). negative scientific data and interpretation. and loan industry, knowing that the propaganda or psychological coercion, IT'S A HOBBY: Small-time heroin Another obstacle to integrated government would bail them out of their and the "threat of force," through a dealing to feed a habit cannot be management is the great deference bad loans. military buildup on a neighboring considered ajob for legal purposes, a San accorded private property rights. Haulman pointed to the federal deposit country's border. Concerned politicians Diego federal judge held. (USA Today). However, Butler proffered the hope that insurance, coupled with unethical have sought tocreate exceptions to Article ANKLET FAILS: Juan Rivera's constitutional concern with behavior on the part of bank executives, 2, Paragraph 4. electronic tracking device failed, say uncompensated takings does not mandate as the source ofthe savings and loan crisis They believe moral purpose ought to parents ofa girl he raped and killed while the continuation of cultural expectations ofthe 1980s. However, any "new failures guide lending assistance and on bail in Waukegan, ill. (USA Today). in this area. will not be for 1980s reasons." humanitarian aid. This, however, leads NO SOLUTIONS: Regardless of On the other side, Rosenberg supported Regulation serves to preempt a similar the U.N. or U.S. to assist one side in a whether they get probation, coinmunity the piecemeal implementation of occurrence. Rather, future instability conflict in "the use of force," rather than service or prison, some 55 percent of environmental policy because it allows may arise from the expansion of U.S. simply adhering to a blanket prohibition. convicts are caught again, a British study the government to jettison features that banks into the international market. The Faculty Symposia also included a found. (London Times). are not effective and to add features Professor KamIn pointed particularly to session entitled "The Clinton LEGAL SKILLS PROF. compatible with a changing society. Mexico, whose loan market recently Administration: The One-Year Report AVAILABLE: Illinois's Courts Rosenburg attributed the negative view opened to U. S. banks with the ratification Card" with Law Professor NealE. Devins, Commission fired Springfieldjudge John of current policy as the result of people's ofNAFfA. Economics Professors David Feldman and Keith for being a "mean-spirited judicial heightened expectations and their Bhala criticized the regulations which William Rodgers, Government Professor tyrant" (National Law Journal). arrogance in thinking they can cure were spawned by the recent S&.L crisis. Christopher Howard.. and Business COLLECTION UNLIMITED: The problems in less time than ittooktocreate "None of the regulations deal with the Professor Roy Pearson. THE AMIcus CuRIAE Sports Monday, February 7,1994 18 A Duck Out of Water Duck strikes back at irate reader; UNC destroys Duke By ALAN DUCKWORTH gotarawdeal. Turner,however, Offensive Coordinator. VVell, reason to remove her from the Not much. Duke is now the sixth Well, I have finally reached is coming to Washington say what you like about Billy team. She embarrassed herself team to fail to hold the number the big time. Someone thinks laboring under unfair Bidwell, the Card's owner, but and the sport and that's all there ' one spot in the polls. The other my opinion is so important that expectations from Jack Kent he is never dull and neither "'ill is to it. five are North Carolina (twice), upon disagreeing with me, he Cooke. Cooke has said he wants be the Card's owner. They have COLLEGE BASKETBALL. Arkansas, UCLA, Kansas, and felt compelled to right a letter to a winning record next year, the a lot of defensive talent for .. I am embarrassed to admit Kentucky. the editor. Actually, the only playoffs the year after, and a Buddy, one of the NFL's finest this, but I have not been paying The only thing this victory things this letter really proves is Super Bowl victory in three years. defensive coaches, to mold. The much attention to college does is give UNC a chance to that there is someone in the law Cooke needs a reality check. problem will be the offensive. basketball, between the Super blow the number one ranking in school who has as little a life as Only once in recent memory has The only reason Philadelphia Bowl and my Legal Skills trial. I the country again. And they I. For specifics on his complaint a franchise turned around ever moved the ball was the promise to catch up by my next probably will. What it really with me, I recommend that you anywhere near that fast and, of quantity and quality of their column. I do know that UNC comes down to is the tournament tum to the Letters to the Editor. course, that was Dallas. offensive talent. Phoenix doesn't beat Duke by 11. Does anyone is going to be really important To my detractor, who I will However, without plentiful have it. The defense is going to out there know what this victory this year and should be even not name, I recommend that he helpings ofluck and the stupidity have 'to stop the opponents and means in this basketball season? more exciting than usual. re-read the column which he of the other teams, the turn score. Look for 9-7 scores out of found so offensive, because