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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the UC Hastings Archives and History at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Law News by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. San Francisco, California September 28, 1994 Volume 28, Nwnber I Study Evaluates Bar West Block Sold Passage Factors ample, cerr.,in LSAT scores Jasmin Darznik were deemed "too low" in Hastings Unloads Property Staff Writer that they signilled little ehanceofsucccssfulbarpas A preliminary Academic sage. reviewofthecollege'sneedsand Standards Committee report has Such findings could Connie Standley opponunities for developmem of identified a number of I:ey bar haveapotentiallymilJorim SlaffWriler those propel1..ies," Kane stated in passage predictors,lhe Strongest poctonHasllngs'admissions her 1993-1994 Dean's Repon to of which was distinguished as policies. Professor David the Hastings Board of DIrectors. Following years of contrO Hastings GPA. These findings Faigman, last year's chair of The final decision in December vtrsy, the Hastings BoardofDi may be used to modify Hastings' the Academic Standards future admissions policies and to rectors has sold the West Block: .. CommitlCe and one of the apanment buildmgs. :::~i;:~d~~d~:e~;:ln~~: ~ Uiiii_~!I!!!d expand programs aimed at stu prinCipal figures involved ponprepared by the Bechtel Cor· 1lie West Block: apanments denlS'barexamsucccss. withthestudY,saidtheschool poration, stooentsurveys, recent consistedoffourresidemiruapan Therepon,commissioncdby will maintain itscommiunent court actions and the financial ment buildings, located on the Dean Kaneand the rlfstofilS I:.ind to a diverse student body, viability of the property. 200blockof McAllister. Accord at Hastings, refltx:ts a year·long givmg consideration to such " lttakesawayaheadachefor ing to Dean Mary Kay Kane, the effon to assimilate and evaluate otherfactorsasethnicbacl: us and allows us to concentrate properueswcrepurchasedinl976 data regarding the first·timepas ground and work experience. oureffonson things that are core by the College with the intention sage rate of the general student HeaddedthatwhilethcBoard for us," Kane said. The CoUege tode\'elop the area into a "legal and several sub-group popula ofDirectorsregard~harpas wanted to get out of the landlru"d center." tions. The study sought to iden sage as a mattcrof"status~ business and pay offthcS3mil ''The decision [to sell the Hastings was unable to tify "specific thresholds" for a unload "Tha Pll." Continues on Page propeny]cameafteramulti-year ConllnufK1 on psge 17 number of predictors. For ex- 17 Donations to Hastings Reach Record Highs Board Moves to
year's 10tai. Over S2 million of Christina B. Marlin Staff Writer thisamollnt,orroughlytwothirds, consisted ofa bequest from the Gut Security Harry and Lillian Hastings Estate Private suppon for Hastings Inaddition,theAnnualCam step which wastal:en to begin the The Anderson report sel hasreachedanall-timehighinthe paign, which solicits donations "mcct and confer" proccss with the forth revcral recommendations, 1993-94 year. Tim Lemon, Di· from Hastings alumni,and con· Sarah Levitan Starr Writer IlastingsPublicSafetyOffieersAs including the elimination of rector of College Relations, pre SiStsofgifts to the Hastings 1066 sociation pcaceofficerstatus,l:ecping sented the good news to the Hast Foundation and to the Annual DireetocofAdministrativeSer· orticersunarmed,andchanging ingsCommiueeonCollegeRela Fund,increasedbynearly7.5%, The Hastings Board of Di vices, Tom Simms, claimed that the tlte officcrs' uniforms from the tionsat IlS Septemhct 8 meeting. from just under $315,000 to over rectors held an open forum to goal is to create a better overall "wanna-be-cop" to a "softer 1liemeetingwasallcndedby, S338,(0). Gifts 10 the I066Foun diseusstheissueofthereclassi system to ensure "the safety of the among others, Dean Mary Kay elation (i.e. $1 ,066and above) in· rtcationofPcaceOrticerswithin enti re Hastings family." Simms Continued on Page 17 Kane, Committee Chairman creased about 10% while those the Public Safety Department. noted the reclassirteaLion issue is JamesMahoneY,newlyappointed towardthcAnnualFundincreased The discussion was a prelim i buta singlecomponem in this plan. Board of Directors memberGene a little over 5%_ nary step towards the directors' Currently,thePublicSafety De In This Issue ... Freeland, and Hastings General The 1993-94 Hastings De plane to resU\!cture thc depart· partmenteonsists of both Peace Of· NEWS Counsel and Secrewy Angele velopment Repon notes thai one ment to meel the needs of the rtcersand Safety orrtcers. Bothclas ASH and Smith_.. . 2 Khachadour. key totht: success of the Annual Hastings Community. sirtcatiOilsofofficerswearabrown Reach Out Alumni . _ ._ .. 2 The meeting reflected the Fund drive was the combined ef After opening the floor to unifonn with a patch designating New Faees ...... _ .. 4 importance the administration fon of some dedicated Hastings comments and concerns from their classification. The security 65 Club ...... 7 places on its effons to increase students. The rcpon States, ''The students,staffandmcmbcrsof guards in the 198 McAllister build~ private support for Hastings. members of the 1993·94 student FEATURES the Hastings Public Safety Of ing dressed in blue are eontmeted These efforts have become in phone·a-thon commiuee were Crime Blotter..... _.. _.... 6 ficers Association, the Board private security gUlU"ds; nOt Hast ereasingly more urgent in t.he last bothquiteenthusiasticandeffec Food... II made a motion to reclassify the ings Public Safety OffICers. several years as more than $2 tive in their solicitation efforts. Movies...... 11 PeaceOffieers.Tenboard mem The primary distinction be milliOil has been pared from the Indccd,underthe leadetship Comics _.... _... _ ...... 18 bersvoted to reclassify, while tween Peaee Officers and Security sehool'sbudget by the stategov. of the student chair, Mare B. one abstained. Officersistheformercanwritecita- OPINIONS ernmenL Ledesma, last year's committee The motion to reclassify tions and make arrests in the same A New Man .8 According to Lemon, incrcasedthcannualphone-a-thon was oot a final decision on the fashion aspoliceorticers, while the Letters __ 8 $3,020,267 in contributions were results by over25% ... " issue of restruCturing tile De- latter cannot wrhe citations and can OJ .... on 9 received last year, an increase of For the second year inarow, Contfnufld on Page 17 parunent,butmerelyarcquircd mal:e only eiuzen's arrests. nearly 2.()(}% over the previous Page 2 Ifasliflgs WW News Seplember 28.1994 ASH Implements Smith NEWS BRIEFS COMPIUD By TilE HASTINGS ~w N~ STAfF The ASH regulations same standards. contain the following proce Student groups are then dures. The ASH Finance allowed to appeal the Finance New Students Arrive Committee reviews each student Committee's findings to the Salsa and chips, fresh vegetables with dip, and The ASH Governing groups' statement of purpose ASH Governing Council during Hastings students and employees greeted exchange Council has approved guide and proposed activities. The its open finance meeting. The Students from Vermont, British Columbia, Hamburg, lines for funding student groups Committee will then make an Governing Council's decisions Leiden, and transfer students from colleges such as based on whether they are initial finding of whether the then stand as the final word on Southwestern, McGeorge, and Nonhwestern at a Septem "political," "ideological," group is political, ideological, funding eligibility. ber 12 Alumni Association sponsored reception. "religious," or none of the or religious. Students and alumni from The get-together was designed to allow this year's above, "Political" is defined as: the classes of 1988 to 1994 who exeange and transfer students to match up with 21 At its September 7 meeting, "''The financial suppon of believe their rights as defined Hastings student "mentors." The exchange and transfer ASH passed regulations to bring registered lobbyists, a registered under Smith have been violated students get an insider's look into the workings of its funding procedures in political party, a candidate for may submit a "Request for Hastings as well as the San Francisco area. compliance with the California public officc, or a ballot Reflmd" form to ASH Trea According to Academic Dean Leo Maninez, the Supreme Court decision,.s..m.ilh proposal and the intentional surer, Rafael Aguirre·Sacasa. pUlpOse of the mentor program "was to help give students innuencing of legislative The forms will be available some personal and social suppon." ~. The Sm.ilh case was action.' outside the ASH office. Hastings student Yevegeny Fundler participated in brought by former undergradu "Ideological" is defined as Once a Request is received, the Mentor Program, "so that when i go to Leiden, I can aleS of U.C. Berkeley, including "The promotion of a doctrine the treasurer must notify the have a friend there," Hastings graduate Arlo Smith, not germane to the purposes of student group in qucstion. The The exchange programs offered by Hastings have Jr., who objected to the use of teaching law, funhering Finance Committee will then ellpanded dramatically since their inception. their mandatory student fees for educational objectives, or consider the information in the Currently, Hastings sponsors up to 13 students to political activities. promoting justice." Refund Request, information campuses ranging from the University of British Colum· The California Supreme If the Committee finds a from the challenged student bia, Leiden University, and Vermont Law School. A Court recognized students' group is political, ideological or group in determining whether spring semester in London through Pace University has rights to freedom from com religious, its funding request is the student is entitled to a recently been added. pelled political speech, and held set aside and considered after all refund of part of her activity A new policy of the American Bar Association that university student govern other student groups. Individual allows a student 10 design their own individual program. ments could not use mandatory activities of each group, Currently, there are Hastings studenlS in Mexico City whetherorn()(itiseiigibleto and Grenoble, Ftancc. SlUdent fees to fund any CQflliflut'd on Page 15 political or ideological student lttCive student fees, are also groups or events. evaluated for funding using the Alumni Mentors in Full Swing Over 500 Hastings alumni will be matched with student advl$CCS Illis semester. The Alumni Mentor Program, started last year by Director of Alumni Relations Judy Lane and Reach Out and Touch tIlird-year student Craig Mah, matches students