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MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW America's First Law School

VOLUME V, ISSUE EIGHT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 199- TWE TY PAGES • M-W 2nd In moot nationals By Shelley Evans as "getting tortured the longest." In the course of the Moot The victorious 3L team of Sacks commented on "enjo ing Court Competition, Bill and the Doug Miller. Josh Sacks and Bill the experience and meeting all others initiated rituals as part of Pincus returned to a reception in the other people.:' every.day to assure good luck in the law school lobby on Mon­ Ledbetter was given a clock tne next round. One of the rituals day, Jan. 30 as the Second Place by the team in memory of their · invol ed going to the same cof­ Winners in the 45th Annual a­ four days together. It Vv'as a fit­ fee shop, sitting at the same table, tional Moot Court Competition ting gift since she was respon­ and, most importantl y. ha in g held Jan. 23-26 in ew York sible for waking them every Miller pa the coffee tab . City. Miller wa also awarded morning at 9 a.lll. Ledbetter said Ledbetter herself started another Best Brief Winner. (See box for that before law schooL Pincl! ritual by forgetting her camera related story on the trip). was a contender in \vrestling. It for the fir t round. When the M­ Chief Justice Ted Atkinson is rumored that Pincus even W team won Ledbetter decided praised the team although Bill ranked seventh in the world. al- to make her faux pas part of the Dom er aI¥i Bill incus Pincus referred to their triumph though he denies this. rituals. Miller recalled arguing the fina l argument. which wasjudged Two new professors hired; Add to M -W diversity by nine justices. including Asso­ By Vanessa Peterson ruptcy and civil procedure, and orfolk. Dickerson is a 1988 cuit Coul1 of Appeals in Cincin­ ciate Justice ofthe Supreme Court Dean Krattenmaker recently the other for corporations and Har ard Law graduate and ince nati, Ohio. and practiced ' tax. Honorable Ruth BaderGinsburg. inducted into the M-W family law and economics. has served as an admissions of­ general litigation, and employee Probabl to ease any nervous­ two new faculty members who A. Mechele Dickerson, who ficer at Harvard-Radcliffe Col­ benefits at Shea & Gardener in ness, Professor Judy Ledbetter will begin teaching in Fall \ 995. will teach civil procedure and leges in Cambridge, Mass. he Washington, DC. who accompanied the team to Both of tlle new hires are assis­ bankruptcy, is currentl an asso­ also clerked for the Hon . The other new facult mem­ New York. told Miller not to tant professors; one for bank- ciate at Hunton & Wil/iams in Nathaniel R. Hones, Sixth Cir- ber.. Alan 1. Meese, is currently expect a large·audience. Actu­ an associate in the Antitrust and all about 250 people were in Trade Regulation Department at attendance, in addition to the Major ethics changes debated Skadden, Arps. Slate, Meagher bright television lights aimed at By Marybeth Dingledy The Special Committee was Se eral circumstances and Flom ,in Washington, DC. the competitors. For Miller, the On Monday, Jan, 30,. a sur­ formed to re-evaluate Virginia' s prompted the Virginia State Bar Meese is a 1989 graduate from most difficult exercise ofthe tour­ prisin~l>, small contingent oftaw Code of Professional Responsi­ to re-evaluate the state' siegal t~e University of Chicago La\ nalllent was "making eye con­ students, fac ul ty, and interested bi Iity. Current I ,the state code ethics system. One was the School and a 1986 graduate from tact with nine judges" who were members of the legal commu­ is based on the older Disciplin­ prominence oft\'Io cases in which W&M with an A.B. in Ancient sitting behind a bench forcing nity attended the Town Meeting ary Rules and Ethical Consider­ attorneJ s appropriated mone Greek and Economics. Meese him to con istentl " look back on Proposed Changes to the Vir­ ations . . The Committee is out of their clients' trust funds. clerked for the Hon. Antonin and forth like in a tennis match." ginia Code of Professional Re­ recommending that Virginia A second was the fact th at it had Scalia, the United States Supreme The case discussed concerned sponsibility held at the law abandon th is system and rep.lace been wei e years since the state Court, and the H n. Frank H. issued on environmental law. A school. Those who did attend it with the more modern Model had taken a comprehensive look Easterbrook. United States Court See MOOT on 14 heard an explanation of some of Rules. The Model Rules are used at professional responsibility. of Appeals .for the eventh Cir­ the changes which have been by the American Bar Associa­ Although the Special Com­ cuit. He has also written se eral -Inside-- proposed by the Special Com­ tion and many states. Those of m ittee realizes that no amount of publications. including " Limita­ Inside story on King, Roe 3 mittee of the Virginia State Bar, us 'who have completed the Le­ rules "will keep errant lawyers tions on Corporate Speech: Pro­ Thatcher, Broder chide us 5 and sometimes heated discussion gal Skills ethics course may from doing anything as base and tection for Shareholders or 3 Rob Kaplans Converge 8 Group Therapy available 8 bet\veen cOll1m ittee mem bers and vague I remember these t\'IO sys­ See ETHICS on 18 See FACULTY on 19 Onley the LonelySurvives II local attorneys. tellls. Carrico: The joy of judging By Jennifer Tosini As part of M-W's International Judges Forum. Chief Justice Harry Carrico discussed "The Appeal of a Judicial Career" with a group of interested students and facu lty on Jan. 23. Referring to hi s 34 years on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Chief Justice Carrico states quite frankl . th at "I love my job'-' Although he and Ilis fellow Justices often disagree about how particular cases should be decided. ··these disagreements are never disagreeable. " Perhaps Chief Justice CatTico's greate-t achieve­ ment on the Virginia Supreme Court has been the

-B r l!lI Zli nil ",)! See CARRICO on 20 3L Nicole Fradette teaches a child to fish at the Workaday. See page 3.

J •• ~' ., 2 Monday, February 6, 1995 THE AMICUS CURlAE

From th.e . Editor's' Desk • • • Last week, The lVashington parts. the males were three times the majorit of classes at M-W, teenage girls become less ag- status of nurses or teachers. Post reported on a soon-to-be as likely to be in the top 10 the three-four hour exam at the . gressive in class and submerge But this may be due to sex published and already contro­ percentofthe class by the end of end ofeac h semester accounts for their individuality. This is the discrimination. - One must ask, versial article by Pennsylvani a the first year and twice as rikel one' s entire grade and th is is where period of time when "the best " \Vhich came first, the job or the La \" School Professor Lani by graduation. the top fi ve students in the class of friend" becomes all important woman seeking the job?" Gu inier titled " Becomi'ng Guinier attributed the afore­ '95 have excelled. and dressing 'alike is common­ If v;'Omen ha e traditionall Gentlemen: Women's E peri­ mentioned variations in la w Inm class experience, women place. On the other hand. ado­ been told they only have the op­ ences at One lv, League Law school perform ance to the do speak less than Inen. VVhenthe lescent males begin to define tion ofbecoming nurses or teach­ Schoo I. " The law school is Penn. Socratic method and general men do speak, they tend to speak themselves more in contrast to ers rather than doctors or lawyers, Guinier assel1s that gender dif­ gender differences. According for longer periods of time. Often others, and more as individuals then discrimination is the cause te re nces account forthe discrep­ to Guinier, the Socratic method, men will raise their hands, make a with autonomous behavior. of women dominating these ancies in performance in law while coercive for all students. . point and then raise th eir hands A teenage male becomes "one fields. That would mean that our chool between males and fe ­ is more intimidating for'women again almost immediately with an of the gu s'· by taking on a per­ perception 6fwomen as nurtur­ males. (A Ithough racial distinc­ students in its combative style afterthought or clarification. sona, such as the tough guy or ing and supportive is due to the tions were also apparent, Guinier that is more su itable to males While this may be percei ed as a the class clown, whereas teenage fact that other fields were closed found the minority pool too small than females. The very profes­ sign ofaggressive male behavior. girls flock in nondistinct groups to them, and this is the reason for adequate statistical analysis). sion of lawyer, the article con­ it can become annoying when­ of bad or good girls. that women do not socialize as She even goes 0 far as to state tinues, molds women who e er anyone person dominates But by the time women enter males do rather than the notion that Penn and other top law assum e the traditional role of the class discussion. law school, a lot of these stereo­ that women are genetically more schools create "a hostil e learn­ the aggressive, bravado male in ~ ti II the question remains why types no longer appl . Female comforting and thus naturally ing environment for a dispro­ order to succeed. do women participate less in class college graduates who gain en­ gra itate to these professions. portionate number of its female In the class of '95 at M-W, discussions than their male coun­ try into top law schools possess a Penn Law School ma ery students." the top five students have al­ terparts? Or maybe the question particular strong sense of them­ well create a ' hostile learning With the cooperation of Penn. ways been women. But they should be phrased with a different sel es which has allowed them en ironment,' but that doesn't Guinier studied the law classes rarely contribute to the class par­ twist: Why do men feel the need to excell to this point. Their seem to be the case here. Women of '90 and ' 91 and fou nd that ticipation except when fo rc ed to pontificate so much? accomplishments may allow do excel here. as evidenced by although the fe males entered law by the Socrati c method. Of In grade school boys and girls them to feel less ofaneed to form the class of '95 .. Maybe our school \·"ith comparable LSA Ts course. class participati on is not start out on equal footing in class. connections with other people in culture is different from the en­ and G PAs as their mare counter- usually part ofone's grade. For It isat the adolescent stage that the the adolescent "buddy" sense of vironment at other law schools. discrepancies between the gen­ the word. . Even with the natural stress fac­ ders reall y become apparent and Perhaps women with aspira­ tor particular to law school, there THE AMICUS CURIAE stereotypes begin to fo rm . At tions of becoming lawyers are is generall a more relaxed at­ adolescence. fe males feel more of different fromthe rest of the fe­ mosphere here (sa e for the 2L Marshall-Wythe School of Law a need for cooperative, upport­ male population who enter more 1'. O. Box 8795 