I did around would have been much Phoenix this year. PSF announces: not say that the ACC was weak, slower. Who can forget the FIGURE SKATING . .. I never but that, and here I must quote Hershel Walker trade? I forgot thought this would be a heading myself" . .. the conference lacks how many players and draft picks in my coll1IIl11. but the Tonya Cj)inner Cj)ate Auction the annual consistency to be a the Vikings gave up, but it was a HardinglNancy Kerrigan saga Friday, February 11 great conference," and the ACC lot. Add the Cowboys getting is too juicy for me to pass up. As was not the best football Emmitt Smith with the 17th pick anyone with a, TV now knows, Don't miss your opportunity to own your conference. That is a long way in the first round As much as I Harding's ex-husband (who she classmates and professors. from weak. hope for a speedy turnaround, I was living with at the time ofthe As to the comparison with don't believe that Cooke's attack) has implicated her. More Merchandise includes: the 1989 season, that year pre expectations are realistic. Let's damaging was her confession to dates the bowl coalition. Once hope he gives Turner a chance to not informing the prosecution Beachweek Condo for 8 in Duck, the bowls were set, the winner of build the team. On the upside after she discovered who was North Carolina the Orange Bowl was pre for Redsldnfans, I giveyou Trent_ responsible for the attack. Even ordained to win the national title. Dilfer. lf Charlie Casserly is if she is not charged with any BarlBri and SMH classes That is the whole point of the smart enough to grab him. crime, and she probably will be, coalition: to have number 1 play Buddy Ryan is the head coach she should not be allowed to Lunch for 7 with President Sullivan number 2. End of story. Now, ~d general manager of the skate at the Olympics. She let's get onto current issues. Phoenix Cardinals. This just voluntarily associated herself And much more ... PRO FOOTBALL ... Well, occurred today and I am still in with the U.S. Figure Skating the Super Bowl was interesting, shock. Like most people, I A ssociation and took their Get your, purchasing for a half Better than most figured Buddy's chances at a money, which may have paid for people expected. I must tip my head coachingjob had suffered a the attack. Now she has to abide coalitions organized now! hat to Jimmy Johnson and Jerry knock-out blow when he hit by their rules. Conduct Jones for assembling this team. Kevin Gilbride, the Houston unbecoming is a valid USFSA Well, that is as much as I can stand to say good about the CoWboys, so onto other topics. How many people watched CBS' overly sappy farewell? I, like most fans, don't care where I watch my games, so Fox's winning the bidding dido 't really bother me. What visibly turned my stomach were the tears and claims oflove from such sensitive males as John Madden and Terry Bradshaw. I will never again be able to watch an Ace Hardware commercial without laughing. On the subject of Madden, does it bother anyone that he will be t6 now- ofteln in Ute ~ ~o4t @/fo:e m Jl(ei()/~ /jJ~ making $8 million a year? The only player who makes more is 0/14 fodtllte lite /MUM in 8«!tOftemn anddowteJtic cI~ ~ and Troy Aikman. The business side 1fOitlt 9J)liint-4/ of football is becoming aIL ~ ~¥~ increasingly dominant. flJltMt? m UtiJ; ad€WullU3CeilU3 $'tee ~¥~ rtal¥~ Il!atte ot ~Ut Norv Turner has been hired to coach the Washington with Ute jUlltClta/ie of twmu3 Redskins. I think this was a good choice, despite the fact that 110 S. Henry St. I believe that Richie Pettibone 253-2206 Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIrns CuluAE 19 Amicus computer-like rankings Pre-season basketball poll arrives: Bigger Faster Stronger By BILL MADIGAN mutually exclusive categories), Sux are must be joking if they think that kiog's that this season will be different: "We BASKETBALL ... It's time once again approaching this season with a new fool can rule. Juice, the top lL team, worked on our inconsistency problems by for all of us to observe that revered and commitment to winning. Look for orange justpretenders; they could contend just striving to maintain an even level of noble M-W tradition. It's time to place shooting guard WilliamHarper"'s Ferry" lLs Severed Organs hope to successfully inefIectiveness,andwe'vedecidedtosett1e upon the hard court throne the heir to have a career season ... on the court reattach themselves to the top half of the all of our internal disagreements by the apparent to the coveted M-W crown. It's too. poll (Huh, huh, he said poll). paper, rock, scissors method that the time for the Pre-Season Intramural Swooping in to the number three spot Filling in the nine through twelve Celtics used in their glory days." Basketball Poll. is women's powerhouse, Hoops, a team rungs are a group ofco-rec teams. Hoops Thanks to some careful coordination 1. Bigger Faster Stronger whose name is often mentioned in the II, the sequel, will probably bring the by the team captains, one thing to look 2. Delk Sux same sentence as such words like ladies of the original Hoops a second forward to this season is the unprecedented 3. Hoops "dynasty" and "domination. " Now, some crown this season. The Co-Trouncers number of intra-law school games that 4. Crimes Against Nature of the unenlightened, lower rung dwellers also have a shot at the co-rec title, still will be played during the regular season. 