to alumni mentors according to geographic, specialty and other preferences. Lesley Kim, this year's Student Coordinator, is excited Alumni For Jobs about student response. "I've already had nearly 400 students ask for mentors. We're Il)'ing to match everyone asquickJy interested students to reserve a bilL" as possible ... stan checking your SIC folders in the next Elaine Paplos one hour time slot with Career Hucy hosted two informal twoweeksl" Editor-in-Chief Services twO weeks in advance student informational mcctings Students who would like to apply for a mentor, can Stop 10 call alumni about job listings. by Student Services. room 213 in the 200 building to fill out Hastings students are being where he explained the attrac Once an alumni expresses an tive mathematics of the pro a request form. Volunteers are also needed to make phone asked to get on the phones and interest in participating in the calls to alumni; if interested, students are encouraged to drop call16,lXXlalumnitosolicit gram. "It is amal.ing how the program, she or he will be sent a by Student Services. Jobs. Third year student Gene math adds up, " Huey said. "We follow up leiter with a job have over 16,000 Hastings Huey's novel approach to legal listing form. These forms, Students in the Neighborhood employment Invites the 1200 alumni. If we can contact 20 per which can either be faxed or hour multiplied by 6 hours As first years, Patrice Brymner and Amy Scheffler saw that member Student body to donate mailcdtocareerservices,will equals 120 alumni eontacted there was no student group dealing with teens in tile tenderloin one hour of their time to a new be "tracked~. Career Services each day, 600 per week. 2,400 area. The Hastings Real Law Pannership is the realization of idea entitled "Reach Out of will tally the amount calls per month. If we reach our goal their dcsire to find a "direct way to reach their goals. Alumni." made and contacts received in of one job listing for every 10 The Hastings Real Law Partnership is a mentor program The purpose of Reach Out the Hastings Weekly for this Alumni is three fold. First, most phone calls, that leaves 1,600 which matches Hastings students with Tenderloin students from year long campaign. If a student new job openings for a graduat· legal jobs simply are not Galileo High School. obtains employment through ing class of 400. This alone The first semester is geared towards the facilitation of advertised. The program is Reach Out Alumni,thecootact designed to target the hidden could solve our unemployment forming a relationship between law and high school students. will be notified of the success of problem," Galileo students will be invited to come to the Hastings legal Job market by contacting their efforlS.Motivated by high Over the summer, Huey campus and learn principles of law and the legal system. They Hastings alumni who would be unemployment and a depressed experimented with thc idea in a will be given tours of the Hastings library as a way of ell posing more willing to recruit fellow economy, the program was one Ilour test run. "I made 51 then to the terminology and ideas of the law. graduates. Second, Hastings recommended to the administra calls in one hour and actually The first semcster goal of the Real Law Partnership is to students would be seeking an tion last November and was got In touch with 10 attorneys. help Galileo students gain intercst in the law. In the second opportunity to compete for approved one year ago. How All 10 gave positive responses" semester, the GaLileo students and their Hastings student those "unadvcnised jobs." ever, because of the delayed Now is the prime time to mentors will then be involved in an essay contest. Finally, alumni are betng asked start, it is only coming into experiment with innovating job- Thirty Hastings students are currently involved in the to act as "look outs" for any effect this year. Commenting on legal Job opportunities within hunting tactics. AeeQl'ding to program. While everyollC is encouraged to help, the progtam the seemingly endless bureau the National Association for presently needs more male mentors. their circles and forward them cratic approval process. Huey to the career serviccs officc. said, "I am amazed that Hast C{)1I/i1lIJ.td {)fI Pagt IS The program would require ings agreed to pay the phone Slpwnbu28.1994 110.flmgsLawNew$ POgl] ASH Announcements
advanced research and legal thediffercntial fees for profes- purpose ofsctting our fees, but drafting; sional schools continued to as non-UC students for !he ~ This raisc in grading curve 5) urges thai every law dominate the discussion. ASH purpose of having the right 10 Last May the Academic will help make Hastings school require professors to representatives at !he UCSA advocate before those persons Standards Commiuee and the students more compclllive with providestudenL<; with copies of meeting emphasized that the who sct our fecs. FacullySelUlteapprovcdthe students from similarly ranked that professors two most recent debatc should nOl be over the ASH Grade & Exam Policy law schools for jobs, fellow- e"ams at a minimum, elcepting amount of !he differential fee, =AtlheWednesdaY,Septem. Reform Committee's grade ships, and clerkships; whereas new professors, and model but whcther a professional ber 7 ASH meeting, the ASH reform proposal to raise the before they were at an inherent answers or best answers for school fee is Justified. A public GovcmingCouncilpasseda grading curve at Hasungsto the disadvantage. lhose exams; law school should provide rcsolutionopposingtheelimina level of similarly ranked law ABAa.sO Conference 6) encourages all law students wi!h the opportunity 10 tionofpeaceofficerstalUsofthe schools. Both ASH & ABA,lLSD schools 10 require professors 10 pursue work in the public Hastingssccurl\y force. ASH The problem was that SCnt represenratives to the ABA providesludents with individualscctor. Charging a diffcrential membersappearedatthehcaring Hastings students were compet· conference in New Orleans in feedbackonlheirelams, fee creates disincenuves for before the Hastings Board of ingfc.-jobs,clerkships& Augusl1lleLawStudenl pursuantlOstudentrcquests; graduating students with large Dircctorstoprescmtheresolu fellowships with students from Division VOted on a number of 1) slrongly encourages all debtstotakeapublicintercst tionand speak against !he o!her law SChools wi!h higher resolutions resolving that the ABA-approved law schools to Job. elimination of pcace officer grading curves. Even if students ABNLSD: adopt or incorpor.lIe an Associa- UCSA passed a resolution status. ASH emphasized that by were of equivalent rank., the 1) urges ABA-accredited tion for a Barrier Free Legal recognizing Hastings as an eltminatingpeaceofficerstatus Hasungs students often had law schools to provide their Environment (ABLE). or a official member of UCSA, it was silencing Ihe voice of the lower GPAs. The problem was students who have children with similarorgani7.ation,asa entitlcd to all rights &privi- Hastings student body on !he even moresevcrc WIth schools affordable child care; wonhwhile service organiza. leges cnjoyed by other UC issue ofsecunty on campus. \hatdidn'trankatallsincethcre 2) opposcs any individual oon. schools was no way of proving equiva- state efforts to IIIslltute, as a ~ !lCS..A UCSA and ASH continue lentstalus. requirement foractmission to ~ The first University of to be in disagreement with the ASH currently P'lys $5001 TIle Grade & Exam Policy practice, an "anicling" require- California Student Association Ofnce of the President of the month to provide aerobic Reform Committee, with the men\; (UCSA) meeting of the 1994·95 Univcrsity of California. which scrvices to students frce of help of Professor Faigman, 3) encourages ABA· academic year was held at refuses to recognize Hastings charge. The use of Golden Gate collecteddataanddidresearth accreditedlawschoolslocrcate Hastings the last weekend in a5 a UC school for purposes of Fitness Center aerobics is to hclp idcntify the problem and alldJor enhance child actvocacy AuguSL Both graduate & serving on UC System wide clJITemly being evaluated to corne up With findings 10 back trainingopponunitiesintheir undergraduate representatives Committees and holding the determine whether Of nOiIO up lheir proposal. curriculum; from Los Angeles, Santa position of Student Regent 10 conlinue this service. Possible Previously, the Academic 4) urges ABA-accredited Barbara, Davis, Berkeley. the UC Board of Regents, but alternatives wJll be providing Regulations called for 50-65% law schools 10 strengthen and Riverside, Irvine. San Diego, treating Hastings as a UC aerobics in McAllister Towcr or of the grades to be B- or above. e"pand their legal writing Santa Cruz and San Francisco school when imposing fee buying additionat equipment for l11e proposal raised the percent- programs by reqUIring addi- campusesallended. incrcascsand differcntial fees. the fitness center such asano!her age to 6O-75%,effeclively tional legal rescarchand writing The agenda for the 1994-95 As students at Hastings, il treadmill. Please come to the raising the median GPA from a hours in their curriculum and by academic year was set at this seems cOnLradictory to consider ASH basement with your B- to a B. offermg additional electives in mccting. UC fee increases and us as UC students for !he comments and suggestions The Joanna, Rob, Tiff and Raf Show processes. or social nature (read the second roceipt of fees is foond lobe lesbians, HAGL, the Armenian Cha.-Ies Cyphe.- The first process describes examplc as a bccr on the beach). objCClionable and convenes the Law Students Association, La StarrW.-ite.