Williamsbu q!. ,'irginia 23187 (80"') 221-32 9 ive environment. Traditionall y. traditional female employment See EDITOR on 18 "Dedicated to the complete alld objectinj reporting of student ne )j's and opinion" Letters Dear Editor: and encourages aU law students faculty donated prizes and at­ Editor: Shelley E 'ans Not every one in the third to engage in some form of com­ tended the event. The level of Managing Editor: Stephen T. King year class ha a job. That is a munity service. This year ·the support for this e ent was re­ Production Editor: John Crouch fact. Student Bar Association and Law markable. and it is our hope that Assistant Managing Editor: Mike Grable Part of findin g ajob involves Students in theCommunitychose it will become the annual event Business Manager: Nicole Duniangane providing prospecti e employ­ to put on a carnival for disadvan­ for the I~w school's Work-a-day News Reporters: Features Reporters: ers things like transcripts. This taged ch ildren in our community participation. A special thank you to the Caroline Bout\·\"e ll Ted Atkinson semester the members ofthe third as our contribution to "Work-a­ following groups and students: Ri chard Cross Eleanor Bordeau ' year and even some second ears Da .' Initiall we were skepti­ C'hristian Law Society, Admin­ John Crouch Lori Kline have the unique honor of mail­ cal that such an e ent could be istrative Law Review, Professor Marybeth Dingledy Scott Layman ing out materials \ ith a G next organized given the many activi­ Moliterno s legal skills firm , Bill Traci Ellis Lori Petruzzelli to that most cerebral of courses, ties that fill up la" .students' of Rights Journal, Amicus Cu­ Paula Hannaford Doug Steinberg Regulation of Financial Institu­ schedules. We were amazed to Henry Jardine Monica Thurmond ti ons - a.k.a. GUT. see, howe er, that the law stu­ riae, Jewish Law Students Asso­ .Ruthie Litvin Kimberly Tolhurst Here it is February something, dents overwhelmingly rose to the ciation, Public Service Fund, Phi Julie Patterson Steven Youngkin and every other " professor' has challenge and provided a great Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Black anessa Peterson dutifully submitted his/ her day for the children on Jan. 28. Law Students Association. Stu­ Jonath an Sheldon grades; albeit some later than On behalf of the SBA and dent Bar Association. Law Stu­ Jennifer Tosini others. VVe little people appreci­ LSIC we would like to thank all dents In 01 ed in the Brian Woolfolk ate this effort. of the students who volunteered Community, Matt Bissonette. For some reason, R.F.1. - a their time and helped make the eil Lewis, Ted Atkinson, Lor-i two credit, four question. limited Children' s Carni al such a big Kline and Ian Siminoff (better Sports Gurus: Alan Duckwol1h, eil Lewis space ' exam" - is still among the success. known that day as Healthy Bear). Opinion: Lee Ranieri, Michael Homans, Michael Coe ntlssmg. WTif? ~Answers are VVe would especially like to Many other legal skills firms and Photographers: Jim Gleason, Stephanie' Lew-is, Natalie - about as forthcoming as those thank the organizers ofthe event, individual students also provided Hawthorne,' Logan Wallace A's in Lederer's evidence. 3Ls Am, VVaskowiak and Terri assistance that day and helped Production Assistants: Joni McCray. Monica Thumlond, Steven Anywa" the point is: dead­ Keeley. Amy and Terri s efforts make the event a success. Thank Youngkin, Angel Lyon . lines are deadlines. If! stroll into in organizing this effort are the you for your enthusiastic sup­ Cartoonist: Jack Mackerel Liz Jackson' s office a da late main reason that it was so suc­ port and participation In our VVork-a-Dayefforts. Editor ial Policy (ne er mind almost a month late) cessfu I. 0 er 75 ch ildren The klters and opin ion pages of the AmiclIs Curiae are dedi ated to with my ad drop slip, I will be benefitted from the games prizes, Sincerel , all student opinion regardless ofform or co nten t. We reserye the right to out of luck. All I ask is for is a and raffles that were made pos­ Brett Lone ,Co-Chair edit for spelling and grammar. but not content. little consistency and a little help sible through their efforts. Julie Patterson, President Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinion of the from our fair little school. The support ofthe law school L~nda Harris, Co-Chair ne\\'spaper or its staff. All letters to the Edi tor should be submitted by 5 Still VVaiting community in this event was tre­ Llezelle Dugger p.m.on the Wednesday prior to publication. We can not print a letter mendous. Individual students Vice President .without confirmation orthe author's name. We may. however. withhold To the Editor: and organizations ran booths. Law Students Involved the name on request. Letters oYer 500 \\'ords may be returned to the \\Ti ter Each year. the American Bar solicited .prizes. and made food Student Bar Association with a request that they be edited for the sake of space. Association designates one day for the e ent. Members of the in the Community -Monday, February 6, 1995 THE AMIC US CURlAE 3 Community shares In• ·LSIC Work-a-day carnival fun By Traci Ellis r------, Law Students in the Community (LSIC) sponsored a Work-A-Day Carni­ val for community children on Saturday, Jan. 28. With the help of various student organizations LSIC gave approximately 72 children a festive treat inside the Rec Center. The day included entertainment from "Bubbles" the Clown, a magic show, and plenty of games and food . Many kids won a bounty of toys and coupons from various neighborhood 'stores. One child won a bicycle in a raffle. "The winner was a soft-spoken, small

boy, who moved from Texas," said Neil -Xawl;.: HUIIIIKJrIN Lewis (2L and MC for the event). The Ray the Magnificent (I L) and family moved by riding the Greyhound Ian the Healthy Bear (3L) f t 1 bus to Virginia. Ironically, the boy had to Am Waskowiak (3L) came up with leave his bicycle at his old home. the idea for the " Work-a-pa ." '''LSIC Lewis recalled an especially happy asked members to think about a way to boy who participated in the cake-walk. help the community. I suggested that we "Kevin (the boy) won three cakes; each give the neighborhood children a carni­ time he won, he ran around the gym val.·' The SBA liked the idea, and cheering!" Lewis said Kevin stopped Waskowiak became chairperson of the playing after the victories. " He \vanted to project. " I made my roommate, Terri 3Ls Amy Waskowiak and Terri Keele nabbed a give the other children an opportunity to Keeley (3L), co-chairperson," Waskowiak trademark-infringing generic purple dinosaur win." Lewis also recalled Kevin mistak­ explained. as Albany boasted about her \ innings. joyed it immensel . but the event was ing a law student for Emitt Smith, a fa ­ The childre'n were gathered from "You would form a long list if you wrote educational, as welL" mous Dallas Cowboy. " He kept calling Avalon Center for Women and Children. down all the prizes that she has won! " said At least one of the mothers. Becky the student 'Emitt Smith' and asking for Comprehensive Health Investment Pro­ Frandsen. Swofford, would agree. She watched her an autograph. the student finally said gram in association with James City Frandsen explained that man of the son rack up prizes while pia ing the Black and became 'Emitt Smith' for him.' County Department of Social Services. children came from unfortunate situa­ Law Student Association' s (BL A) "Jeop­ Friends oL'y1e Homeless, Special Olym­ tions. 'This event gives them a chance to ardy." To win at this game, he had to pics. Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Pen­ win things th ey could not afford. The kids answer questions regarding black history. insula. and Burton Woods, a low-income are so happy, the ' don' t want to lea e." "That's m y o ldes!.·' Swofford said neighborhood in Williamsburg. Adults frolll the community shared in proudly. as she cheered for hi s ictory. The project was a big hit with the kids. the fun. too. " I like to see people come " He won in one of the ra ffl es, and my 'Tm glad the had this ~referring to the together and unite as one. The together­ youngest boy won in the can toss game. ' carnival], " said Albany Crocker, a 7th ness is someth ing to behold," saidOs illc S ..wfford appreciated W&M students grader. " I got a chance to get out the Isaac. a neig hborhood supporter. Isaac providing fun in a safe environment. "We house!" Her " big sister," Christy sm i led as he watched two playfu I boys See CARNIVAL on 7 Frandsen. from that organization. smiled running with their balloons. "They en- Garrow gIves the real ' dirt on and Roe By Pa ula Hannaford the AACP in the Civil Rights of an historical accident. said notion that Roe merely achieved gation strategie in Doe\·. Bolton, Presenting the American Mo ement, according to Garrow. GaITow. The boycott initiati e through judicial action what the companion case to Roe. Do C ivil Rights and civil libe11ies "King has become a symbol, came primarily from Black would have eventually occurred struck down state statutes which struggles through the historian' s marketed to be celebrated by women educators who, due to in state legislatures. In tead, prohibited aoortions in non-hos­ lens ratherthan through th'e legal anyone,' said Garrow. "It leads their status as public employees, Garrow attributed the succes of pital settings to ensure access for scholar' s, visiting Professor people to view him as a 'George could not afford to take a public the abortion ri ghts movement to low-income women. As a result. David Garrow (W&M History) Wash ington and the cherry tree' leadership position. the acceptance b "a bunch of said Garrow. abortion services presents a sometimes surprising type of irrelevance. That's the In addition to having less real 27-year~0Id lawyers" of the aca­ gradually have been segregated picture of the impact of Supreme price of the King holiday." influence on the Ci il Ri ghts demic proposal for extending into lower-co t clinic settings: Court decisions since Brown v. ewer literature will shrink movement than conventiona ll y Grisl\'oldto abortion rights. "By the abortion ri ghts mo ement lost Board of Education. Garrow the image of King and the na­ understood, King was also tre­ 1968," explained Garrow. "there the support of community hospi­ discussed the role of " Dr. Martin tional Civil Rights organzations mendously ambivalent and un­ was almost a complete consen­ tals. which had a significant fi­ Luther King. Jr. in the Black in relative terms, Garrow pre­ 'comfortable with his role as a s us among abortion rights nancial interest in pro iding these Freedom Struggle ,. and the po­ dicted. The Civil Rights move- ' public figun;. Garrow claimed. activitists in favor of abandon­ ser ices. The limited specializa­ litical background leading up to ment was primarily a ' local, The fact that King was credited ing legislati e refoml efforts and tion of the clinic setting makes it 'Roe \'. Wade, )n the first two indigenous mo ement" which with the success of th e boycott bringing a test case to repeal laws an easier target for Ri ght-to-Life . lectures of a three-lecture