5. Sleepin'Dogs of the poll may question why a women's having the enthusiasm and optimism that Games not to be missed include a week 6. Court Jestors team would be ranked above them. For has long since abandoned the spirits ofus two match-up between #2 Delk Sux and 7. Juice anyone who has seen Hoops heave the who have been engaged in the job search #4 Crimes Against Nature, a week four 8. Severed Organs rock, it's obvious why this team is process. The Lore, a fitting tribute to a clash between co-rec powerhouses The 9. Hoops II potentially the best team to ever pick up a well known and respected educator, Lore and Hoops II, and in the season 10. Co-Trouncers Gilbert's. Team captain, Kerri Gilmore should be in the playoff hunt for about finale, a fight for the basement between 1 1. The Lore "Than A Feeling" has guaranteed that the thirty seconds. Strict Liabilities get the Men's C and Juice. 12. Strict Liabilities team will be making another trip to Disney low rank because they still haven't gotten Next time, we'll have the first round 13.Men's C World after this season. the clue that law-related names really of scores and more from the first two The ironically-named Bigger Faster Hovering at number four is the always aren't that cool. weeks of play in basketball, as well as a Stronger, formerly Black Letter Law, petulant Crimes Against Nature. Crimes Last, but certainly least, is a team so . scientifically tabulated and updated poll. I claim the number one spot on the strength will have to make a go of it this season .. unique that they had to be given their Also, we'll have a preview of some of their law school tournament without their flamboyant point guard, own division, Men's C. Despite being in upcoming sports, including floor hockey. · 1 championship victory. Despite the curse who was declared ineligible after a league all their own, C went 0-4 in the Watch the SBA windows for information that the number one ranking has been for accepting a set of steak knives from an regular season last year. Plagued by on registration for all the spring rec sports the NCAA teams this season, team alumnus. Crimes' first big test of the inconsistency and infighting, C had a lot and law school tournaments. captains Chris Koomey"By Ya, My Lord" season will be their week two match-up of soul searching to do in the off-season. Until next time, remember, it's not and Dave "Dim" Whitted have expressed with fellow 3Ls, Delk Sux, whose name Captains Brad "Moon Rising" Wagshul whether you win or lose, but how well you nothing but confidence that their team was originally "Delk Sux, But He Looks and Adam Rafal "Ticket" have vowed whine. can repeat as law school kings. When Like Larry Johnson Compared To Davis" asked about whether the name change before being shorten by the Rec Sports reflected a new level offitness on the part office. ofthe team, team representatives had this Clawing their way up to the number to say: "It's not that we've gotten in any five ranking are the Sleepin' Dogs, a better shape. It'sjust that the other teams team known more for its punctuality than have gotten smaller, slower, and weaker. its offense. Captains Matt Bissonette It's all sort of relative." "Funicello" and Bryan Fratkin "Stein" Number two in the law school have put this team of 2Ls through a Tuesd<19, ·f"eb 7 '.' tournament comes in at number two in rigorous off-season conditioning program the pre-season poll. Delk Sux also returns to help avoid the late-season chokes of 6:00 p.m.: . " with a new name and a new attitude. previous campaigns. With a strong finish, After tiring of beating Delk' s team on a the Dogs could end up drinking out ofthe of an an new location: ... regular basis, Sux have set their sights on toilet of basketball success. a championship rematch with Bigger Populating the six, seven, and·eight Faster Stronger. After an off-season of spots are the last of the Men's B teams. distractions including newborn babies and The Court Jestors, led by George Snead smelly roommates (not necessarily "A Beer" and Walt "Liquor" Benzija, The Music Place Compact Discs Tapes Video We Buy & Sell T/CK d ~~.S'Tt=M ~ Used CD's THE lAND lOX . '. 517 Prince George St· 229-8882 20 ======Monday, February 7, 1994 THE AMIars CURIAE China has a great diaspora of to be sitting around when the Q&A from page 1 businesspeople from Hong Kong CHARTER from page 1 Berlin Wall came down." PUB, from page 4 to Malaysia who are willing to Davidson is a former Central commerce would produce de invest at home. In the diaspora principles, Britain and America Intelligence Agency employee Americans with student mocracy and peace. and on the mainland, small and invented international human who resigned because of publications. "Unless we find Bosnia was "handled badly large business people have mod rights efforts and have always ideological differences with the more minorities writing for right from the start," Thatcher ern values of freedom and re led them, while other countries ReaganlBush administrations. publications, we'll never be said. Pundits who generalized