- the analysis for deciding Thoscactivitiesthatare ASH Finance review commit- Raza, Clard Fol17., and !he whether a club and or its considered primarily political too. Hastings International Law The ASH General Council aetivitiescan be funded with andonlyincidentallygennane The commillee then Sociely were denied fundlllgfor has met twice this year. money collected as mandatory to the mission of the college are decides if the studcnt's claim is selected activities. Much of the council's lime fees. denied funds. meritorious based on submis· Amnesty, HAGL, Clara has been spent dealing with the The second process These detcnlllnations were sions by Ihe siudem and the Folll 2nd the Hastings Intema· California Supreme Court's describes how student's can made by Ihe ASH Finance and club. Like the clubs,the tional Law Society successfully dccisioninSm~. seek a refund of !hat portion of Review Committee. Clubs Sludents have a chance to appcaled !he dccisions at the Smith places limits on how their mandatory fees they feci adverselyaffccted could appeal appeal a decision adverse to September 23, 1994 meeting. mandatOly student fees may be was used in violation of their the decision 10 the ASH Gcneral thcir request to the ASH Amnesty International was =d f1rslamendmenlrights. Council whoscdecision is GencralCouncil.Again,!he dcemed not 10 be a primarily AI Iheir flfslmeeting on 1be process creates two eonsideredfinal. Appeals were ASH General Council's political organization. September 13, 1994, the council sets of hoops for clubs seeking the main topic of the council's decision is to be considered HAGL and CLARA FOLTZ adoptcdguidelines fordislribut- funding. second meeting. final. were given moncy to host a ing mandatory fees based on the First, they must show that The second part of the Betwecn the two meetings, panel on race,gendcrand Smi.I.hanalysis. their purpose is germane toa document dcscribcs how clubs submitted their budgets to se"uali\yinthecriminaljustice AI their second meeting, on mission of the coliege, and not individualstudentscansccka the ASH Finance Commillee systcm. September 21, 1994,theydeall primarily political, ideological refund,when Ihey find a use of and a budget was drawn up. Clara Foltz and the H3Stings withlheaftermath. orrtligious. their fees objectionable. Many groups did not submit International Law Society will Other topics of interest on Thesuccessfulclubdcemed The process is very similar fundlngrcquests to ASH at all. bc able to use mandalOry fccs 10 lhecouncil's agenda were: eligible to receive mandatory to that for the clubs. Thesludent OnlyAmnestylnterna. hold a panel on the current status Hasting's involvement III !he fces, then has its activities submits a wriuen rcquest to the tional was deemed ineligible to of women. University of California Student screencd. ACtivities suggested ASH Treasurer on a specified receiveanyfundswhatsocver Meanwhile,ASHcontinues Association and the status of the by thc guidclines as being form ina timely fashion. asit was considered by the 10 seek students intercsted in college's security force. gennane to the mission of the See theguidclines for commiuee to be primarIly a rcpresenting the school in the The new guidelines for college include: promoting Of dctailson how much an political organization. UniversilyofCalifomiaStudent disbursing mandatory student sponsoring a community service individual studcntcan gel The NPALSA, BLSA, Association (UCSA). and activities of a recreational treasurcrnotifiestheclubwhosc Hastings Alliance of Gays and fees to clubs dcscnbe IWO COfilinut!donPogt! J5 P(Jge4 Hastings Law News September 28, 1994 New Faces at Hastings In Charge of LEOP Student Returns to Lead Our Money Rachel Meyers especially people of color and be harder for somcone who has decisions, the program looks at Starr Writer poorpeople,"Tuekerexplained, leftaprofessionalcareertoretum "dedication, motivation, letters of Bernard So "Becauseofthisisolation,peoplc 10 law school." Tucker pursued recognition, and past achieve Starr Writer In her second month as the tend to get disenchanled." college and law school when she ments"aspossibleindieatorsofa new Legal Educatioll Opportu TheLEOPprogramsTucker decided she needed "to realize S1udem'sabilitytosuccecd. nity Program (LEOP) Fellow, David Seward has Spefll the overseesaredesigncdtoimprove my potential." LEOP's goal is to "open up Algera Tucker hopes to usc her past month acquainting himself studcnts'skillsandcreateasup Tuckerhopestocreateasys opportunities for people who experience as a LEOP student 10 with his ncw role as Chief portivecommunlly. tern for following up on students would otherwise not get into Hast make Hastings a more comfort Financial Officer (CFO), a For first year students, in the program, to "make sure ings, n she said. This year, LEOP able place to sludy for students position left LEOPoffers small study groups people are on board and not just students make up about 15% of admitted under me LEOP pro led by teaching assistants,prac fiounderingoutthere." the first year class. ,rnm. lice exams, and one-On-OTIC IU She explained, "After fall As a fenner LEOP student, "My primary concern is 10 toring. SecORd and third year semester exams, people get dis· Tucker noted that there is some f=:~:. provide academic and emotional While new to studentstakeadvantageofsemi couraged. They stop doing what resentment towards the program support, so they can thrive and [l] thisposit.ion nars on special topics (the First they were doing bccausethey feel in the larger student community. succeed at Hastings and bccome and Hastmgs AmcRdmem ill Constitutional it wasn't working." "At exam time, LEOP stu whatevertheywanltobe,"Tucker itself,Seward Law,forexample)andbarprepa Tucker hopes to encourage dents become a targel of hostility said. IS no stranger ration classes. people to keep coming to study because of the perception that The program "made a huge to the realm of financial planning Providing emotional sup groups and taking practice ex· 'they get something that we difference"inherlifeasastu and budget managcmefll. port is a1soan important eompo don't.''' She added. "The reality dem,by"providingacommunity With a bachelor's degree nentofLEOP'smission,accord Shealsohopestocombatste is Ihat segments of the American for me in an otherwisc isolating from thc University of Michigan inglOTucker. reotypes and misconceptions population don't have equal ac environment." andagraduatedegreeillfinallce Tucker remcmbers her first about the program and the stu eesstoeducatioll,andumilevery The Fellow's position is a from the Ulliversity of Sail yearpanie,lhe fecling that "Ev delltsiniL thingiseven,weneedafrumative relatively new addition to the Francisco, Seward has worked in eryoneelseknewwhatthey were "People assume that every action programs." LEOP staff, headed by director the Judicial Council of California doing excepl mc." She oftcn re person of color is a LEOP stu Tucker feels that LEOP en SueLlIIlbcck.1ltefellowshipisa AdmillistrativeOfficeofthe minds srudents that "Everyone dem,which is not true," Tucker riehcs Hastings by enhancing the one-year appointment than can Courts for the past twelvcycars. feels that way here, but no one said. Asan affinnativeaclionpro diversity of theeommunity. be renewed for a second For the last two years, he talksaboutit,"andtricstosoothe gram, LEOP "makes admissions ThewallsofthcLEOPoffice year.Tucker,a 1994graduate,is served as the Budgct Director for the first year jitters. decisionsbascdonnootraditional are covered with Clippings about the second person to hold the po the Californiacouo system. He Tuckeralsoappreeiatcsthe criteria," she explained. alumnioftheprogram,andTucker sition."1 tY..iieve ill givillg back," managed the$ISS millIon budget concems of oldcr students. She AccordingloTucker,theslu~ citcswithpridetheachievements said Tucker, "I wouldn't have for the Supreme Court, the Courts wellt to collegc when she was dents allmilLed through LEOP of program participants wlto"have bccn admitted 10 Hastings with of Appeal,theAdministrative 31,smcting ata community col have experienced some kind of takenLhcirHastingseducationand OUI the LEOP program." Office of the Couns, and me lege and trallsferring to Mi!ls disadvantage, whethereconomie, nownwith it." Tucker emphasizes the Im Commission on Judicial Perfor College, whereshe was awarded social, cultural, or as a conse portanceof improving the quality mance. aschoJarship. quence of having a \carningor of student life. Steppillg up to the role as "Law school is hard for ev physical disability. ·'Law school is an isolatillg CFQ, Seward believes one of the erybody,"shenOled,"bulilmay When making admissions experienceforanumberofpcoplc, major problems confronting Hastings is uncertainty, "both from the perspective of financial management, and [from the Admin. Services Director AppOinted picillfe of what budgetary reduction plans the S13te might k:S:~\vK!:n :~~;~~a~~~:~~:f~~::~ tion~'~;:~~C::!~~t~v~t:~~~: ~~~~l;~~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ have, and how that will affcct a rt er Admissions, Financial Aid and dcnt needs," he says. "That's one Brusscl~-based ·'Racing Whitc" Hastings. "We do IlOt kllOW flOW Hastings wclcomed its firsl Records are coordinated, mak- of the things that attracted me to tcam. The basketball expericnce whethcr or not the moneys the ever Director of Administrallve ing the transition into Hastings thisjob.l'mvcryservicc-orientcd was"Goodbcercommerciaistuff state has provided will be retained Scrviees this month. New staff easier and more pleasant for in· We'regoingtobevcryconeerned camaraderie. good fun." byus . . We'reootgoingtobc member Tom Simms is rcspon- coming first-years. with providing students a levcl of He returned to the United abletodoa lot until the funding sible for supervising several ad - As far as Mierocomputcr service we can be proud of." States. to work in Washington situation clarifies it.self,and thai ministrativeofficesandlmprov- Suppon,Simmsisactivelywork. Simms' interest in adminis- DC. He later entered Antioch will happen in the next few ing the quality of life on the ingtobrillglntemetacccss-an tralive work in higher educatiOIl SchoolofLawinDC.Upongradu- months," said Seward. Hastings campus. on ramp to the Infonnation Su- began somewhat innocuously: "I ating, Simms says, "I figured I Despitctheseconcems,he Simms oversees several perhighway _ to students. couldn't decide what I wanted 10 had a license to do brain surgery looks at Hastillgs'budgetary "clusters" of administrative ser- While limited Internet access is be when I grew up. I kncw early so I hung up a shingle and began situation with optimism. "Coming vices, whichheidentificsas: En- available to faculty, staff, and on that I wanted to go into some to practice law." in,itappcarsthat thccollcgehas roUment Scrvices, Instructional lawjoumals,studentsatlargedo aspect of law ... but nOt specifi- After several years of prac- adapted wcll to the State's Telcvision, MicrocomputerSys- not yet have access. cally where." tieing law, Simms made the move financial crisis," said Seward. To tems,PublicSafety,RejJfOgraph- Simms hopes 10 set the He emceed Merritt College tohigheredue3lioll.Helookajob help improve upon this condition, ics,andStudemServices.AsDi- wheels in motion for student in OakJandafter graduating from as Vice-President and Conuoller the newCFO feels a nccd for rector of Adminislfative Ser- access this year, involving stu- OaklandTechHighSchool,work_ ofRalcigh University in Raleigh, more longer range planning to be viccs, Simms is the dlfcct link dents in the plannillg and imple· ing full-time to support himself NonhCarolina. "It was rathcr in - able to anticipate and allocate between each ooministrativeof- mentationofnewcomputersys. with jobs in various fields. in- triguing," he says. '·This killd of money moreeffcctively to the fiee, Dcan Kane, and the Slll- tems on campus. He envisions eluding relail food, finance, and job keeps my enthusiasm up." various dcpanments, thereby dents. havinga"tcchnologydivision," as a Bank of America Manage- He has also worked in allowing them to better perfonn Simms articulates several anofficeorofficeswhichwould mentTrainee. administrative services for theirdUliesand programs. goals for his variouscluslers. He work solely on creating and Simms then took off for Eu- Amioch School of Law and CaI- sees Enrollment Services as the maintaimng campus computer rope, where heworked for Ameri- bridgc between the prOSl=CCtive Iletworksand systemssuppon. canExpressBankandall intcrna- S~pl~mINr 28, 1994 J/(1.!i lillgs UlW New$ Pag~5 GO AHEAD OPEN IT