series. consisted mainly of African­ weighed heavily on his con­ prohibiting therapeutic abortion activis ts. Abortion rights acti - The author of several texts on American students and women science. Basing !lis conclusions on constitutional grounds." ists can also be thankful that the the Aiilerican Civil Rights and he explained. King viewed his on King's unpublished sermons Legislative reform efforts plaintiffin Roe. the better-kno.vn civil liberties movements - in­ role as one of lending assistance and transcripts of FBI wiretaps. came to an abrupt standstill fol­ case. was orma McCorve cluding a Pulitzer Prize-winn ing to and focusing attention on lo­ Garrow characterized King as a lowing Roman Catholic opposi­ rather than andy Bensing. the biography on King - GaITOw' is cal events that were already in man possessed of a "deep. pro­ tion to the legislative repeal of praintiff in Doe. Bensing ha's th is year' s holder of the James progress. The notion that King found humility" who was ew York' s therapeutic abor­ since repudiated her role in the Pinkney HaITison Chair in His­ had control of the movement. or troubled by the amount of atten­ tion statute in 1969. "The great abo11ion rights struggle and be­ tory at W&M. gave it direction. "is a fiction ," tion and indiyidual honors he journalistic eITor on this i sue is come a pub Iic acti i t for Opera­ G alTow' s first lecture focused said G1ITow. King and the SCLC received for his work in the Civil that the Right-to-Life movement tion Rescue. on King ' s contributions to th~ were "constantly chasing. trying Ri ghts mo ement. began as a reaction to Roe." aid Garrow's third and final lec­ black freedom struggle follow­ to catch up to the local move­ In his second lecture. which Garrow. " In reality. it started ture, which will focus on Planned ing BI'0\1'I1 and the Montgomery. ments. focuses on the political climate four years earl ier a-a reaction to Parenthood \'. Casey. i ched­ Ala. bus boycott. Conventional That King was named as a sUITounding the abortion rights the legislative repeal movement." uled for Tuesda~ · . Feb. at : ~O history has exaggerated the role ,spokesman for the Montgome',:' movement and Roe Y. Wade. Garrow also highlig!lted t\\·o p.m. in the \\'em Library played by King. the SCLC and bus boycotts was even something Garrow disputed the popular ironic consequences of the liti- Botetourt Theatre. -+ Monday, February 6. 1995 T HE AMICUS C CRlAE There's gold in thelTI there trash heaps and a little lllercury By (-le n n ' Jardine ronmental areas." At that time are li kely to do. forgot that \\"ho says to"ic waste i- bad'. there -\\'as no peci fic field of Count)' go, ernment has a defi­ 1t i~n' t when it mcans jobs for 'ell\-ironmental la \\" per -e: but nite and immediate impact on hungI';' 1m, yers. Happil~. some­ since property often dealt \,"ith the envi ronment of the local area. ,)l1e ei5C'~ mutant child can be issue5 such as appropriate land County ' ord inances affect trash ~ our meal ticket. So t0r law stu­ u e. se\\·agc. en,"ironmental im­ coliectioR. building, sewage. dents Oll he lookout for car'er pact and hazards, Hanson found water upply. wetlands. protected options. on Jan. 19. the Environ­ herself. by default. addres5ing areas and animals. The issues III environmenta l question . 'Illal Law ociet: and the Of­ are "incredi bly diverse," Rogers ' trr fi e of Career Plan ning and he later moved to a mi d­ said, and " en ironmental con­ Environmental Lawyers Patrick Genzler and. Pbcement sponsored a panel of sized firm in Portsmouth, \\'here cern s are pal1 of every transac­ Susan Hanson envir nmenta l law attorneys. she presently works. There ti on today." concerned v.:ith grades. Defen e Depruiment, a lways an T he three s peakers. Su an Hanson has more fl exibility and. Like Hanson, Rogers found a Genzler offered both private innovator. has created many new Hanson. Leo Rogersand Patri ck with her own client base. more strong connection between rea l and go ernment perspectives on and interesting environmental Genzler di -cussed th eir experi­ control o\'er her work. ow she estate law and en ironmental environmental law. As a forn1er hazards, providing great experi­ cnces \" ith environmental legal is clearly entrenched in the new law. So those tudents who are U_S. Na y Atlantic Fleet Envi­ ence- for government attorneys. work. They a lso offered persona l fi eld of environmental law. One unable to jump into a ' green' job ronmental Counsel, Genzler, Howe er all is not ros . in sights \\'hi ch would be helpful of her clients is the Portsmouth right out of law school may try ~o unlike some former members of Genzler noted, "The market is to a prospective attorney decid­ Redevelopment and Housing look into the always-in-demand the Moo W community, was able maturing and is no longera boom in g whether to pursue an interest Authority, '·... hich con erts indus­ real estate field and slide into to smoothl make the transition market."' More attome s are in environmenta l law. trial property for housing. She environmental law through the to the civilian world and is now a mo ing into the field, which goes Hanson described her expe­ finds her present position vel: proverbial ' back door.' (You partner with Vandeventer, Black. to show lawyers are like flies on rience with th e large to mid-size challenging but satisfying: as she niight ha e to sell your soul for a Meredith & Martin down in or­ a superfund waste site and can firm s. She graduated from the said. "1 don't find myself pick­ few years, but you should be folk. He advises large corpora­ certainly tum a bad thing into a University of Utah Law School ing sides -- I find myselfsolving' used to that after law school.) tions about oil spills and bad thing. Hanson, on the other 20 years ago. which to most of us problems." Also, Rogers offered some so~ pollution. hand, provided some inspiration here at Moo V\ . except maybe Neil Rogers offered th e perspec­ lace to those not bright enough ForGenzlerthetransition was for those who wish to do some Lewis (2.5L). seems like a life­ tive of the local James City or too bright to want to get into a easy because the regulations and good with their degree, in addi- time. Her first job was with a County Attorney's office. He large law firm hich may spe­ penn its are the same forthe mili- tion to paying off student loans. large Midwest firm wo rking in commented. "1 was surprised I cialize in environmental work. tary and civilian industry. He She urged the audience to " fol- rea l estate law. It is while work­ was asked. but when I realize.d Although Rogers himself is not added. "Government agencies low your passions - find ways to in g th ere. Hanson remarked. she what I did on a daily basis, it an indication, he did note that are a good way to get started," as get into the field and don t give "was able to expand into envi- Ill ade sense ." Rogers. as many local government is generally less they pro ide training. Also. the up what you re interested in."' Rock the vote: new student government implemented By Julie Patterson and Rick Cross cil: The most visible change \\-ill be in the officio member, the Executive Council cess will take place through the Executive The elections taking pl ace on Feb. 7 E 'ecuti e Council. Currently, there is an Representati e. This will be a law student Ceuncil. The Council will appeint a fI­ and 14 are part of the implementation of undergraduate student bodv president - elected to sit on the Executive Council, nance committee, made up ef five to 10 th e new student government structure at the president of the Student Association - with both undergraduates and graduates, members. It will be crucial for the law the College. Last spring, the entire Col­ and a graduate student body president - as the law school"s representati e. This school to. secure a pesition on this com­ lege voted to approve a centra li zed stu­ the president of GAPS. the Graduate and law student will be the link betw'een the mittee in order to ensure the continued dent government which will replace the Professiomil Student Association. Under central government and the SBA. funding of law student organizations. The existing structure. In April. the students the new plan. there will be one student The procedures for the funding of finance committee will contain no faculty wh are elected into office in the next body president to cha ir the Executive student groups will change significantl members or administrators in contrast to everal weeks will take office and the new Council as a non- oting member. This with the new student government. Cur-' the current BSA, which includes two. vot­ student government will begin function- chairperson mav be a graduate or under­ rently, the Board ofStudent Affairs (BSA) ing faculty members or administrators. - ~ . mg. graduate student and will be the represen­ allocates student activity fees, including Within this new structure, there are Under the ne\\" plan, the Student As­ tative spokesperson for the entire student funds for all law school organizations. many opportunities for law student in­ sembly wi II consist of the Executive Coun­ body. following an extensive budget process volvement, both here at Moo Wand within cil. five Graduate Councils (including the The Student Bar Association at the where groups, such as the SBA, present the centralized government on the main SBA, \\'hich will remain virtually un­ law school will re~l1ain unchanged, with and defend their budgets to the Board. S ee VOTE _on 11 changed), and the Undergraduate Coun- the exception of the addition of an e.'