sponsibility. Thatcher was con followed, Thatcher claimed. What ChanceUon do satisfied. " about ethnic strife, violence, and fident that these people, rather In "this terrible century," Thatcher's job, created in The proposed bylaws also national unity ignored Serbia's than outside forces, would "bring Thatcher concluded, "tyranny 1693, involved representing the reduce the membership of the specific history, she said. It has China to democracy." has not been extirpated, but W&M's interests in London. Council to seven persons from been an expansionist, ethnic- World Trade merely found new soil." Events Chancellors before 1776 were the current ten. The Council . nationalist state, egged on by Asked about competition be have again proven Churchill's bishops and earls. Since then, would consist of two student Russia, ever since it gained in tween Europe and the Pacific axiom that "'Peace will not be the W &M has become more editors selected by the group of dependence in the 1800s. Rim, Thatcher rejected all talk preserved by pious sentiments selective. Chancellors, like law all editors, two other students In recent decades, she ex of winners and losers because expressed in terms of school deans, are now hired appointed'by the President ofthe plained, Serbs controlled commerce "is not a zero-sum platitudes, '" she said. only when a worthy candidate College and three faculty Europe's third-largest army. game. " GAIT will greatly in Budget cuts attacked appears; Thatcher is the first members also appointed by the Western countries built this anny crease everyone's trade, she pre Despite the Chancellor's immediate replacement since President. up because they feared the Sovi dicted. In the long run, Russia global concerns, ceremony 1764. Replacing Chancellor Currently, student editors are ets would invade. and North America, being both participants could not ignore the George Washington with former exojficiomembersoftheCouncil Now, having anned the Serbs, Atlantic and Pacific traders, immediate threat of budget cuts president John Tyler took 60 only and have no actual voting the West has forcibly denied would gain more than China, and tuition increases looming y~. rights. Bosnians their inalienable "right Japan and Europe. She claimed over the college. When President of self-defense" through the Japanese competition "has done Timothy Sullivan awarded embargo and made genocide us all a power of good" and Governor George Allen an possible, she charged. forced industries elsewhere to be honorary degree, he took the As a result, the West not only more productive. opportunity to remind him ofhis has "encouraged all the aggres Just Say No to Europe duty to "ensure that Jefferson's sors" in the world; it has "given Asked if Europe was unify vision of a unique and a very bad example to Russia." ing "too fast," Thatcher replied, distinguished system of higher Eastern bloc "I don't want to go towards union education in Virginia is sustained Northeastern Europe's his at all." While her decisive sup and enhanced." tory shows that it unquestion port of the private Channel Tun To clarify just what Sullivan ably belongs in NATO, Thatcher nel showed she had no desire to meant, retiring Chancellor said. She reminded the audience shut her country off, she op Warren Burger recalled that that "we went to war to free posed letting Europe make when the College fired its last them" in 1939, and then aban England's laws because "we are British Chancellor in 1776, the doned the original war aims at different." Tbevalues that made Crown retaliated by "terminating the Yalta conference. Britain and America the onJy aU financial assistance" and Until recently, she recalled, nations to fight fascism are not "putting it on the state of Yeltsin did not oppose their in widely shared on the continent, Virginia. Governor, we don't clusion. If NATO fears to an she warned. want you to forget that." tagonize Russia now, she asked, Thatcher foresaw German In response, Allen merely "What are you going to do when social policies being imposed on noted that the College actually Russia is strongerr' all Europe. While England aids was privatized from 1776 until Russia people directly, Germany uses 1906. Thatcher said she was When the Cold War ended, heavy employer mandates, which glad to learn that "as Chancellor, Western elites became self-pity makes labor costs exceed wages you need not always be over ing and stingy and failed to aid and drives industry out. tactful," and may "drop a few Russia significantly, even though Likewise, she said fixed ex well-chosen hints." "ten years ago we would have change rates would rob national Student reaction Take a study break! given them anything for that to monetary policy of all flexibil Some students may have happen,"Thatcher observed bit ity, so that superimposed order found the ceremony politically Call Domino's, relax and enjoy. terly. would cause inflationary chaos. offensive. She claimed aid, ifwell aimed Morality John Davidson (3L) 229-8885 220-3770 and not "condescending," could Leading questions let expressed indignation at the still prevent fascism. She has Thatcher elaborate on the ideas right-wing slant of the Serving William &. 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