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Interviews By Rich Jankowski • OS/01l94. Time; 00;45, rack 3t1930 Hs, her bilr:.eand lock west fire exit and found the blue Photos By Steve Anderson Officcr Felicicn found two black were gone. gate ajar but no one in the area. malcadultssmoking crack on the • 08/27/94. Time; 01:40. Of Thc gate was secured. When you were a kid, 198 building palio. Officer told ficer Felicien saw 4 white male ·09/08/94. Time: 14;00. The both subjects \0 leave the area. adulL~ smolr:.ingcraclr:. on the patio. glass door on stairwell #4 of the did you want to be when Both subjects left without inci· Whcn subjectssawofficcrwatch 198 building was found shattered dent. ing them from the 200 palio, sub by an unknown person and ob you grew up? (Explain.) • 011/01/04. Time; 02:05. jects left the property. ject Mailllenance is securing the Officer Felicien found a white • 08/27/94. Time; 01;41.0f door until WesICrn Plate Glass male adultslccping on the south ficer Felieien saw a man sleeping Co. will repair it on 09/W/94. west comer of the 200 building in thc cxtcrior doorway of stair ·09/08/94. Time: 14:20. A patio. SubJCct was awaken and well #1 of the 198 building. Of white male adult, 5'6" 200 Ibs., told \0 leave the patio. Subject ficer awoke subject who left the wasaslr:.ing for money by present left without incident. area ing a card on the third floor of the • OS/03/94. Time: 01:10. ·08/27/94. Time; 03:06.or 200 building. orflccr Opheim es Officcr Felicien found a white ficer Felicien say a white male corted himoutofthe building and male adult sleeping In stairwell adult beating on the front window warned of Pcnal Code § 626.6. #1 of thc 198 building. Offiecr with his flst on the 200 patio. -09/1 V94. Time: 20: IS. Stu awoke subject and asked him to Officer told the subject \0 quit dent parked his bicycle in thc200 leave the area. Subject left thc hittJllg the window and to leave building rack and secured it with "". thearea. Subject called the officer a Kryptonite lock. When he re • OS/03/94. Time: 19:10. names. then complied. turned from the library. bicycle Officer Santiago found subject • OS/28/94. Time: 01:05.0f was gone. steeping on 198 building patio. flcer Felicien saw on eamera a ·09/13/94. Time; 06:15. Officer warned subject and es black male adult bedding down Officer Felicicn found a white corted him off the property. for the night near stairwell #2 in male adult with twO dogs sleep • 08/09/94. Time: 22:43. the 198 patio. Officer warned the ing on the east end of the 198 Officer Santiago reported two subject over the loudspeaker that patio. Officer notifled dispatcher Hispanic male adults in thcir20' s he was l1espassing. Subject left to use intercom 10 wake subject 10iICring around the exterior stair the property without ineidelll. up. Subject just laid on thc patio. well of the 198 building. Officers ·08/28194. Time: 06: 10. Of· ,09/13/94. Time: 22;2S. A warned them and escorted them ficer Felicicn found a white fe witnessreportcdthatsubjcctbroke fromthcarea. male adult slecping on the 200 a window of a van and was seen • OS/11/94. Time: 21:21. patio. Officcr warned the subject rummaging through the van. Of Officer Wegner removed a white and she left the oropcrty without flcers arrested subject and recov maleadultsittingon the 198OOild incident. ered some stolen liems. Cost of ing patio. Hc had camping equip ·OS/30194.Time: 12:20.0f damage; 5255.00. ment and it looked like he was flcer Cash reponed thaI aroulld • 09/15/94. Time; 14:50. going to spend then night. 1220 Hs .• she had found hcr purse Officers found stolen wallet in ·08/15/94. Time: 12:42.0f missing from hcroffice. Atl5(X) the possession of subject. Subject flccr Opheim found subject in Hs., her purse was recovered with said he had found il and would classroom K asking studcnts for 520.00 missing from it. return il. Victim said he had been money for prescription drugs. He '08/31194. Time: 20:24.0f pickpock.eted on the bus. Wallct has done this in otherunivcrsities ficer Santiago foulld subJCCt (black was returned to victim who noted in the San Francisco Bay Area. male adult. 5'10",170) sleeping that 574.50 and a ca{ key were He wasescorted from thccampus on the east side of building. Of mlssmg. and wamcdof Penal Code § 626.6. flccresconed subjectoff thc prop • 09/16/94. Time: 16:54. '08/24/94. Time: 12:4S.or eny. OfficerGonzales responded to the flcers responded to a ballCry in -09/01194. Time: 11:00.Stu second floor of the 200 building progress 011 the 198 patio SICps. dent reporICd he locked his or and found a white femalc adult, Several students reported they had ange GT OutPOSt mountain bi blond hair, shoulder length, 120 been hit by a middle-aged black cycle with a perfonnance U-lock Ibs.,5'6",standinginthehallway man who was randomly assault \0 the flISt parking mClCr west of talking to the picture on the wall ing people on the sidewalk. Sub the bus SlOp at McAllister alld Officer escorted the female OutOr jectlefttheareaat the timcoffic Hyde Streets. He rcturnedat2300 the building. ersappearcd hours to find his bicycle gone. • 09/19194. Time: 13:30. • OS/24/94. Time; 15:23. • 09/02194. Time: 00:00. Victim reported thc thcft of his Subject (black male adult, 5'7", Pcttythefl BookslOrereportcdthat lap top computer from classroom 140) was asking students for rctail items that had bcenstacked F while he was in the restroom. moncy on the 198 patio. Subject in the hallway due to the booIr:. Value $2.100.00. was esconed off the campus. store remodeling. wcrc found • 09/19/94. Time: 14:50. ·08/24/94. Time; 21:40.0f missing. Items slOlen include Victim·s lap top Compuicr was fieers KatICrhenry and long ob nOlcpads and cigarelle lightcrs. rcturned to him at 1450 Hs by a served a pcrson on the 198 patio. Totallo~s: 5112.00. classmate who had IJken il for Officcrs made contact wilh the ·09/06194. Time: 17:20. Sub safckeeping. suspect and took a coke pipe off Jcctleft her office door opcn and of him. Oflkers warned SUSJlCI,:t hcrpurse in plain view asshe went tolcave the college. to water some plants. Whcn she MR. CLEAN ·08/25/94.Time; 19:00.Stu retumedsheS
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But ifyou.ltOlJ.h: want to Hello and welcome to I am an alum ('92) and a employed or underemployed with close friend likened first year in do it, do it. Best wishes to you all, my first column as fonner Law News staffer (car huge school loan debts. Recent practice lofirstyearin law school and good luck. Opinion's Editor. You'll toonist, '89-92). Repeatedly, a surveys show lawyers as having -only worse. Sometimes I like it., havetoexcusemeifitseems concern comes to mind which I one of the highest rates of JOb sometimes I feel trapped and won· Sincerely, a bit sketchy, becauscI re hope you have brought to the dissatisfaction. Doctors have one der what else I could have done. R. Janis Parker ally don't know what the students' attention (hopefully of the highest job satisfaction rates, School (and lOyearsofpara1egai EdilOr's Response: hell an Opinion's Editor yearly). alld are much higher~id than experience prior) didn't prepare D~ar Ms. Parker, docs. In fact, I am still nOl: Basically,thereare~ lawyers.Checkoutihcfeaturear me adequately for clients who TlwllA: you. jor you.r w~lI surchow I even gotthisjob jobs out there forattomeys. There ticle in the California Bar Journal don't pay, and running my own il1l~nliQned reality salUiwichts in the first place. Was it my hasn't bcenagoodjobmarket for monthly a few months back. My practice. The UCSF clinical Bwllhink Ilwl moSI ptoplt WI obviousenthusiamforthat attorneys since the class of '90 advice is if any students have any helped themost(with ProUames d~rsl(Jl1d, by lhis point, Ilwl IIlL bottomless well of knowl graduated,eventhenthingswere doubts about being a lawyer, and,! Neilson). Itgaljobmark~lisy~rylighlrighl edge we lovingly call Hast bcginning to get more difficult. orarejustdoing it for the money • Well, this probably won't now. Sur~, maybt a jtW slu.denlS ings? Or was it my gentle The school and academia delude get out now while you can. Cut help many of you, you'll do it are slill IiYing ill a Grishamjan open-mindedness and love you and the students, because of yourlosscs. anyway and find I was right., and lasy world., blissju.lly ignoranl oj for all humans? Anyways, their conflict of interest. They I'm a struggling sole-practi Idon'lmeanlOsounddismal.Just Ih~ harsh condiliOI1S lheywil/jace hcre I am, for bcttcr or for want 10 keep their jobs: nostu tioner,likemanyofmyfriends;so wanted to give you adoseof"re upon gradll41ion. 50011 or /aru. worse. dents equals no jobs forprofes often I feel like a one-man/person ality sandwiches" to counteract lhou.gh, ~\1eryol1~ r~alizes IIlL In For lhose of you who sors and school bureaucrats. band. It's not over after you pass the pap you're fed by those in escapable Irwh lhallife sucks are unaware (which is most Meanwhile the crunch gets thebar,theintemshipandfrus\ra- control of information at the ofyou,lsuspect),l was the Angry Man last year, both literally and figuratively. I Dear Editor, Mexican strain of marijuana, trict(the ISMission).Foraminor wrote several pieces for the Please accept this column forthe which doubles nicely as oregano adventure,taketheLoutboundlO In general, try to squeeze some paper under that nom de next issue of the Law News. in any paSta dish. Forest Hill Station and then catch life in between class, sleep, and plume (spelling) which Rapunzcl, Rapunzel... HintN2. (Espccially if you hve in the36TeresitatoMountDavidson studying. Andifyou feel hkeyou were, shall we say, slight!y (or, Rob G.'s helpful hints for the Tower) Gel out of the 'Loin - its a shon hike and the most are trapped in the Tower, letdown pointed. I wandered arolllld rlfStyears) when you can and check this cily spectaCular views in the city. If your hair!! with a shaved head and tat 1lleviewsandopinions~presscd out! Itissmall,beautiful and has you can get a car, check. out -RobG. toos, a Walk.man blaring in thiscolumndo not necessarily a great public transportation