-I: With the new structure, the funding pro- • • OCpp selllinar on· careers In crilllinal law Bv Brian Woolfolk sector. the, also seemed to enjoy prosecutor's office. "They have Wright relishes her role as a "Netwerking is very impor­ At an Office of Career Plan­ the shorter work days typical of the police department, . McGee public ser ant_ One of her more tant. In fact, more impertant ning and Placement (OCPP) a criminal lawyer. . explained as he spoke of how memorable trials in olved a com­ than grades_ Show enthusiasm sponsored forum on careers in Richmond Public Defender some investigations must be con­ plex drug conspiracy in which a early and netwerk and intern. criminal lav,,', the traditional ri­ BJ. McGee, a ' 91 M-Walum, ducted by the Public Defender. man and woman were brutally Come by and hang out, we can valry between defense attorneys worked for the large Richmond This imbalance is among the tortured and murdered over $850 alwa susepeople." McGee said. and prosecutors was on display. based corporate firm McGuire, more frustrating parts of worth of drugs. He also. alluded to a suspicion by The forum was held on Woods. Battle and Boothe upon McGee's job. He e en referred Although the attorneys con­ some in the field directed to those Wednesday. Feb. I in order to graduation. " 1 hated it!" McGee to prosecutors as "persecutors," tinued to fuel a healthy rivalry individuals attempting to enter provide students interested in said. "It is not worth it ." Al­ on occasion. between defense attorne sand the field who ha e no experience . careers in criminal law informa­ though' he considers the firn1 a Arenda Wright Allen, an As­ prosecutors by making occa­ or previously expressed interest tion about the job application great place to start and enjoy a sistant U.S. Attorney ferthe East­ sionaljabs at each other, they all in practicing criminal law_ It is, process, clerking suggestions. high salary. McGee left McGuire ern District of Virginia in the stated the importance of attain­ therefore, according to McGee, and the pro' s and con ' s of prac­ Woods because ofboredom , long Norfolk office, described herself ing experience in both areas. very impertant to. establish a ticing criminal law. hours, and the lack of ample as a "cop and robbers type per­ "Prosecution and defense are feundation while in scheol. Forum participants repeat­ courtroom exposure. son. very different; Wright ex­ OCPP has a publication, en­ edly expressed satisfaction in McGee censiders serving as Wright, whose previous ex­ plained. titled "Careers in Criminal Law: their career choice. Although a a Public Defender to be a much perience includes a stint in the The panelists suggested that A Selected Annetated Bibliog­ number of participants pointed more challenging endeavor. He Navy' s Judge Ad ocate General those interested in crim inal law raph_ ," which may be helpful. out that their pay did notalways spends most of his- time in the Department, said, "It is ery re­ careers get an earl start by fer these interested in finding compare favorabl, with those courtroom and must compete warding to leck semeone up and clerking in public defender's or out mere abeut criminal law ca­ practicing ci i Ilaw in the private with a much better funded know they will be away for life." prosecuter" s effices_ reers. Monday, February 6, .1995 THE At- Ileus CURLA.E 5 • Yeow-Choy Choong IS M-W's Fulbright Scholar By Caroline Boutwell than a regionalized system suc h as th at which takes place in rural irglnla. This year. W&M hosted Fulbright found in the United States. Choong expected a similar environment scholar Yeow-Choy Choong. A law pro- Vv11ile at W&M. Choong is working and e\'en \\'ould sing John Del1\'er' s fesso r from KualalLimpur. Malaysia. on a comparative study of affi rm ative ,. C ou n try Roads" to his 0 n. Choong first became interested in work- action programs in the United States and Williamsburg. however. is different fro m ing at W&M because of hi s friendship in Malay ia. In Malaysia. theaffirm ati\'e w hat he e ·pected. He describes with Professor Raj Bhala. The two me t action programs are des igned for the v illiamsburg as "beauti ful." while reading for their LLM degrees. nation 's "majority'-' the Malays. The Choong' s wife. Margaret. and their_3 Bhala later visited Choong in Malaysia. Malays a count for approximately 60 month old son Marcaccompanied Choong Duringhis visits, Bhala toldChoongabout percent of the population. and the Chi- to \~ · illi a msburg. Choong says both his the Co ll ege. Ultimate ly. CllOong decided nese and Indi an peoples make up ap- ",ife and son loye living here. This past to spend his Fulbright in \\ illiamsburg. proximately 30 percent and 10 percent of 'weekend' ssnow offered some excitement. Choong has not regretted his deci -ion to the population. respective ly. Choong as "snow i one big deal." Unfortunately. come here, stating that he "can't be more hopes that any affirmative act ion pro- Marc had a sli gh t cold and was un ab le to satisfied" professionally. and th at the law gram el~ployed in Malaysia will "ensure play outside. Choong states that 1arc is school fac ulty has been both helpful and racial harmony and success'-' "ver ' much a fixture" on Duke of friendly throughout his stay. Choong has isited th e Un ited States Gloucester Street. as he likes to run and Choong is on sabbatical from the law three times prior to hi stay here in play games there. facultyatthe Uni ersityofMalaya. which Williamsburg. He represented Malaysia Choong will be leaving Williamsburg other law school. I \\'ould not be a happy is the oldest university and law school in on two occasions in the United States at at the end of February. and will return or fulfilled'-' he says. Malays ia . He has taught at the Uni versity the Philip C. Jessop Intern ati onal Law home to finish various projects prior to After Choong's departure. his vi it since 1989: he teaches Ci il Procedure Moot Coul1 Competit ion. and in 1988 the next academi c year. Choong will miss here will not be forgotten. A cording to and Corporations. and he has se r ed as earned hi s LLM degree at Harvard. v, here W&M, as "the chemistry. the atmosphere Professor Joh n Lev '. the la\-", school i Deputy Dean for two years. Choong also he met Professor Bh ala. Choong, ho\\,- is wonderful." Choong says perhaps his attemptin g to est bli h a summer pro­ runs the Ma lays ian bar course, which ever, had never been to irginia. and only regret isthathe didnothaveachance gram with Choong's niversity in serves students taking the national bar having been told that Williamsburg is in to know the stud ents better. as he did not Kualalumpur; meanin g that th e ties estab­ exam. As Ma lays ia is a relatively small rural irgini a, he was un su re wh at to teach any courses duri ng his stay at th e lished between Choong and W&M \\'ill countl) '. there is a national bar exam rat her expect. Havi ng seen "The Waltons;' College. However. "I f r d gone to any be ure to la t. • Thatcher & Broder: "The future isn't what it used to be" By John Crouch peoples about th e nature: mid i essen ti al. Margaret, Baroness 111atcher funct ion, of a comnion law kept Broder sa id . ofKestivan and Washington Posl by an independent judiciary. for That federal columnist Da id Broder insi sted '· th ey know not of that." system ha on preserving the common law Constitutional crisis lately be­ and "confidence in the ri ghtness Broder said pol itical irrespon­ come "con­ of the constitution" at W&M 's sibility and gridlock ha e fused," so 203 rd Charter Day Sat. Feb. 4. prompted a much-needed debate th at it now The majesty of the law on "tlie fundamental questions" seems "to be "The future is not what it used of our constitutional system. such designed for to be." Thatcher began. She as we have not had since the maximum se ized upon U.S. Circuit Judge founding. "Government cannot cost and Damon J. Keith, " ho recei ed create values for people who ha e minimum an honorary law degree, as a none of their own'-' Broder efficienc token representative of" the maj­ warned. It cannot make us com­ and account­ esty of the law. You can't have passionate or bra e. He quoted abi lity'- ' but liberty without the rule of law: Sen. Daniel Patrick Mo nihan: radical 'so­ otherwise it is onl the freedom "To substitute government for called rem­ of the strong to oppress the our own absence of moral en­ e die s ,. weak'-' ergy is a prescription for totali­ would ' un­ One of the free world's most tarianism ." dermine the ililportant and difficult tasks A republican system, relying premises" of Lady Thatcher presented an honorar law degree to ./ "I!WI Wul/",,· T HI·; Fl.A r HA r Thatcher said is "teaching" the on coalition-building, separation the Ameri­ The Hon. Damon J. Keith of the Sixth Circuit Russians and other recently-freed of powers and reasoned debate can system, he warned. tional coalition-building system. knowledge .... For example. he said, the inno­ The founders "knew we \ 'ere "Is some of our scholarship vation of referendums let a ma­ not angels. so the put in checks esoteric? is some of it inacces­ jorit impose its ",,rill on and balances work; ' he boasted. sible? Does some of it finally minorities automaticall , with­ "Thank you for that encour- turn out to be wrong? Of course.-' out debate or cooperation. aging and discomforting mes- ' He who opens the door of a In contrast, America's tradi­ sage .. President Sulli an said. school closes a prison ," Marine tional political system is the fre­ Academics defended Biolog ProfessorRobertGra es est and most accessible. and "If we cannot quanti fy the added. "political parties are the most results."Sulli ancontinued "are Moststirringl of all M-W's porous institutions in society . .. . we expected to apologi::e for in- Professor L nda Butler read a Anyone with a busload of dulging in our 10 e of knowl- royal proclamation which urged friends' can become the core of edge? ... The true task of a &M's trustees to make lr- a party. scholar. so often and so foolishl y ginians fork 0 er the contribu­ Broder welcomed the "en­ mocked. is the discovery of new tions the had promised. ergy" that the Christian right Don't forget to wish Kim Ciccone brings to politics. as long as it is "channeled' through the tradi- HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Wednesday!! 6 Monday. February 6, 1995 THE AMICUS CURIAE Law Watch .f il ter SHed Meet Gloria· Todd By Ruthie Litvin as late a's one or two o· clock in the morn­ Richard Spring ~ lion' t be paying the To look at the law scho,o l secretary, ing to cheer on her favorite team. She S 178.000 jury al... ·ard to his e:-.: -fiancee for Gloria Todd. you probably wouldn't points out that the only time in recent breaking their engagement. The 7th Cir­ peg her as a die-h ard spor1s fan. but yo u history that she hasn't watched the Braves cu it said that h is fiancee' s su it was in va l id would be wrong. In fac t. during the is II hen her dog chell'ed through the cable. because she forgot to in clude their en­ current baseball and recenthockey strike. causing her to m iss a few games. gagement date in her not ice to sue. (W i Idey , Gloriaadmits being so desperate to watch "My husband thinks I'm outofcontrol I'. Springs. 1995 WL 21905 (lth Cir.(III.): a sporting event on television that she when I watch the Braves." she says. "it's Jan. 20. 1995) (NO. 9-4 -1 -153 , 9-1- 1-154). tuned in to bo\,·l in g. not a pretty sight.·· VMI To Remain All Male Gloria'sfirst love is baseball. spe­ .Gloria met her husband Gene while The 4th Circuit apprmed Virginia's plan cifica ll y the Atla.nta Braves. " My Dad she was \\-'orking in the Bahamas for RC A. to set up a 110m en' s leadership program at raised me on the Bral·es." she says \\'hich They ha\'e two sons: Gavin. age 12. and all -femJk i\1ary Baldwin College. thus ' \\'as the closest major league baseball Gregory. who is 6 years old. The Todds all olling VM I to remain an-male. DOJ is te,am to NevI' Smyrna Beach. Florida. have lived in Virgini a since 1982. and co nsidering I\ hether to appeal. (USA where Gloria grew up. Her loyalty ~ since her hu sband' s retirement in Decem­ responsibility for a wide varietyoftasks Today. Jan . 27: U.S . v. Virgini a, 1995 unwavering. steadfastly, suppor1in g th e ber they plan to make it permanent. in~luding ordering supplies, answering WL 29863 (-1 th Cir.