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University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Res Gestae Law School History and Publications 2001 Vol. 51, No. 7, January 23, 2001 University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Michigan Law School, "Vol. 51, No. 7, January 23, 2001" (2001). Res Gestae. Paper 161. http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae/161 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Res Gestae by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. :;c :.>s_gest STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL --estae 23January 2001 Vol. 51 No.7 • Can the Coach: Is Ellerbe to blame? • Gratzi: A taste of Italy, or just Michigan? • Three-Second Memory: Thoughts from Class • The Insider: Superbowl predictions • Plus: Crouching Tiger and more • 23 3T anuarp 2001 II ~es ~estae Editor in Chief: Hannah J. Mufson Co_a_ch? Business Manager: Russell Krauter Production Manager: Tricia Cornell By Harry Mihas -~~~*ai& This bothers me because it reminds :V.-~<:"5- The men's basketball squad \~ me of what Tom Goss went through. Production Staff: SUCKS! That's right, it Both men came into tough situations Nick Janiga SUUUUUUCKS! Now, please indulge me with little experience or time to prepare. for a moment. Although I pursue the law, Both men made mistakes. And both men Copy Editor: I do so only because my ramen noodle and were given very little margin of error as Monica Newton Spam diet is getting old. For me, sports is they learned on the job. my passion. To be quite honest, baseball Look at Goss. Going in, he had to fire Senior Contributing Editor: kept me out of a lot of trouble. It was one Steve Fisher, was under pressure to get rid Bruce Manning of my saving graces. So today we talk of Lloyd Carr, and then was asked to take sports and, in particular, Michigan's men's the heat for the yellow halo President Lee Contributing Editors: basketball team. Bollinger wanted. Within months Goss Yingtao Ho, Elizabeth Khalil, Harry Now we all know the team is bad. was under fire, with alumni saying he Mihas, Jonathan Sanchez That's no secret around here, or, for that didn't have the "Michigan mentality." matter, the entire Big 10. They can't win Sounds familiar, doesn't it? From Ed Web Site Editor: on the road and the word defense doesn't Martin, to the exodus of players and a Jacob Tiedt seem to have made it into their playbook. litany of suspect behavior (aka-the palm Res Gesrae is published biweekly during the Some people pity the players, since, after pilot episode), Ellerbe has had to deal with school year by students of the University of all, they are the ones going through the criticism that he is not capable, that he is Michigan Law School. Opinions expressed in losses. But they're fine. Regardless of not a "Michigan man." by lined articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the what happens they still get to play the The point is both men deserved more editorial staff. Articles may be reprinted with­ game. The one who really deserves sym­ time, and a fair chance to prove them­ out permission, provided that the author and Res pathy is Coach Brian Ellerbe. selves. Why they didn't get it is open to Gesrae are credited and notified. Isn't that somewhat odd to say, that the discussion. Some say they weren't quali­ Res Gestae welcomes submissions. Please place coach, of all people, deserves a little sym­ fied in the first place. If so, then get rid of all articles, columns, or opinion pieces in the pathy? Here's why: the man is in a no the people who approved their hires as Res Gestae pendaflex located on the third floor win situation. If you had any doubts, look well as them. Others blame bad luck. of Hutchins Hall across from the faculty at what happened when Rick Pitino left That's a weak excuse and it does nothing mailroom. Submissions may be made on 3.5" disk or via email (preferably as a MS Word at­ the Boston Celtics. Everyone acted as but strengthen the need for a better op­ tachment). Res Gestae reserves the right to edit though Michigan didn' t even have a portunity to succeed. all submissions in the interest of space. men's basketball coach. Ellerbe became Maybe it revolves around the idea that the invisible man. At the Indiana game, no matter how liberal or progressive the Mailing address: Res Gesrae the students had Pitino cut out faces. Nice! University believes it is, a black male may University of Michigan Law School That's what I want if I am a coach, a bunch have to be twice as good at what he does 625 South State St. of 19 year olds acting as though I don't as his white counterpart. Although they Ann Arbor, MI 48109 even exist in my own arena. would never admit it, it may be that the Phone: (734) 6 15-1288 Ellerbe is in a tough spot. Basically he administration and the alumni are uncom­ Web Site Address: is biding time as the school waits for the fortable with a black male in an authority http://www.law.umich.edu/pubs/rg Ed Martin case to finally come to a close. position and, in turn, put him under more Office: His team knows it, the fans know it, and scrutiny than they would someone else. 116 Legal Research worst of all, he knows it. How can some­ It may indeed be true that the University (near the Law School Student Senate office) one succeed in a situation set up for fail­ and its supporters are more influenced by You have the right not to ure? Even if he were winning, everyone racism than they care to admit. remain silent. Write to us: would want him out for reasons that have [email protected] nothing to do with the record. ------------------~~~=~==e=g=~=e=g=ta=e=====·==2=3=~=M=u=azy==2=00=1======~==·~~~~~====3dll tion throughout the meal, suggested the beef as the restaurant's unequivocal best dish. Indeed, we were not disappointed. Our tenderloin, cooked medium rare, came rolled in freshly cut garlic atop a Italy in the Midwest? portabella mushroom filled with goat cheese and tomato. The flavor, texture, and presentation of the dish worked. For dessert we decided on a raspberry sorbet and a spumoni gelato as well as A Night espresso. There was little positive to say about the coffee. In the increasingly per­ fectionist coffee milieu of Ann Arbor, it gave us hope to know that one can still Out at find abysmal espresso in town. The sorbet was more about color and size than fla­ vor. There was little raspberry taste to the heap of bright red frozen sugar water other than the seeds. The gelato, however, was relatively fla vorful with nice chunks of pistachio and the always popular mara­ schino cherry. The bill for our meal, including two By Smooper and Dooper us, it was, like the cream, endless in sup- glasses of wine, tax and tip came close to For our inaugural meal as the law ply. $100. Accordingly, we would recommend school's official team of food aficionados, At this point, our bodies were crying out Gratzi! for special occasions such as pass­ we visited Gratzi! on a recent Friday for something leafy and crisp. Ofthe four ing Enterprise Organizations or celebrat­ evening. Though we had not made reser- salads on the menu, the pear, prosciutto, ing a birthday - and the strolling string vations, we were lucky to get a table. The walnut and gorgonzola salad seemed like duo will doubtless play you as many restaurant was filled with what seemed it would meet our urgent needs. As with rounds of "Happy Birthday" as your heart to be satisfied customers chatting the night the ravioli, we practically had to use a desires. Gratzi! is a great place if you want away. snow shovel to extract the lettuce from the a somewhat sophisticated atmosphere When we sat down our senses were drifts of cheese. The other ingredients and generous portions of astonishingly honed after noticing that the "brick wall" tasted good but we quickly grew ex­ rich food. we were sitting next to was actually richly hausted searching for the tiniest fragments But, if you're looking for the real thing detailed wallpaper _______ ______ offruitandsaltedmeat. in Italian cooking, go to Italy. You'll cer­ made to look like brick. Recognizing that our tainly be able to afford it after completing Was this a sign of things 0 Ur bod je S cholesterol levels had your summer job. to come? long ago surpassed the We started with two M-Fit recommended appetizers. The fried were cry1'ng OUt allowances, we threw calamari with saffron caution to the wind and aioli was abundant in ordered the beef ten- quantity but lacking in for somethl'ng derloin with goat crunch. The squid rings cheese and assorted were juicy and tender vegetables as well as but masked by too 1 f d • the pappardelle (wide muchsoggybatter.

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