sys Sausalito, Muir Woods and the EdilOr'sresponse: Pantera,and a chip on my reflect those of the author. tern (MUNI costsSI). I suggest Marin Headlands, all just across Dear Rapllllzel, shoulder as big as North Hint#l.lfyouaregoingtohang the 5 Fulton 10 Golden Gale Park the Golden Gate Bridge. Whoa dude, you're cool (espe America. I was less than outin the 'Loin, know these help orthe 19PolklOtheMarina-bring Hint#3.Haveplentyofscx,which cially with that weenie dis social.lnfact.,severalofmy fulvocabwords: a frisbee: the L Taraval (under will get rid of your stress. Or was claimer). If these aren't your classmates have since COll "twenty-shot" - a S20 rock of ground, at Market St.) outbound that "you'll have plenlY of stress, views, whoseare they? Anyways, fidedtomethattheythought erack,themostwidelycxchanged to the beach and zoo or inbound 10 which will get rid of your SClI! lam sure that first years every Iwasaneo-Nazi,anell-con commodity in the United Nations the Embarcadero, on the water; or Hint#4. Mindless competition where are falling all over them or simply a garden variety Plaza (except on Wednesdays). check outChill3lOwn (via the 30 sueks, so be cool to your fellow selvestofollowyoursageadvice. psychopath.Ah,memocies. "mota"or"mota-weed" - acheap Stockton) and the Mission Dis- students. Thanks for sharing. Thisyearthingsaredif ferenL I have ground down Dear Editor, with their life situation. They are a lot of my rough edges. I This letterconcems the pub the greatesl cities in the world. not as fortunate as we are 10 be chat in the hallways and on pedesuian? lic safety presentat.ion that was I have seen the number of taking pan in a state sponsored the Beach, I smile, I don't The video goes on 10 show giventoincomingstudentsonthe homelesspeopleproliferateinthe program of legal education. Most have the urge to strangle how a silldent should react 10 a second day of orientation of Au past ten years in this city. They homelessarcnotdangerous,how any of my feltow students. street person ask.ing for money, gust22, 1994. Asa member of the can be found in praclicatlyevery ever it is wisc 10 ignore them Just Man, it is amazing what a withaloud"no!"' When you com incoming class of 1997, I was densely populated neighborhood in case you happen 10 walk by steady diet of phenomenal bine this image with the previous greatlyoffendedandshockedthat (where there are tall buildings). I someone who is very desperate sex, coupled with the negative assertions about home Hastings would pennit a presen haveneverbeenattackedoreven and may try to harm you. Do not tenderest of love, can do! J less people, the result isa very bad tation that is both degrading and ihrealened bya homeless person. provoke a homeless person; do havebeen trnnsfonned from set of value judgments that are insulting 10 homeless people in I simply ignore them, which is not nOI argue. Always keep in mind, the Angry Man to the Very being communicated \0 mostly San Francisco. always easy 10 do and I don't how would you feel if you were Nice Guy, much tomyeha young people who are new 10 San 1lleofrrcerinthevideoma](es always feel good aboul it. I would homeless and could not do any grin. So, those of you who Francisco, and may not have had the assertion that mosl of the hke it if they all went away. But thing about it? might bcworried that some much experience with those mueh homeless are "intoxicated" and that is not going to happen soon. hatefulmadmanisincharge less fortunate. often dangerous. While I can ap So we must leam to Jive with -Kynan Kourday of opinions (whatever that [havebeen very impressed preciate the necessity for the UC them. And hopefully do some First year means),relax.lpromisea with the quality and tone of the system alld Hastings college In thing to help them. Editor's Response: kinder, gentler Law News orientation activities in general. panicular lO.wam students about Hastings does nOI have to this year. Rcadmyiips: "no Everybody has tried 10 project an Dear Ms. Kourday. thehighcrimerateintheareaand resort to scare taCtics and the dis· I agree rhal homeltssness, as newbiuemess." image of the caring and compas the problem of the homeless, I paragcment of the homeless in well as poverTy ifl gtfll!ra/. is a So, if you have some sion.Wehavebeentoldtorespect feel it is inappropriate and with order to educate students about urrible problem. How~Yer. I bee in your bonnet, I en everyone in theHastingseommu out adequate factual basis 10 label the need to becarcful when walk wou./d like 10 poilll 0141 that flOt courage you to write me a nity regardless of race, gender, a class of individuals as likely to inglhcstrtcts.All that is neres ~veryol1e who asks jar chal1ge is letter. I will try to respect ageorsellualorientalion. UC Hast bedrunkandhostile.Whalstatis sary is 10 tell Silldentsthat we do everyone's point of view, ings docs nO! have to taint this homeless and that nOl e~ryol1e tics are there that indicate a ma have a homeless problem in San nomauerhowinfantile,anal atmosphere with villdictivc com who is homeless asksjor change. jority of the homeless are alco Francisco, not unlike many other or Just plain stupid it is. ments about an entire class of Also, agg'e5siY~ pallhalldlil1g eM holics or a threallO the average large cities in the United States. Thank you. people Ihat live in arguably one of Ix Il1timidating toan'jOfIl! (excepl Homeless people are nOI happy you. apparently). Thl.Mabowil.. Stp'tmMr 28,1994 Ilaslings Law Ntws Pagt9 Letters, Gites! Editorial Legislating OJ Cont. yourself as an actvocate. Two 10- withtwopracticingallomeys,in in these Witness/juror restraint Dear Edilor: Martin Pilha cal legislators, State Scnator two separate lcgislative bodies In bills are not inconsider~ble, as lkoowthatthcrearestudents Quentin Kopp and Assembly which attorncys comprise a sig specifically highlighted by the OUI there that are wonied about This a story about two anti Spcaker Willie Brown, have in nificant minority. Not surpris convolulednalureoftheSimpson summer job prospects but also stories.Thefirslisoncyou'rcall troduccd measures dircctly aris ingly, the State BarorCaJiforni~ case. As you may koow, the Los tOO familiar with: wcll-known concerned about the loss of au ing out of the morass of the soon voiced its official opposi Angeles County District tonomy and the suppression of former professional football Simpsoncase,oneofwhich(Sen tion 10 Scn~te Bill 254,and the AIIOfTICy'sofficepurponcdly held cre:ltivily that can be associated playcr/actor/telcvisionsponsana ate Bill 254) instructs the State Amcrcian Civil Libenies Union amocktrialrccently,prcscntinga lysl/corpor:nepitch.maneharged (ACLU) and California Newspa with tr:Kiitionailegai worle. I want Bar of California tosubmit 10 the mock case before mock Jurors to provide somc information for with double murdcr. The event California Supreme Coun "a rule per Publisher's Association ex selected by a polling rLfl11. The them. Despite what they may cngrosscsthenation,generating of professional conduct govern pressed itsdiSlasle for the juror/ mock dU~1 hadn't even settled hearfromcompetitiveclassmales endless speculation about pieces ing trial publicity and exira judi witness mcasurcs faster than you whcn individuals serving on the and anyone else offering com of evidence such as a bloody cialstatcmentsmadebyanorncys can say "First Amcndmcnt". '"jury" started appearing on tele mentaryaboutlheshapeoftoday's glove, a "'mystery envelope", et concerningadjooicauveprocecd AlsollOtsurprisingly,theLos visionscreensacrossthecounuy, legal markeL, it is possible to gct cetera and ad nauseam. The pause IIlgs". Brown's bill and Kopp's Angeles County District offering critiques of the andevenereate-theperfcctkgal before the trial gives binh to second bill would levy criminal Attorncy'somce hasexprcsscd prosccution'spresentalion. Sclf job. That'sright-it'snotlOOlate meandering discussions by pun sanctions against individuals of· its opposition to Senate Bill 254 innictcd calamities such as this toaet upon thosc ideals that you ditsofD.N.A.andblocxlsamples, fenng payment to jurors incon whileembracingthejuror/witness are seemingly not covered by the wrote about on your law school defense strategy, and other as sideration for "the measures, a stance some might bills. yet are no doubt damaging applications. Perhaps most at pects of the case. Thc story be Juror ... supplyinginformationreJa call cyllica1. Thc argument is that to jury selection nollethcless. A widcvarietyofsimilaruncelt:lin tractive for this endeavor is the comes a steady fixture, back tive to an action or proceeding" it is acccptable for allomeys, as faetthatunlikethetraditionalhir ground noise, as regular as the with which the juror is involved. advocates,tospcak 10 the media tiesexistatthegrayedgesofthese ingprocess.thisonelooksforthe weather repon on the evening A 9O-day moratorium foHowing without regulation, but not for bills, such as thcpossible culpa prospective witnesscs todosoin bilityofa paid reportcrsimulta SlUdent that has resisted the insti news. What was once lb!< story the jUry's discharge is also in IUtional push 10 confonn and hasbccometheanti-story;minu- eluded in Kopp's bill: Brown's exchange for compensation. We neouslywitncssingandreporting tiae is dissected, every motion can agree on the nobility of our a crlmmal act, and will no doubt blindlydowhatevereveryonce!se version ha~ 00 such additional is doing. Inotherwords,ildoesn'l analyzed,shaUeringaonccsimple constrain\. Another portion of criminalJusticesystem'sneedfor be shaped by the courts if either maLler how you look, what you seriptimoathous.andfragments. thesemcasuresapplytowimcsscs, and rclianceupon unsullicdju jUfor/witnessbill passes. At press rorsand witflCSses, thereby pre time. both measures await Gover gotinContracts,andwhetheryou The as-its-happening coverage allowing authorities to prosecute arc spendlllg your time editing has, in this interim, given way to witnesses or individuals having sumablyprotcctingtheaccused's nor Wilson's signature. Like the SixthAmendmentrights,buthave event from which they arise, the stuff for the so-called scholarly unrelentingspecul:uion,intennit "personal knowledge" regarding discussion of this legislation pUblicauons. tently punctuated by posturing the event in question who sell to consider the motivation under· lying aJcgal reprcscntative's un doesn'tseem likely to end soon. 'Those that were sucked into press-conferencesandinterviews, theirinformationandshould"rca willingness tosubmll toa variant Manin Pitha has worked for the DCI process may be scram paid and unpaid, with relcvant sonably" know they might be standardofrcstmint. the past eight months for Stale bling at this point- "Whatoppor WItnesseS. caUedaswitnesscsduringaerimi· SenatorQuentinKopp tunity is this- is it on some up Enter the secondanti-slOry, naiprocceding.SouthernCallfor The possible shortcomings dated listthatl haven'tsocnyet?" the self-proclaimed antidotes to nia knife salesmen beware: the Don't panic. This opponunity the tabloidizalion of OUT future, misdemeanor created by these exists outside of the traditional promising no more Buttafuccos, measures carries with it maxi HASTINGS LAW NEWS jobselcctionroute,andmanifests Menendeu:s, or Simpsons as mum jail time of six monthsandJ itseiflhrough public interesl sources ofdaiJy distraction. The ora fine. grants. The particular opportu second anti-story maY,incidcn Note these bills originated nitythatlwanttoremindstudcnts tallY,impactthewaYXllllcooouct of are HPILF grants. HPILF, or the Hastings Public Interest Law Dear Editor: Foundation, exists for the pur Business MlUiager ...... Crane Landis poseofpromOlingpubhcinterest In EasternCanadaisa tribe advocates have noted thc striking Photo E