(Va.» tea'm even in its lowest moments. She Her en thu siasm for sports spi ns over telephones. scheduling meeting space, Blind Justice describes herselfas a "true fa n" sticRing into her fami ly life as well. She serves as assisting · professors; and handling the . David Tate l. Ilho lost his eyesight more by them during all the losing seasons .."1 ' secretary for her sons' youth wrestl ing student payroll. She also works closely than 20 years ago. was appointed recently e \'en wore bl ack-to work when they lost league while her husband assists with th e with the law school Dean to coordinate to a federa l appeals cou r1, becoming the th e pe!1nant," she adds proudly. , coach ing. . ' an d support the adjunct f~cu l ty. first blind fede ral judge. (A BA JOIlJ'l1ul). Although Gloria says th e current The fa mil y also includes a cat nam ~d With .all the traffic going in and 'out Innocence May PreHnt Execution baseball strike has made her very sad Spice as well as two recently adopted of her office. Gloria still admits that her The U. S. Supreme Court. in a 5-4 ruling. and very bored, she adds th.at she has black lab puppies, Ema and Sasha. favorite pal1 of the job is the student held that if the condemned can show that. gotten more sleep lat(! ly. Gloria watches Gloria' s. life here atthe law school can contact. " What really makes my day is in light of new evidence. i ~ ' s more likely every AtlantaBnives baseball game te le­ be as hectic as at home. In her official when someone corl1es into m)1 office th an not that no reasonable juror would vised. ,el'en those broadcast fro m the· capacity. Gloria, who will celebrate her. just to say "hi" without wanting any­ convict. then he can get a i'ederal habeas lI'est coast. Th is means she may stay up tehth anniversa:y at M-W this July. has thing." hearing. (Sc hlup \'. Delo, 1995 WL 2Q524 (U.S .. Mo.) (Jan. 23). Indiana. you can place an adVe!i i ~e ll1 e nt binD. and the adopt~ve parents knew of defense is based ?n the Ranch holding Pizza & Three Strikes Could = Life on the back of a patrol car for S 1. 600. the fraud. Th U.S. Supreme Court de­ that a criminal trial violates double jeop­ Jerry Wi lliams was cOilvicted of fe lony (L'S'A T ada)) clined to ihtervene last week. (Petition of ard y ifthe defendant has already received petty theft for taking'a sli ce of pepperoni Thanks, But No Thanks Doe. ·638 N.E.2d 181 (II I. , 1994) err a civi I'penalty forthe same offense. (Law­ pi zza from kids in Redondo Beach. CA. Un ion Coun ty. S.c. is returning more denied Doe v. Kirchner. 1995 WL 30900 yers Week~)' USA, Jan. 16). Williams.'convicted of robbery in 1987 than S I ,000 that has been sent in to help. (U. S .. III. , Jan 28) . . Seizure ofPorsche Violates 8th, . and . 1992. faces 25 years to life under prosecute Susan Sm ith. th e I~ 'oma n ac-' Limited Mental. Health Questions OK Where a man was convicted fOf soliciting CA's new "three strikes" 1m·... Prosecutor cLised vfkil ling her two sons. "l just had. on Bar Application . a prostitute from his $8.000 Porsche and Bill Gra vlin sa id the size of the theft is not a problem with us accepting checks de­ The narrowly worded inqu·iry on mental the car was subsequent\ seized in a ci i\ the issue. a'S "he' s a habi tual crim in a\. manding Smith' s death." said council­ health history of Texas bar applicants forfeiture acti on, this was both an "exces- , . He's a dangerous man." (WushinglOl7 \loman Dora Martin. (C.')A Todm'). doesn't vio late the ADA, a federal coun 'si~e fine ~' iolating the 8th. and a iola­ ['OSI. J:lIl. 22). Public Aid to Religious Schools hel d. The mental health question. de­ tion of double jeopardy because of the D.C to Downgrade Assault on Police The 9th Circuit has ruled that a federa lly signed by the Texas board'in consultation prior crim inal conviction. (LGlI:r ers D.C.·s U. S. Attorney. Eric Holder wants funded program th at provides equipment with men tal health exper1s. requires dis­ Week~)' USA, Jan. 16). to enable prosecLitors to punish some as­ to religious schools and conducts reme­ closure of treatment within the past 10 Law On Internet saul ts on pol ice as misdemeanors rather dial classes in trailers on school grounds years of "bipolar disorder, sc hizophrenia. The w.orkings of the CA state legislature than felonies: he reports that juries are does not offend the e'stablishment clause. paranoia, or any other psychotic disor­ are on the internet. so that users may un\\'rll ing to convi ct people ofa felo'ny for (Wa lker v. San Francisco Unified School der." Virginia is one of three states that fol low a bill in its amendments etc. The pushing an officer. (LS·I Tadlll ). Di strict. 1995 WL 32004 (9th CidCal.»). has a .much broademlental health ques- Virginia General Assembly \.~i ll vote on a Hard Times for Police Exxon Valdez Still Liable . tion that is being challenged in the couris. si milar measure, HJR 48_ sponsored by A ne\I' "forfeiture in en ti\'e" plan for po­ Th e S5 bill ion punitive damage award (A BA Student LOllyer, Feb. 1995). Delegate Steve ewman. on Feb. 6. (USA lice in Helper. Uta h. lI'ill prol'ide them aga in st E:-.:xon stemm ing from the ' 1989 No Cameras in Federal Courts Today;' Richard Klau, U. of Richmond \lith 25 percent of proceeds from se izures Valdez oil spill has been upheld by a The U.S. Judicial Conference. headed by Law). III drug cases. V;hile in Crmln' Poiilt. federal judge. Exxon says it w i-l l' appeal Chief Justice Rehnqu ist, has decided to Disorderly Conduct Laws Uneonstitu ~ the ve rdict. ( Washingtoll Posl. Jan. 29). ban cameras in all federal courtrooms. tional Law World Big Brother The group expressed concern about the A school custodian was convicted of dis­ . By .fohn Crouch First time DU I offenders in Nashville are impact of cameras on wi tnesses and ju­ orderly conduct for telling nvo female School Prayer Crackdown being req uired to in sta ll alcohol-testing rors. (ABA Journal. Nov. 1994). students to "shake them titties." The Britain's Education Secretary \I'a rn ed ignition loeks on their cars. The car lI'on't Ferdinand Marcos to Pay Colorado Supreme Court. joining the teachers to stop ignoring lal\'s thal re­ start if the device detects a blood-alcohol The .S . Supreme Coun denied cert. in states ofAlaska and Connecticut. reversed quire daily chi'istian worship in Je\'el in excess ofO.02S . (LSA To 1m'). the S 1.2 Billion award by a Ha\\'a ii jury his conviction, saying the -tatute violated sc hools. (London Times). The Gang's All Here against 1arcos' s estate to compensate the First Amendment. (LGlI)'fj?rs Week~r, C hild Support Counterreyolution A program placing convicts in prisons . victim s of his tyranny. (L'SA Toda)}. Jan. 16; Aguilar v. People. No. 93SC536 England drastically reformed its Child near their friends and rel atives has ended Supremes to Hear Quayle Pot Case 12/ 19 '94). Support Agency. cut support payments in IIHchigan. The state Depanment of The Supreme Coun granted cert. to hear Limits to the ADA? :; 7 percent and capped them at 30 per- , Corrections said the system allo\\'ed gangs the case of a f0!111er federal prisoner who A hard of hearing couple won 60,000 in cent of income, It introduced S 1.500 to regroup behind bars. ( [,SA Todur). says he once sold marijuana to Dan Quayle an ADA settlement from a movie theater bonuses for custodial mothe rs who get Baby Richard Returned and \\'as put in solitary confinement while chain. The chain agreed to pro ide $600 jobs. and sa id that when calculating The Illinois Supreme Couri ordered the in prison to prevent relea.se of the story "assistive listening devices" for all hard­ support amounts it I,"ould consider adoptive parents of"b aby Richard." three during the 1988 campaign. (Sel1' York of-hearing patrons. Hov,:ever, where a propeny settlement. \'isitation costs years-old. to give him to hi s fat her. Otakar Tillles, Jan. 21, 22). hospital refused to allo",: a surgeon to and the c~st of housing second spouses Kirchner. II'ho has never seen him. The DUI & Double Jeopardy operate unless he told his patients that he and stepchi ldren. (London Times). mother told Kirc hner that the baby died at The third state coun in recent months. Lifelong Trial had AIDS, this does hot violate the ADA. following last year's Supreme Court rul­ In Nell Delhi. Ramesh\\'ar Prashad. (LmIJ'ers Weekly, Jan. 16). ing in Ranch, 114 .Ct. 193 (1994). has 70. got a si:-':-l110nth sentence after a 23 - 33 Wrongly Published as Deadbeats ruled that criminal prosecution subsequent year trial for violating commercial regu­ Minnesota published the names of dead­ 96 DAYS to -uspension of a license for failing a beat parents; 33 people were wrongly lations. (London Times). breath test violates double jeopardy. The included. ([,SA TodCl)) . Monday February 6. 1995 TilE AMICUS CURIAE 7 drev,: each ch ild' s caricature as they sat in CARNIVAL from 3 her chair beside the easel. " It was gratify­ Amicus Business Manager Position always come to things like this. and rm ing to see kids laugb as I draw them'" glad the college students are throwing Students and adults from the commu­ open for '95-'96. Applications are available in it... it makes a big difference'" nity said they wanted W&M to host an­ the Anticus office, Room 238. Completed ap­ Kids enjoyed playing games and win­ other carnival. Waskowiak shares their ning prizes, but they also enjoyed having sentiments. "The carnival \',:as such a plications must be submitted to the Student their portraits painted by 3L Lori Kline. success .. . I know I" II be gone next year. Activities Office, Campus Center, Room 203, "The kids are really cool; they are well- but someone else will probably carry it by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13. behaved, patient, and beautifuL" Kline on." Lewis v. Fedak: Candidates VIe for SBA Power McDougle do not drink. Wh, groups get. I would like to change more people invol ved in SBA become more inclusive and pro- Neil Lewis should they pay $ I 0 to go to Fall how the money is distributed to curricular and extra curricular vide for everyone. In my two years as a repre­ From Grace when most of that reward groups such as MaG' & activities. There is a large group Planning and coordinating is sentative of my classmates to the money isgoingto buy beer? Non- William and BLSA that actually ofpeople at this school who don 't something I do well (witness the SBA .rve learned how our stu­ drinkers have no duty to subsi- strive to earn money for their care all that much for the kegs of charter bus in Spain to Pamplona dent government works, and I dize others' drinking. The "one acti ities. This would be accom- beer and the music. It's their or the intramural sports tourna­ know the th ings I like and the price" rule effectively bars people plished with the he lp of the SBA SBA too. There seems to be a ments I've conDucted). and are things I would change to try to like Jon and Ryan from most of treasurer by setting an amount conception that beer parties are things which the SBA President make the SBA function better. our functions. It 's unfair and I we will initiall y grant to groups all the SBA is about, and that's must do constantly. The deci- One thing I've wanted to wi ll work to change it. and then giving those groups an wrong. If elected I would keep sion is yo urs, and I would appre- change since I've been here is The SBA controls the distri- additional amountthey can raise our current acti ities and also ciate it if you would all gi e me the one price for all to our events. bution ofour student activity fees which we would