Out of the Cellar orfuU bodied, ask a friend. nice nose with some tart melon Ilerb Snythe and names to Ihings. Thus fruil is de· scribed metaphorically, by refer Finish,oraftcrtasre, refers to andfruiL~. Weahonoticcdagras-w Kenneth Sumner the flavors thru linger on the pal orvegetativcelemem.Tastedidn'l Starr Writers croce 10 fruits Other than grapes. ate after the wine i~ consumed. quitelivcuplOlhenose.Thewine Fruit smells ranj,'t from fresh to and body, bUI l1at taste atld This month we cover jam or dried, and from green to Usu:tlly a long fini~h is a good was dry, medium bodied with a mcdiumlolowacid,andaslighLly chemical aftertaste. Some drywhilewillCS.WeselccLCrl ripe.SomewiJICSalsocOlltainhcr Ihing,unlcssofcoursc,il'sa bad biller fUlish. Fruit flavors didn'l might save thi~ wine, IwoclassicwhilCSfromCali bacoous,grassyorvege\!ltivcclc· finish. food but mOTe likely the wine fornia, a Chardonnay, a mcnts.Likethelaw. fruit can be Chardonnay,easily the most rcallycnme through: nonetheless would ruin the food. One Sauvignon Blanc: and one a matter of interpretation. popular white wine in California, the overall effect wascrisp31ld is also grown in lhc Burgundy refreShing. Try this withappctiz gla..'>S,max. frcroch wine from the Loire OtherelemenlS of nose arc Saintsbury CarnclOs Valley. First. an introduc attributable 10 the wincmaking regionoffrance. These winesare ers: Roasled peppers or a grcen salad with fruit. Wc'd drink tWQ Chardonnay, tion 10 ~me of the descrip process. Wood, derived from the favored forthe woodyqualilics in 1m. WeJikedihiswinc.The tive terms of wine Iallting. barn:lsin which the wine is fer Illeir nose and tasle. When glasses,m:lybemore. Chardonnayisgood itcan bcvery Domaine de Bcl Arbord, nosehadaniccblcndoffruit, Clarity refers to how mented; can also include undcsir good,buta§awholelhevarietyis MuS{:adct de Sevre et Maine. l10ml (maybe violel), and wellyoucanscclhroughlhe ablcelemcnlS(acommOllexamplc spice elemcnl~: wood came wine. Eumining clantyof issulfurdio;o;irJe.politelyreferred uniform in flavor and ruther bor 1992. Thiscoastalvariety,fromthe through in vanilla. caramell fer.! a good excuse to hold to as a barnyard odor), Uke fruiL ing. This may be because buucrscoteh, and fQSCmary the glass up to the lighland wood is often described in meta wincmakersarcchumingoutwine LOire River delta in France, is orlavencter.Nicehody,SOOd squint!ltilappraisingly.This phorical lerms, like buttCTscoteh, in resp<>nSe LO the public popular widely thoughttobethe best wine may impress a dale. Color caramel, spice, and vanilla. ity ofCttardOllnay, without trying to have with shellfish or delicate balance of wood and fruil, though we dctected a pow goes beyond the whire Of red Taste & Body arc important to make the wine good. white fish. This particular Sallvignon Blanc includes Muscadeti!)nOI.It'sNillianlclar deryorchalJcynore. Thelin· designation.WhilCwinesare qualities. Wineshouldhaveagood wines frOm the Bordeaux region ity and pale gold color and green ish was medium, somewhat Slnlw.lOgold in color. as the balanceofacid,felt on the sides of France, and is grown through ish halo gave US hope. The'>f/lcll fIorolbulplcsWlt. Thiswinc agetheygetdarl:erandmore of the tongue. Fruit and wood out California. It has more fruit jumped right OUtoflheglass; un· is alone, but would be orange in hue. Reds rangc flavQfSshouldalsoeomelhrough great from ruby togarneL in the taste. Oftcn, the taste of lhanClwdonnay,andcan bcmore fortunately it was a bad smell. good wilh somelliing in a The barnyard odor was unpleas NOSC,Qfsmell,ismadc wine dOC$ nOI live upto the nosc, imereSlingandcomplex lightcrcamy sauce. If you up of two components. which is disappointing. So don't Herearesomcwinesweliked ant, and more chemical smells archavingeggsforlunch,or Aroma refers to fruit: the judge a wincby ilS nose. Body is (or didn't like): followed. We did dctocl some wine for breakfast, this Grolh Napa Valley aroma of pears and ripe honcy would especially comple smell of the gropes. Wine notreaJ1yrelatedlotaste,bu:re pooplc,like lawyers, like to fers 10 the weight of the wine on Sal.ivignon Blanc, 1993. dew,buttheyweretoolatctosave ment an egg dish, maybe an This wine was clear, pale this one. The taste matched the omeletwllhpro.o;cil.iuo.Wc'd pre,servethcmystcryoftheir the palale_ If you're not sure profession by giving weirtl whcthcra wine islighl,medium. Straw wilh a hint of gold. Very nose: ootgood.lthad lighlacid drinklhreeglasses. The Real World: Hastings Alumni Profiles
Matthew G. Ball qucstionsoneverysludent'smind enceswithhissupcrvisorandre Finally, he said that though a that in 1974 less than 1.000 law StaffWriler -ifasked-rcgardingjobs, turned to San Francisco toopen a knowlcdge of Spanish and Latin yershadbcenadmitledloilsbar, correct coursc of study, etc. But solopraclice. "In Spanish there is American culmre is definitely a and in thecntire Bay Area,only Inrernational Law isan of· what he really wants to impress asaying,"hesaid. "It isbctler to ml.ist for practicing International one firm specialized in il ficeoffofMission Streel where on a young mind is the impor bctheheadofarat,thanthetailof Law dealing wilh Latin America, He worked for the finn for Latino music sounds from Store tance of philosophy in the Jaw. a lion." For the !as118 years he bcingHispanicisnolalwayshelp four years, and then he and his fronts and 1950s-ero landmarks "What makes life worth living'!" hasrunasucccssfulintemational ful. "An Anglo-Saxon with a partner splil offlo form their own agegentiyintothefuture,like heasks.·'Everylawstudcntshould law practice wi th his daughter as wonderful command of Spanish firm,wherchchasbeeneversincc kindlytios andtias taking care to ask himself that." a partner. Arccenlcase involved and an understanding of the cul "Customs Law is intriguing," watch over thc tX)l.ilevard. Inter It is a question he has had trying 10 settle adispure bctwcen lure will often do bctrerlhan an hesays.Thcreisanavorofwork nalional Law is a high-rise build many years 10 ponder. Whileslill anAmericanbusincssmenandhis individual with a Hispanic sur ing with other countries and with ing in downtown San Francisco a slu
Striiike Baseball Panel with CBS. Bair insisted however, plu)'ers becausc of Major League that the Giants derive most of Bascball's antitrust exemption tumcdananswcrintoapro-owner anempt to more evenl)' distribute Robert Tanner theirrevenuefromactualgatcrc Thewholepanelagrccdthat speech. revenues among the several clubs SlarrWriter ceJpts. the current arbitration dispute ProfessorLathropestartcdoff basicall)' come down to the play Now with the strike having method works poorly for base b)'hstingtheamountoflostrcv ers wanting 10 hold onto what The Hastings Association for ended the season, and somecom ball,and Nevius WCnt onto chas enuethat both sidcs had suffered the)' alrcad)' have, and the big Communication. Spons and En mentators predicting the dispute tise the pla)'ers for demoniZing from the strike. With the season market owners wanting to do the tcnainment Law (ASCEL) hdd conunulng Into next year's sea lhe salary cap. which he said has oowcomplctel)' written off, those same. Somehow the small markct its rlfStspcakers' panel this past son, some of the panel's com worked well for IWO Other major numbers have probabl)' grown clubs have made thclr survival Septcmber1. In the midst of the ments seem even more on the leaguespons.Whatallfearedwas immensel)' (the)' werealrcad)' in andabilil)' to compete crucial to baseball strike, when thcrewas marie. The sport had been con the public perception thm there the hundrcds of millions). Even an),senlemcnL Thedifferencein still hope that the twO sides might tinuing under theDccembcr 1992 are no good gu),s in this dispute, more Inlgic are the millions of pla),erpa),rollsisstartling.While workoutthcirdiITerenecs in time agreement with all of Its provi couplcdwiththedccllncofba.se gallons of beer not being con the Atlanta Bravescancasil)'pa)' to save the 1994 season, ASCEL sionsstillbindingduringnegotia ball as apopularpanicipam spon sumed at ball games. To put the $52 million to field a winning hostedaninfonnativeandinsight tions. Labor law provides for this Slill, after watching only a numbers in pcrspcctive,currentl)' team, the San Diego Padres ap fu1disc:ussionofsomeofthepress setupuntilthepointof"lmpasse" fcw episodes of Ken Bums' mas Major League Baseball has close pcar to besuffcring financially mg issues in this labor dispute. isreachcd.lmpasseisessemiall), terfuldocumentar),"Bascball"'on to S2 billion in revenues, more evcn with one of Ihe league's Jack Bair, Director of Legal defined as deadlock, the pOint PBS, it is hard to pa)' al1cntion to thenathrce-foldincrcaseoverthe smallest pa)'rolls ofSI3 million. and Governmental Affain for the where no agreement can be thcJuvenileanucsofselfishown revenue the spon look in JUSt ten None of this explains wh)' the San Francisco Giants. spoke for reached. At that point the owners ersandgrecd),playersadmistthc )'ears ago. Pla),er salaries now Yankees. in lhe nation'S largest the owners' side. Hastings Pr0- canunilaterall)'imposeconditions backdropofthesportitsclf. I was average Sl.1 million, up onl)' market, havedoneso poorly over fessor Dan Lathrope served as on the pla)'ers, similarl)' \0 the struCk b)' the identical comments aroundS300,OOO from len )'ears the lust dccade. moderator, and helped highlight actions of the NFL in imposing of owners and playcrs from an ago. Baseball has emerged as a The entire pancl agrced that the legal issues. Chronicle sports thcir"PlanB"frecageflC)'seheme. earliercra: tr), the 189O's.ltap hugebusmess. therevenuestream for baseball is columnistC.W. Neviuswas there However, while football pla)'ers pcarsthatthecurrentdisputemay All thrcesccmcdtoagrcethat slowing, but still rising. Amaz to point out the players' position, werc then able to pursue antiU1JSt bconl)' the latcst chapter In the thetOOlSofthisstril:.elieinmooc)'. Ingl)'. baseball revenuecontin· the fans position, and just gener law remedies, that option is cur story of baseball. An)'bod)' want The salary cap proposals and the ues 10 grow despite the loss of a all)' to tweak BaiT, whenever he renll)' not open to the baseball to shag some nies? billion dollar television contract Athletics, BARBRI Style
With major league baseball suasive argument has convinced McAllister") Did Dean Gray 3C JordanandJamesWonh)'(J983). on strike through m)' graduation, )'ou of the urgenc)' of this situa cidentall), leave his briefcase full or a team made up entirel), of Candlesticl:. was named for a I'vehadplent),offreetimeonm), tion. I can sense that )'ou are ofSlOO bills at Steve's house? I NBA First·Round Picks (1993» ncarb)'rock which birds"painted" hands. Consequentl)', I got to grcatl),concemed.Fortunatelyfor uS, l haveasolution. doubt it. Steve would have lent sokcepcoaching." I suggest the white from frequent targetprac thinking about what would make instant legitimacy 10 our athletic Dean Kane Athletic Center. This tice.lnasimilar,butlesssublle Hasti ngs a beUcr place, at least Initiall)', let'sstanrecruit program, but now it's too late. could bcourwa)'ofsaying, '"Keep vein, how about the Foul Stench from m)'pcrspcctive. Beingsome ing. Our recruiting departrnent is presentl)' in shambles. Where are However, I have heard rumors raising the average GPA every of Urine Arena, or Heroin Addict whatself-absorbed,lglossedover that Deion Sanders is looking for semester, and thiS)'C3T,bu)' the Hall. ideas like improving career ser the boosters with their tailgate a law school that is in his words, U.S. News law school pollster a We also can't forget about a viccs, installing a cafeteria that parties and fund-raisers? I don't "a contender." Wen if m)' ASH foreign car." If we want to go nickname. The obvious choices OOesn'tscrvefoodpun:hasedfrom see Dean Kane hitting the road to visit the bluc-chippcrsand com dues accidentall), ended up in commercial like Sacto's ARCO wouldbcthcLaw),ers,Advocatcs, lheAirlineChersCuhnarylnsti Deion's bank account )'ou Arena,how about the BarBn cen· or Sixt),-Fivers. However. more tute, and instituting m)'elemen pliment their mom's cooking. SteveYoungisaperfectexample. wouldn 'I hear me complaining. ter? The)' seem willing to put appropriate ones might be Cut tary school's grading curve (You Here's a gu)' who, despite his Next, we need to name our their name on an)'thing non-per Throats, Whiners,orm),personal know, ever)'body got athletic facilities. You can't have ishable.andma)'bcwecannego favorite, the Anal-RetentivC5: outstandings,except for the kid inabilit)' to win a game in Janu a major program without some tiateadeal whereweall knock 50 In conclusion, I eagerl)' an whoatepaste).FranI:.I)',thestatus ary, isone of the NFL's premier fanc)' name for )'ourarena.like bucl:.s off bar COUr5C tuition. Or ticipate the Saturday aftcmoon quo doesn't bother me much. In quancrbacks.Hedccidcshewants to go 10 law school. He lives in the Dean Smith Athletic Center. the LexisCentCl,ihen we can all when I can sit back, tum on the stead,Ifocuscdsolel),onthething SanFrancisco.What'sthetoplaw This was the UNC's wa)' ofsa)' getfrecaccesstotheircompulers. lube,and hcar KcithJackson ex· I doreaIl)' care about: sportS. ing, "Although )'ou'rea medio How about naming it for claim.'"WhoaNelly, we've got a Hasungswillneverbeama school in San Francisco? Bul where docs he decide to go? crebasketballcoach,)'ouocca some distinctive local landmark? real bam-burner goin' on in the jor league law school until we get sionall),manage towinachampi+ A cabb)' once informed me that 'Loin." an athletic departmenL Now I Brigham Young Universit)'. Now onshlp, (when)'ou have Michacl know the simple-minded and forget for a moment that he wenl short-sighted response to this to college there. Forgct that he pla)'ed football for tJic Cougars. proposition is that athletics has rums who deal in the specialty Ignore that the school is named nothing 10 do with a law school's don't hire full time students, and for his greal-grandfatherand he prestige. But wh)' do )'ou thinl:. heonl)' hires anyone when he has probabl)' gets a break on tuition. NAFTA. thisschooJ,just like UCLA 'sbas Profile a special project, and then onl)' Mostimportantl)',forgct,thathe's Perhaps the most intercsting I:.etball team, always hovers be forthedurationofthe projeCL But allowed to have 12 wives in Utah. ContiflurdjromPogeI2 thing about his specialt)'. Bakcr tween 15 and 2(J! Just look at Sludents who arc Interesled in Even with ail of this, we sti1l said, is that how knowledge of every school ranked ahead of us. realmofjudgesandjuries)hehad Customs Law should takeclasscs should have gOi him. We could spccificissucsandunwriuenpro Every one (except for Cal) has a to argue whether a positioning in administrative law, intema have worl:.ed something out. I cedures can decide a case. He football team and the)' all have arminaharddiskdrivewaseithcr tional business transactions, and mean it would have been perfect once had a client in Denver who baslretballteams, along with a an electric motor or panofadisk legislauon. for him. He's got residenc),. Be had retained a Denver law finn m)'riad of other men's and drive. If it was the latter, it was But, he notes. the United fore practice, he could hit Walsh's with lillIe experience m Customs women·ssport. However, we can dut), frcc. If not, il would have SlalCSischangingitscuswmslaws 8:30IOrts.Aftergamcsit'saquicl:. Law to help him in a customs barel)' gct a PICI:.-Up game going been subjoct toa 6% dut)'. 10 put more of an emphasis on drive up to the 'Loin for some pcnalt)' case. He got the penalty onFrida)'aftemoon,andeventhen Theothertwoissucsdcalwith enforcement after the goods are Sunda),nightpreparation for the reduced,hesaid,'"Justb)'theex it usuall)' degenerates into an deciding what son of transaction Insidethccountry.Companicsthat wcekahead. But did we even try perienee of knowing the right unjudgedmootcouncompetition. actuall), took place, and what Impon man)' items might be peri. 10 get him? Did he even take one buttons to push. It's not some ("You fouled me." "No, I didn·t." country should be place on the odicall)' audltcd b)'customs,and of his alloued campus visits to thing),ou can juSt picl:. up." "Well ,then )'ouwalked_" "Yeah, "made in ... "label,based on vol· must set up s),stems to ensure Hastings' beautiful Civic Center Theopponunitics in thisficld but)'ou pushed me first .. . j umesandvolumesoffedcraIregu comphance with the laws. "This Campus? (Koown for various arcn'tvery good,hcsaid. As far As I can see from the look on lationsandintemationaItnldctrea might provide rnore work in the rcasonsasthe"MentalWardon as he knows the other Ba)' Area )'our face, m)'seamlessand per- tics,slIch as the GATT and the future," he said. Pagtl4 II(wings Lo .... Ntws Stpttmbtr 28,1994
NO annual FEE, nationwide ACCEPTANCE and LOW rates. Because this is a ONCE in a lifetime trip. If YOU ~O.tT ~T IT" 6£.T IT." Seplemixr 28,1994 flastingsLawNews Page 15 he ASH Show onrlnued from page 3 group. ASH Enacts Smith Hastings Alliance of Gays fre. Continued from Page 2 enlly the sponsors of the and Lesbians represcnlative lft11e Commillee finds rdercndLim failed togctcnough Robin Haaland appca!ed purlXlSC is LO lobby the process that must be undertaken estudent is entitled LO a signalures to qualify as a ballot findings that two of its spcaker UniversiLyofCalifomia's to affeCla ch~nge in lheir statuS cfund,theSludenlgroup meaSllre pane!swcrepo!iticalevenLS. BoardofRegenL~on behalf of The Board took the first step USIpay the slUdentan Expcctanotherelection A$H reversed the Finance all UCstudcnLs. this month in thalprocesswhen mount equal 10 the amount soon.lnthemeantime,ASHhas Committceon each count, Probably the main focuso[ itvolcdLOelimin3tetheir llocated to t11e activity by been spending ilS outline and finding Amnesly l10t a po!iLical UCSA's activities are its "pcaccortlccr"swtus $H dividcd by the videogamesmoneyLOpny groupandHAGL'sspcaker allempts to keep student fees EliminalingLhe"peace umber of all students UCSA dues and has bccn panels not political. down. Thisyearlhedebate officer"sta\usmcanSlheBoard molledat the beginning of sending a representative to the ASH Vice-President RoberL willltheRegenLsandtheOffice can now "meet and eonfer" as hesemesLerinwhichtlle meetings. The final twist LO the Haga commented, "Why did we of the President oflhe UC towhelher the status should be ctivity took place slory is lhm the UC Regcnl'S even wnsteall that time trying hinges on how much lhey are changcdorremainthes~me Sllldentsorstudent say ilwon't recognize a to pass guidelines if nobody and going lO raise our fees, not if Whilc no proposal is roupswhodonotagree representative from Ha~tings, nothing is politicul?" they are going to raise fccs considered tobespeciflcallyon it11theFinance bccausc weare not UCsllldents. BUI Molly McKay, Second OurUCSAreprCSentalive IhehearLSandmindsoflhe orrimillcc'srefund UCSA sceks to convince the Year Representalive, disagreed rcports that the Officco[lhe board,talk so far hascentcred ecision may appeal 10 t11e Boardolhcrwise. "The guide!ines would work Presidemhasalsogottenitin around eilher giving the force SHGovemingCouncil The Olher big issue of the well if people would stiek with its collective head to raise the guns or laking them oulof ppcalsmustbemade September 13 meeting and one them and follow lhem. Things luiLion at the professional uniform andlimiling theirpalJol ithintwowecksofthe lhatwillbearound for at least a thatareobviouslyeducmional schools loa level similar to llle to inside the buildings efunddeeision year is whm is LO be done with are coming before the Govem pnvatcscctor. The board and the adminis ASH pUl ils new lhecollegesecurityforee. ingCouncil ASHhastobe Last year when a UCSA tralion will now research the uidelines to work for the This is nota new issue. careful not 10 push [the guide representalivecametoHaslings issueand'bcgin negotiations ITSI time at the September Two years ago a poll was taken lines) too far. We shouldn't let seeking our membership in the with thc union. The board has 1 Governing Council to get lhc sludent's feelings on this process bccomea wiLCh erganization,lheirbigselling said thatal the end of the eeling_ whether 10 arm the security hunt." point was that iI wus their idea rescarch process, they will run Amnestylntemational guards. "Hastings maybe thebes\ LO only raise fees [or students their proposal by the students in epresentativeDcanPreston The results of the poll were U.c. school LO push the bound entering this year, if fees had to a public forum. StudenlS who ppealedtheComminee's mixed at bcsl. Atprescnt the aricsofSmith," McKay added beraisalatall. want to provide input to the mdingt11atAmnestyisa security officers have LhesLUtus "We could do a servicc to other WhetherASHthoughtlhaL proccss, now should LUlk to the on-fundablepolitical of"peaceorficers." Most U.C.'s by taking a bold stand." was a good idea or not, they administration, since it is the importantly this means that our decided they should join UCSA administration Lhatwillbc security force has the power to so they sough\a general doing the research arrest people. 