match. work to broaden the t, pes of the opportunity to work for you My fr iends Jon Mahan and Ryan and detenn ines how much money I would work also to try to get activities we conduct to try to next year as SBA President. I hIs year the comm Ittee has been ex- our school's reputatIOn and my ongOll1g ate a SBA newsletter that wou Id be dlS­ Amy Fedok tensively involved with the creation of concern for M- W. My efforts as an Ad- tributed to all students on a regular ba is. My name is Amy Fedok and I am new programs. However. I am most ex- missions Chai11l1an have strengthened my This newsletter wou Id update the student. runn ing for SBA President. I would like cited about a new program that I have resolve to dedicate myselftothe law school body on the activities of the BA and to share with you a little bit about myself: developed. Beginning next month, M- Wand impro e upon our strong student body. would provide all students with a way to my personality, qualifications and cam- student vo lunteers will contact accepted I have enjoyed III ro le as student liaison monitor the acti ities of their elected rep- paign issues. students personally to congratu late them to the Admissions Office. and to prospec- re entati es. This year I have served the SBA as a on their acceptance. answer their ques- tive students. I wou ld now like to extend I would also like to establish a polic, chairman of the Admiss ions Committee. tions, and encourage them to attend our this role and become a student liaison to of weekly office hours for the SBA Presi- I have been responsible for organizing school. I feel thi s program is important the entire Administration and the Col- dent and Vice-President. This would give to urs for prospective students, correspond­ because this type of contact will stimulate lege. I wou Id like to represent the law all members of the student body an oppor- ing with prospective students through let­ accepted students' interest in our school school in a greater capacity. I f elected. I tunity to voice their concerns and ensure ters and phone calls. coordinatin g and it will lead to increased acceptance wou ld focus on three areas of improve- that the BA i responding to all students' information sessions for visiting students, rates for M-W. ment for the Student Bar Association . needs. and providing student feedback to Deans 1 have thorou~h l y enjoyed my re­ First, 1 would like to increase the Secondl , I would like to streamline Shea ly and Jackson 011 various matters. I sponsibilities with the Admissions Com­ amount of communication that occurs· and impro e the current SBA structure. I have spent numerous days and evenings mittee. This experience has strengthened between the SBA and the student bod . believe we need to onso/idate the CO/ll­ speaking with interested students and en­ my relationships \"ith both the student As elected student representativ·es. the m ittees 'in order to make each more effec­ couraging them [0 visit and attend M-W. body and the Administration and it has SBA must remain in constant contact with tive and simultaneously delegate more I have developed very strong working greatly improved my organizational and the thoughts and ideas of the student body. responsibilities to each of the committee relationships with Deans Shealy and Jack- leadership skills. This comm itment illus­ I propose two ways of improving such chairs. It is also necessary to assign more son. trates the dedication I have to improving communication. First, I wo uld like to cre- responsibilities to the I L representatives so they are able to ser e the first ear class to a greater degree. Meet Tom Collins My final priority would be to empha­ By Ru thie Litv in although he adm its he did consider it as an size community service. Personally, I am When Professor Tom A. Co ll ins first undergraduate. very passionate about volunteer work. I arrived at M- Win 1970. the school was He received his 1.0. from Indiana spent m college summers tutoring adu Its in the midst ofa growing spurt. It was University at Indianapolis continuing on who were working towards a General a time of dramatic change for the law to secure an L.L.M. from the University Equi alency Degree and helping adults schoo!' "I was hired fo r the growth," he of Michigan. During law school, and for who were learning Engli h as a second says. a short time following his graduation. language. I believe community service "The old bui lding was ok for ISO Collins worked for the Indiana Legisla­ activities are an e 'cellent way for the law students, but not for 450;' he recalls. tive Council. school to unite and work towards a com­ "The library was too small and some of According to Collins he has always visited Japan and Hong Kong on his mon goal. I see volunteering as a v,:ay in the faculty offices were in other build­ had an interest in teaching. He sa s aca­ wa to England. He describes the Asian which we, as law students, can begin to ings, it was a little more cramped. but I demics has certain advantages over the cities as having "the feeling of tomor­ improve the public's perception of our did enjoy being on campus .. ' traditional practice of law. "Someone in row, ' different from-American cities. chosen profession. I attended and volun­ Although the school grew from ap­ legal academics can do more things than "Hong Kong had an aspect of the _I st teered forthe Childre.n· s Carnival on Jan. proximately ISO to 450 students, ac­ lawyers .. .they are not a slave to the century, tall skyscrapers with Chinese 28 and was both pleased and astounded to cording to Collins the institution has profession ... they can do other things in markets mi 'ed in'" Collins sa s he see the number of tudents that had com­ retained many of the positive features of their lives." he comments. He adds that hopes to soon have the opportunity to m itted their afternoon to this worth cau e. a sl11.all school. "The basic nature of the many people come into the profession for isit Eastern Europe as " ell a uch , I would like to implement more ser ice institution hasn·tchanged." hesays, "but that freedom . • places as Turke. and Morocco. activities of this. nature and increase the today it's more exciting and hasa broader Teaching is ery rewarding forColJins. While in the calm of Williamsburg, law school"s involvement with the outlook." who says he most enjoys talking about Collins says he really doesn't do any­ illiamsburg community. Collins began his academic career ideas with students. He adds that at times th ing dramatic, perhaps have dinner with I am a personable. enthusiastic, dedi­ with an undergraduate degree in His­ law school can be consuming for the friends or watch television. After living cated. and organized leader. I pride my­ tory from Indiana University. Prior to students; he suggests that they "relax and here for almost2 - years, Collins doesn't se lf on being friend I, . working well with attending law school, Collins taught high don't take it all that seriously ... see the find Williamsburg an exciting place. others. and maintaining a fair. open mind. school English for a year and a half. light.·· even \\'ith all of its history. "But it" a I ain confident that. as SBA President. I Then. "on the spur of the moment" as he \A,.'hen he' s not teaching. Collins is an relaxing place. pleasant. an easy place can improve the 1-W community. I describes it. decided to attend la\\' school. ardent traveller. This past summer he to be:' he adds. would appreciate a chance to do so and I would appreciate your Yote. THE AMICUS CURIAE News Briefs Monday, February 6, 1995 8

Learn Cultural Literacy with the Federalists London and ew York. - Judge Danny Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circui t will speak International Law Society is sponsoring th is event. on "Cu ltural Literacy and the Law" on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5p.m. The M-W chapter of the Federalist Society is sponsoring the event; a w'ine and cheese reception will Gradplex will have Cable Next Fall follow. The Gradplex and all other dorms \·vill have cable television and ethernet wiring by next fall. All residents will be charged $100 to $150 a year, even though Flat Hat 'PSF Dinner Date Auction This Friday surve, s show 57 percent of students don 't want cable at that price. Public Service Fund's eighth annual Dinner Date Auction will be helu on Friday The Office of Resid ential Life also announced that Ludwell apartments will no Feb. 10 at the University Center beginning at 8p.m. longer be avail able for law and grad students. Last year's auction was the most successful ever. PSF raised over $1 O,OOO! It remains the most exciting and popular of the PSF functions. Dates ranging from Criminal Law CLE Free for Students dinners at man . of the 'Burg's best eateries to free Bar Review courses will be up for The Virginia Law Foundation will hold a Criminal Law Seminar at the Kingsmill auction. Marriott on Friday, Feb. 17. It is free for students if space is available, butthey must It's not too late to volunteer to help. Contact Beth Bruns (3L) or Danny Reed(2L) pay $19.68 if they want the written materials. The seminar runs from 8: 15a.m. to 5 p.m. via hanging file. Lectures include Recent Developments at 8:30a.m. , Ethics at 10: IS a.m., Bifurcated Jury Trials at II: 15a.m. and Practice Tips at 2:00p.m. New Staff to Environmental Law & Policy Review Registration is at the door. Call 1-800-979-VCLE to learn whether space is The 11'& AI Environmental Lawand Policy Reviewwould like to welcome its newest available. staff members: David Bennett; Lynn Dancy; Derek Dickinson; Monica Finch; Anne Graham; Jonathon Reavill; Ramona Sein. Volunteers Needed at Avalon Congratulations! Avalon, a Center for Women and Children. is conducting its spring volunteer training in February. Its objective is to assist survivors of domestic violence and/or Get Ready For Barristers sexual assault by providing shelter, a 24-hour helpline, advocacy, information, The Barristers Ball will be held thi s year on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Williamsburg referrals and support groups. Lodge. A live band named Risse' wil l be present. (No jokes, please). Volunteers are needed to answer the helpline, provide child care and transporta­ Black ti e is optional, and, as usu al , there will be an open bar and unlimited buffet. tion, act as court advocates, ass ist with office duties. and to faci litate outreach efforts. Dates are optional , too! For further information, contact Kate McCord at 258-5022. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. They will be sold in the lobby everyday unt il the event. Discussion Group for Black Women Waiting to Exhale: A Discussion Group for Black Women is being conducted at the Third Robert Kaplan Coming to M-W W&M Counseling Center located at Blow Hall for a total of nine weeks. Groups will A commercial law attorney for 20 years named Robert Kaplan (!) will speak today be held on Thursdays, Feb. 9 - April 20 from 3-4:30p.m. at 4:30p.m. in Room 239 on in ternational financial law. Kaplan. an alum , is a partner Topics discussed include: self-esteem, relati onships and career issues as they relate in the investment firm of Carter & Kaplan , which has offices in Richmond as well as to black women. Contact Dr. Vikki Gaskin-Butler at X 13620 for more in formation. Science Fiction Law Society Competition , Loyola Law School's (Los Angeles) Science Fiction Law Society is conducting its first nationwide competition . The competition consists of reading a fictional case and then res'earching and compiling a complete'holding replete with case and statute law. Un like real life; th e sources and references can be factual and/or fictional. The competition will be judged by t\\'o law school professors, one professional law editor and the SFLS board. The top ten answers will be printed in a limited-edition anthology and distributed to all participating schools. The deadline for receipt of Place entries is March 30. For those interested. a copy of the case is available in the Amicus office. Groups forming at the counseling center • Compact Discs Depression-To-Empowerment Group T im e: Tuesdays, 3 :30 - 4:45p.m., be­ For students dealing with depression ginning Feb. 7. Please call to leave word who want to strengthen coping skills of your interest or obtain additional in­ through support and interaction with oth­ formation. • Tapes ers dealing with similar issues. Relationship Group Time: Wednesdays. 2p.m. The first Have you ever wondered how ou meeting was held on Feb. 1 to discuss come across to others? This interper­ • Video possible time change of the group. so call sona.! issues group will be a place wl)ere in advance. you will ha e an opportunity to give and We Buy & Sell Adults Molested As Childl'en get feedback on issues regarding rela­ Used CD's For students who find their "present" tionships. be able to exam ine what works influenced by sexual abuse experienced and what does not, improve communi­ as a child. This small group will provide cation skills. 'and become more confi­ THE a safe en ironment to begin or continue dent in social situations. the healing process. Time: Thursdays. ) la.m. - ) 2: 15p.m .. Time: Mondays. 3: 15 - 4:30p.m. For beginning as soon as there is a core more infonnation contact Becca Marcus number of students registered for the or Jan Patris at the center. group. Please contact Becca Marcus at Eating Problems Support Group the center. lAND lOX This group is for students \\'ho Note: All groups will meet at the Coun­ struggle with issues concerning food. seling Center. Blow Hall, Room 240. To These issues may involve compulsiye reserve your place arid 'or to obtain more eating. purging practices, food restric­ information, call 221-3620. Remember 517 Prince George St. 229-8882 tion or "thinking" too much about food. that group size is limited. THE AMICUS C URIAE Featured Commentary Monday, February 6. 1995 9 Surprise! M-W Gradin-g Policy Unfair, Inconsistent that a more consistent system Debtor/Creditor, Huennekens (5 classes is the stingy \\'ithholding General Mediation and Case Michael Homans may be necessal)'. of II). of A' s by others. Professor Prep. "It's not good to have a lav\' International Commercia l Law. Selassie. for instance, gave no At first glance, aVv'arding high Wantto succeed in law school school in which your grade point Bhala (4 of I, I ) . A's to his I L 'Contracts class. grades to most students seems to without even trying? If s easy. depends on which professor you Case Prep. Richardson (6 of 17). seemingly breach ing the contract be a no-loser policy that fayors just choose the right courses. take, and I can' t believe that fac­ This repol1er was too con­ of M-W' s established I L curve. students. But in reality it does a

A surveyofthe posted grades ult· members don't share that cerned about his 0 \\,11 GPA to I 0 pattern emerges from the "tremendous disservice" to them. in upper level courses indicates view," Krattenmaker said. He contact these professors to ask varied grading cun·es. ex epnhat Krattenmaker said. Such aried ' that you have about a 50-50 said he hopes the faculty will them why they were so slap­ smaller classes - many of them grading practices reward class . chance of getting an A or A- in review tl~e issue and consider happy in handing out A ·s. How­ seminars - seem to give out more selection rather than scholarl ' about nine courses. This con- making corrective action. ever. I did talk confidentially to high grades. and fewer Cs. work and intelligence. Stu­ trasts with other classes -- in- Such reform could come as a one of the "old school" profes­ Krattenmaker. who taught a dents who choose classes in or­ cluding those offered to I Ls -- mandatory policy against ex- sors \\'ho maintained a curve with Supreme Court seminar in the der to learn. rather than get high where only about 10- 15 percent treme disparities in grading few A's: fall, awarded three A' s and one grades. are penalized in the pro­ of students get A's. curves, or as an advisory against ,.\ went out there [to the w'ail: A- in his class of nine students. cess. In aschool that preaches fair- such. he said. However. ing wall] and looked atthe grades He said his curve reflected those In addition. a low curve shows ness, consistency and adherence _ . Krattenmaker said he opposes some other professors are giv­ of other M-W seminars. In such a lack of respect for students' to rules, these discrepancies are "rigid curves," such as those used ing. and I was shocked," the pro­ intensive courses. professors can capabil ities. rewarding them with alarming and hypocritical. Such at the University of Virginia' s fessor said . When he came to more closely monitor student the school's highest grade for grade inflation distorts even fur- School of Law. M- W he was told to give about progress to prevent sub-par work. merely "aboye average"· wQrk, ther an already unreliable grad- Among the M-W fall courses 10-12 percentA's, and has main­ he said. rather than "superior" work. ing system. In addition, the in _whic h grade inflation elimi- tained that curve. He even re­ One interesting trait from the I'm not sure what the answer inconsistencies dist0l1 the edu- nated the "superior" nature of fused to change a B+ to an A- for posted grades is that many of the is, but clearly reyiew and reform cational process. leading students receiving an "A" were: a highly deserving student. \vho alleged I " 'mostdifficuIC courses are needed. Maybe the Student to choose courses because they General Mediation, Professor shall remain nameless. in law school produced an abun­ Bar Association can get crack­ can get an easy A. rather than Della Noce (12 A' sand A-'s out As consolation for not ra is­ dance of A' s. Almost half of the ing on this. because of educational consid- of 24 students). ing the student' s grade - and students in Federal Courts and And while we're looking at erations. If this reasoning sounds Capital Transactions, Lee (4 of again, this student deserved it - Debtor/Creditor, for instance. that. why not consider a new cynical to professors it is only 7). the professor said the inconsis­ recei edksorA-·s. exam ination policy. and dispense because they are out of touch Admiralty Law, Gunn ( 14 of31). tent grading policies struck him Ironically, the grades for M­ with the absurd. archaic system with the emphasis today' s em- ConsumerLaw,Zepkin (70fI.5). as unfair and irresponsible. "1 W's most notorious "gut" class. in \~' hich 1-1 weeks of work is ployers place on GPAs. Crim Pro Survey, Williamson ( 14 plan to raise the issue with the RFLha eyetto be posted. How­ judged -- in a highl . subjective, Dean Thomas Krattenmaker, of 37). faculty,:' he said. ever. other courses famed for unsupervised and unappealable when presented with the incon- Federal Courts. Urbonya (9 of A striking counter-balance to their "Iow-stress" nature lived manner -- by one three-hour test. sistent grading curves, agreed 19). the grade inflation among some up to their reputations, including But that's another stor .... 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Aftcr chem ieal engineers. When A li en speaks that I have a real dearth of facts. Those bad. One might believe that our institu­ al l. Il obody suggcs t~d a frce ride. In a about de-funding programs th at are not that I do rely on come from The Flat Hat. .tions Df higher leaming are sacrosanct period of diffi.cult budget choices. per­ ""paying for themseh'es"" or '-essential to The Washington Post, and from the and not subject to re~l-world consider­ haps \I'e shou Id spre ad the costs by i m pos­ the function iilg of the state. "" it ounds Iike Governor's f> olicy Office. a'tions of alue 'for the dollar. Perhaps, ing a margin al tuition increase, for th~ he belie\'es othenvise. In a broad stroke, the Governor' s cel­ one might belie e that our educational greater good of the state's bottom line. Anoth~r probl~m with cutting funds ebrated proposals fall into one of three leaders are not as talented as other gov­ This might b~ a t ~ nable argument. e:\cept for schools that are alrcady underfunded categories: crime (truth-in-sentencing. ernment or business leaders and cannot for thc unpleasant reality th at irglilla is that this approach is penny-wise and building prisons), reducing taxpayer bur­ prioritize. become more efficient and ef­ s tu d~ nt s a lrcady p:ry th~ s~co nJ highest pound- fooli sh. ly 0 \\"11 al ma mater. for den (S2.1 bIllion dollar tax cut). and re­ fective. and do more with less. I don't tuition and fees in th~ country. exampk. underwent a fe \\' ye rs of state­ structuring state gO\'ernment (education think these points-of-view further the de­ O f course. state funding and tuition sponsored budget cutting recently. At the cuts here.) Not surprisingly. these themes bate much. Ie\'els do not settle the issue. Decreasing time. much was said about ""stream Iin ing"" are being ech{)ed in D.C. and other state­ Reasonable minds might differ on state support \\'ould be ~:\cusable if the the univers ity. reducing duplicativc ad­ houses acros the country. whether the tate should fund a global eliminated funding were tru ly targeted at ministrative positions. cutting out extra­ Under AI len ' s plan some speci fic cuts studies center or how much can be saved \\'Jste f"ul. needless items. Tuition would neous c lasses. and keeping the core in education were proposed: however, the through restructuring. H wever. the de­ not hJ\"e been much of an overwhelming . edu ation intact. What ~\ ' ent u a lly re­ o\'eral I state spending on education \\'ou Id bate 0 far has been different in nature and problem e itllC'r. since it I\'o llld ha\'e re­ sultcd. ho\\ · ' \ ' ~r. \I'a . kYI\)Ckcting tu­ have increased from 59. - billion ( , 4,6 tone. I would uggest that the impol1 ~lIlt mained car r C'd Jt an increase ofju-t a tell' iti on. fe\I'er cJass~s. more administrators_ billion for K-L 5-1 .9 billiDn for Higher question i not '-how much?" but "how?" percentJge points, The glwernor. of and e\'en Ill or~ student resentment. Most Ed) in the 92-94 biennium to S I OA bil­ How the money is spent is what deter­ course. arg u ~J thJt t h~ cuts \\'ere not inju­ importantl:. th~ school began to have lion(S5.2billionfi rK-LS5._ billionfi r mines a quality educati on. not simply the rious to the academ ic pro