1\ also means thaI lumni Program referendum on the matter. The The next mccting is lheycan wear a uniform and referendum was whelher scheduled for October 5 ontlnued from Page 2 look a heck of a lot like police Hastings should become a dues Leftovers from thebudgcl officers, butut present they paying member. process may make the agenda Law Placement, NALP, advertising channels like cannolearryguns. Unfortunately, for the folks Final!y, a little reminder to all the number ofgmduates from newspapers, career services or It would appcar Ihat our who like thc: idea of becoming you fans of Roben's Rulcsof thenation'sABA-accrediled hcad hunters, employers are sccurily force wants to have members of UCSA the referen Order. A fist represenlsaggres· law schools soarcd 10 3 record becoming more cautious and those guns. Becauselheguards dum was held invalid. Appar- sivenesS,closure, highof39,914 in 1993,a 14 hire new talent so!clyon the are unionized there isa specific percent increase from 1980 basis of word-of-mouth from More importanlly, the perccnt colleagues. age of those students still TheRecorder printed an unemploycd six months aftcr anic\eaboul Huey's innovation graduation, the same lime most on September 6,1994. Since slUdent loans are due, rose thatarticlewasprinted,several steadi!yfrom6.6percentin other career services offices 1980LO 14.6 pcrcent in 1993. have contacted Director Kristin TRINITY Pan of the problem is thai Flierl for informationabou\ the graduates are nOI tapping into Reach Out Alumni program PROPERTIES the so-called hidden job "The program will only work if market. Because of the poor students volunteer the requisite economy, instead of going hours," Hueysays Looking For An Apartment? through the Iraditionaljob WE OFFER THE FINEST FURNISHED / UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TOYOTA MIDSIZE AT RATES ~FREE PICK-UP $2~ STUDENTS CAN AFFORD! Call (415) 861-3333 (415) 433-3333 Fax (415) 989-9390 333 Bay, San Francisco, CA 94133 J/(1$liIl8.JLowN~.J StptemJxr 28.1994
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According to Kane, it is currcntly The Class of 1976 recorded nationalchalrofourannual The complaints said LIlat crime The West Block properties used for storage but could be used thclargcstnumbcrofdooors.with campaign, we didn't have a inthebuildingshaveincreascd hadadeficitof$143,098 in the for office expansion spacc. 81 members making contribu class agent system, and we following the removal of 1993-1994 academic year. The Tower was purchased tions. AndthcClassof 1977con didn't have the student phonc sccurity. As a result. the cou.rts This deftcit was countered by a from thc Federal Government for tributcd thc largest overall gift a-thon. This has all bccn lowered apanment rents to S513,103 surplus from the SI.ooand is used forstudcnt total, with almost $17,000 do implcmentc<1 sincc then. I renect the reduction in services. McAllister Tower student housing. "It's a healthy tlIing to nated. think Ihat a lot of things are Thepublicconuoversy housing for the same period. have students living here," Kane Asked about the stunning coming together now. I'm arose over the status of the The money now available sa id. success of the Collegc's cfforts alrcady running scared forncxt bulJdings as pan of the North is going 10 be used for College The WCSt Block properties to increaseprivatcsuppon,Mr. year. It's a very numbers of Market spccial residence use programs,includingthc werc sold to "people who will be Lemon commented. "You can oriented business." district. This special district Hastings200Cl plan, Kane said good landlords for the people and look at this in two ways. You provides 10w-illCOme housmg Hastings 2000 is an effon 10 intend to renovate," she said. can look at dollars. and wc've in the area. Tenderloin activists "develop a more campus-like Thethirdbuilding,locatcdat llfged that the properties remain seuing," she said. Some of the 324 Larkin SlfCCt,wllS sold toa low-incomc housing because moneyhasalsobecnrescrved long time San Franciscoresiclcnt Security Down San Francisco's renown high to "spruce up the Towcr." who plans to renovate tlIe Continued from Page 1 cost of rental apartments. Kane is optimistic about building and reside In it. The AsaStateentily,the eilll foradditionalpatrolhng. the sales. " I sec: this as an founhbuilding, located at 270 College is required to sell the Although thcre is no official upbcat timc. In spite of the McAlIistcrStrcct,wassoldtoa image," suggcstinga blaT.cr with property through a public estimate from the Boord regard state budget crisis, weare n:sidenlialmanagementcorpora the Hasungscrest. blddingprocess. "We had taken ing how long it will be bcforea freeing up some money to do tlon. He also suggcstro that secu the position that the residential decision is made, Tom Simms some of the things we want to In addition to tncfour rity bc bolstcred by citherrelying buildings should not have gone believcs thlitsllldenlS will be in do." Neither Kane nor thc aparunent buildings, thc 1976 on the San Francisco Police Dc OUllObid,buttomarketthem formro,throughfunherhearings College's General Counscl, pllfChasealsoincludrotheland panment and Tenderloin Task to oonprofit organiT.ations in or other means, before changes Angele Khachador, foresee the where the 200 building is now Force, or by contracting with the The City," swd attorney Marcia are underway. College purchasing more located,lheparkinglotatLarkin San Francisco Pohce Patrol Spc- Rosen of the Lawyers Commit propeny in the future. andGoldenGateandtlleareaon tee in Urban Affairs said in an "Not in our lifetime," Golden Gate known as "the pit." April 27 E... aminer article. according to Khachador. "The The 200 building was openro Letter In the final analysis, two of college does not see itsclfas in the Fall of 1980. Prior,the the United Nations Ambassador the buildings, located at 250 landholder," Kane said. "When College was entirely housro in to the Nctherlands and officials and 260 McAllister Street, were people leave us propeny, we the 198 building. The College stilJ namcse community. from the former Soviet Union. removed from the public sell it for the money." owns the parking 101. and "Ihe Noel Rodriguez worked in Katie Yurchak worked bidding process and were sold Two exceptions to that PIt." various ways with the Mexican through tlIe Children's Law Of American Legal Dcfenscand Edu fice in San Franciscoon the Edu cational Fund(MALDEF), focus cation Rights for DisablroChil· ing his effons for much of the drenPrOjcct, which affordcd her Bar Study arc still inconclusive. summer on a grassroots legal theopponunitytodcvelopacom Continued from Page 1 rITSt attempt; betwccn 2.20 and In response to the findings, nc.cdsasscssmentth:itspccifically prehensivemanualfortheadvo 239,theratewas55.s6%,and Hastings may initiate programs addresscdissucsrclatedtOlmmi cates of children with special fortheschool,Hastings'primary below this, bar passage emphasizing test-taking skills and grant backlash. nccds. obligation in improving the bar averaged at 23.97%. possibly offer bar exam tutoring Will Rostov worked with Thegrantapplicationrrocess passageratc is lO students them >Barpassagehighly or even requiringcertalll cour<;cs CillzensforaBettcrEnvITonment occurs in tlIe spring. Students selves. correlates with other predictive for LEOP students, one of the (CBE)and helped inttiatelltiga developproposalsandcoordinale Eight significant prcdictor.; tcstssuch asthc LSAT populations associated with lower tion protc.~ting tlIe failure 10 sub theirapplicationandworkthrough examined were: Hastings GPA, Undergraduate GPA eonsti· bar passage rates. Butevenifthc mllancnvironmentalimp3CtStalC an appropriate supervIsory Bar Course GPA, LEOP tutcsa Icsscr, but still viable, changes are immcdiately initiatro, ment for a proposcd tirebuming agency. LaSt year, about thirty participation, LSAT pcreentilc, factor. said Faigman,lhere will still bea incinerator in the MOjave Descn students applied for six awards ethnicity,repeatc<1 bar course, >LEOP status served as substantial"timelag"betwcenthc whilealsofightingenvironmen HPILF hopes to fund ten full disqualified stalUsand under another slrOngfactor, though programs' incepuon and asscss tal racism by working toward the grants for the summer of 1995. gradllllte GPA. Gendcr, age rcsultsin this area in panicular ingtheireffectiveness. defeat of a proposal to create a We have stepped-up our money· enU)',and the total number of pollution trading scheme in the makingeffons in Itghtofthis new bar courses did nOi scrve as LA basin. goal. Our rlTSl bIg event is an signiftcantindieationsofbar JULY PASSAGE RATES BY GROUP Ted Walther worked in con auction/gala event that we will passage success. junction with the International putonOctobcr28th.lfyouwould Othcrsignificam findings Gay and Lesbian Human Rights like to obtain more information include: f!wuI.aIilm .I.>1.Iu !'1ol..1>l..Iu Commission (IGLHRC) in an ef abouttheauction,thegrantappli >Hastings GPA is the Entire 81.6% 89.0% fonlOwardthecreationofa1cgal cation process, how to get 111- single most important foclOr in LEOP 51.9% 67.8% manual for attorneys and other volved with HPlLF, or any of the predicting how sllldenlS will do advocatcsrepreseminggayand workdonebytllegrantrccirienlS, on lhe bar exam. Those Low HastingsGPA 48.8% 67.9% Icsbian applicants for asylum in just drop a note in the HPILF SIC stlHients with a GPA of2.8 or (Lowest l/40f the class) the Untted States. Sofar,thisisa folder. Hats off to the dedicatcd above had a 97.35% pass rate, Low LSAT 63.6% 74.9% completely undeveloped area of work of thc six grant recipients while students with GPAs Entire Pop, 94.8% 97.8% law, with only twO cascs in the fromthesummerofl994. Harpy belwccn2.4 and 2.79 had a (Except Sub-Groups) books,ncilherhavingprecedcntiai (but thoughtful) job hunting to 81.07% pass rate. GPAs lower Significance. Consequently, the rest of you .. LIlan2.4 rencctedasubstan Ted's work brought him in con tial1ygreatcrdifficultyin tact wilh prominem international Mike McLoone passing the bar exam on the human rights figures, including HPILF Administrator Page 18 Hastings Law News September 28,1994 dicta ...
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