ess. and th at trouble attracting brighter students and Higher Ed ,) in the 9-1 -96 biennium. amount pent. 1\ l oney i too blunt of an furthermore. they \\'ere necC' ssary gi \'en r ~ta inin g eminent faculty. Aftere\amin­ As I under tand it there are three instrument to sen'e as an effective indica- the current st:He of the budget. At least ing Allen' s plan. th~re seem to be fe ll' types of education cut . First funding for tor of educational quality. If this weren't Go\'ernor Allen kno\\'s how to play poli­ difter~nces in the stated purpo-es, There ' specific programs deemed to be unneces­ true. a cording to the chart in The Flat , tics. I f a budget cri is tru ly \\'as 100111 ing. \\'ill b~ te\\' difterences in the actual re­ sary or low-priority was eliminated. Ex­ H t, Alaska (59._65 spent per student per Jnd despit~ his best ~fforts the gO\'ernor su Its . . ample include the "" ew School for year). Ha\\'aij (58638) and W yoming could not help but propose funding cuts Finally. Allen's plan I\'as misguided Global Studies"" at Radford. the ""Center (S6._6:2) would be producing the best­ after exhausting al l oth r possibilities. h is for a more fu ndamental and s imple rea­ for Confli t Analysis and Resolution"" at educated students in the country. The plan might ha\'e been palatable. A bitter son- namely. people \\'ant more money George 1ason_ and the " \ ' irginiu Labor hysteri al ,"oi es lamenting irgll1la s pill. to be sure. but saporous nonetheless. for education. Of course. there will al­ enter"" at irginia Comillonwealth. On 43rd rank in spending per student \ S~ .306) Allen' s proposal was much more ideo­ \\'3yS be a sizeable frce-market or anti-tax balan e. other new programs did receive should be given no heed. Virginia is logical. ho\\'ever. a nd hi s claim that edu­ lobby to tell the gO\'ernor \\'hat h~ \\'ants funding. including a new engineering recognized as having o'ne of the best edu­ cation is one of the few a ppropriate to hear. but for the most part. opinion school at \ CU. We should be dis rimi­ cation systems in the country. even after go\'enmental responsibilities rings hol­ polls consistently demonstrate a \\'illing­ nating when it comes to funding. 1 ot the 2. percent reduction in funding under lo\\". ness to pay whatever is needed to main- ever)' program that ha "education"" at­ the Wilder Administration. The focus of To begin \\'i th. A lien' s facts are wrong. See FUND ME on 18 tached to it should be given money blindly. the debate shou Id be on the output of our The cuiS he proposed are more than just Second. six schools that fa'iled to sub- education system. not the input. londay. Februar) 6. 1995 TH E .-\:-lICL C L' R1AE II Doug ' Onley takes a bite of the forbidden fruit By Stephen T. King . a fe \\ -pare oin to his delinquen y. He \\ irh 1\1 G . Onley also pointed out Perhaps onfused b) the mild \ apor' eyen received some substantial ash do­ that ") ou can really taste the pa­ that had settled in his brain. leaving his nations. notabh from 2L Ram e\ Taylor prika in the bologna and cheese on ,.. "' "' ~ judgment vulnerable to fooli ' h sugge - and 3L Brad WagshuL ~Iosr of the con- \\'hite'" tion . 2L Doug Onley left a message on tributions \\ ill go to purchasing anned Thing ' got rather tense just a this repor1er' s an '\yering machine one food. probably for A \ alan. On Ie) did couple of days into the \ ending Frida) night. '-rye had a couple of beers occasionally raid the box for loose change. machine project. 2L Steve Chin tonight. and 1ha \ e made the dreadfu loath howe\ er. mentioned the onset of adverse af­ to sup out of the vending machine for the ."\" m going 10 have to exercise often fecls. Onley bad become "mood)" ne:-..t five day'" he said \\ ith a hint of th is \\ eel-...·· obser ed On ley. \yorried about and "surly" according to sources fatalism in his voi e. flushing his S) stem of the to:-..ins and that wish to remain anon) mous (i .e. Onley \vas referring to the s ientific heav) meral contained in food that was Steve Chin. unofficial referee Qfthe e:-..perrmcnt \\ hich he dreamed up one probabf) processed sometime during the experil11~nt.) Upon hearing these casual day in the law schoo!. What began de-regulation Reagan) ears. "I wa tired rumors. Onley sho\\ ed obvious dis­ a a' fleeting dream. became a real it) thi of this diet the day I started'" he also said. pleasure. His journal entry for fir-! \Veel-.. in Februar). Lil-..e the s iemi ts The height of frustration in his diet oc­ Thursday reads: " Rumors of my \\ ho had dared to dream of the pow~r of curred on Tuesda) night when his room­ irritabilit) have. reached me. I old fusion. Doug Onley dreamed of the mate bal-..ed homemade cookies for th e wanted to hunt dO\.vn the f----r \\ ho great p eudo- cientific quest of one cou­ first lime e er. 'Tm pretty sure Fred stm1ed th em and kill him'-' rageous individual grappling w ith Ihe di­ Gerson paid him ofC aid Onley. attrib- Sho\ving his true grit and dedi­ etary principles of the law school vending uting inister moti e of temptation 10 cation to the experiment at hand. machines. th ose 'w ho were monitoring his progress. Onle, packed a cooler \,ith vend- The vending machine caper ha been ing machine food for his trip to the buzz of the law chool this past week. Wintergreen 0 er the w eekend. The response \\ as summed up in 3L ina Fearing that the numbers would be H\al's deeply ironic statement to Onley. skewed ifhe failed 10 carr out his mission for the entire fi e days, Onley would not "Oh yeah. th at" s rea! sex) Doug.-· Others let the fact that he was leaving on Thursday afternoon for a ski trip stand between him have approached Onley and inquired af- and science. ter his health. Considering the attention Onley's Vending Machine Diet and concern \\'hich people have hown. Monday Jan. 30: Spirils high. COIII- Lunch: pple Onley began v,ith a ing le bold. yet Onle. says one would think he had em- plexion clear. Dinner: Chefs salad (Swem). orange- intriguing inquiry--j ust what would be barked on a fast to eliminate oppression Breakfast: lilk. apple pineapple j uice the effect upon the indi idual who sub- and inequity from the world . Lunch: Breaded chicken sandwich. pret- T hursday. Jan. 2: Rllmors of Illy in'ila- mitted him elf to a diet of only those Onle came to se eral stunning cien- zels, iced tea bility have reached //I e. lIra/lIed 10 hllnl delectable items found behind the tificconclu ions. First he dropped about Dinner: Roast beef ub. orange juice. c/0l1'/l(he/--- nrhos(ar(edilandkillhilll. plexigla s display case of th e student fi\ e pound during the course of his diet. Dolly Madison "Gem" doughnuts. cof- Will hm'c 10 slack lip all chili cheese dogs lounge ending machines?Onle} 's mo- putting his weight at its lowest point in ten fee • for SAi Irip. ti es for undertaking this abu:;e are un- years. "1 would suggest this diet to any T u'esday, Jan. 3 1: Slrallge dreallls la I Breakfast: C innamon apple Mini , Muf- clear. .. It has ab olutely nothing to do first-year \"ho's worried about \ eight." night; Rush Limbaugh and lots a/ colors. fins. Milk wilh being on Ted tkins n' 'out'list'-' saidOnley. He alsomentionedthe"camel Nothillg too alit of the lI!l/{·ual. (hollgh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ according to Onley. It is certain. how- sized" quantiti("s of water that he has had Ale the lasl apple this mornillg VOTE from 4 e er. that thi action \\ ill further con finn to consume to offset the adverse effects of Breakfa t: Apple. milk, buttercrumb dutch everyone 's ill opinion of the second-year excess sodium. apple cake. coffee campus. Please remember to bring your class. Onley embarl-..ed upon the experi- Onle a ed hi s fa orite food wrap- Lunch: Bologna and cheese sandwich. IDs and vote on Feb. 7 (SBA President ment with an air of despondency in hi pers from the diet. The ham and swiss orange juice. pineapple-cherry yogurt. Elections) and Feb. 14 (all other SBA oice.·· ow I don't have any reason to cheese label "guaranteed swiss cheese cinnamon apple Mini Muffins offices and Law School Executive Coun­ lea e th e law school." he stated. as even aged 0 er 60 days." The aging "probably Wed nesday, Feb. t : Losl conlrol of III)' cil Representative). Though the elected hi meal were to be taken there. happened just there in the machine'- ' ob- lower lip briefly, bUI no permanenl nerve students will not take office until April. On Monday. Jan. 30. the first day of served Onley. The Roast Beef combo sub dalllage. I lhink. th e elections will be the "kick off' of the his diet. Onley put out a collection boo for mentioned MSG twice. Fi rst the beef is Breakfast; Turkey and cheese croissant. ne\ student government. And remember any charitable folks \\ illing to contribute injected with MSG. Then it is co ered coffee. orange juice -- 3Ls can vote. too. More Clip 'n'Save Marshall-Wythe Trading Cards! Collect them all!! over winter • r----­This week: Shotgun engagements break I~------. • .• ----.• • I · • • • • I • • . • • I • • • • I • • • • I • I • • I • • • I • • '. • I • '. • I • • I • • I ..• _------_Randy Sparks ..• ..• _------_Caroline Boutwell ..• ..• _------_Beth Bruns ..• ..• Sam _------_ Stecker & Steve Otero. .. 12 Monday, February 6, 1995 Tl-IE AMICUS CURIAE Outer Limits By John Crouch The dark side testimony and suggesting it was imag­ Harmless eccentrics How to avoid ridicule Bishop Auckland, Eng!. enjo ed fu ll­ ined. (London Times). Not all the strange people in the world are North Dakota's Supreme Court upheld blown Salem-style witch trials in recent That' s how it goes out to ruin it for the rest of us. Bill Green the use of an anti-stalking la\ to enjoin months. It began when two children ac­ Texas Foster Parent of the Year Cleve­ of Kenilworth, Eng!. recently claimed to Anthony Starn ness and his mother from cused their parents of leading an 0 cult land Cosmire got30 years for molesting a have walked the equivalent of the earth' s calling Christian S edberg "Dumbo" or sex abu e ring whose practices were iden­ girl, 13. She was in his care because she circumference in a single 27-cent pair of building big-eared snowmen tomockhim. tical to those in Children of the Corn /I had r~portedl y been abused. (USA To­ socks (bought in 1970). (London Times) . (. alional R view). and Hellraiser. The parents had wit­ dO:). Maria Rodriguez of Gary had her living It'd make a grea~ Russ Me, er movie nesses 'as to where they were during the Ends justify means will tattooed on her chest. (USA Today). "Baltic mazon" mercenaries are help­ alleged rituals. bu't police would not talk oted columnist Anna Quindlenpraised Therapy ' n' a ride ing the Che hens. Moscow charged. tothem. Thechildren then accused neigh­ a woman for killing her child to keep his Two ev York ps, chologists opened (Washington Post). bors. E eryone's hildren were seized, father from seeing him after her abuse Therap on Wheels, offering psychoanaly­ First-grade sex crime widespread . many were arrested. businesses \ ere ru­ complaint again st the father was held to sis during a luxurious chauffeured trip to ew Jersey first-grader Ale, Longo's ined, homes were andalized and fore­ be unfounded. Fifty percent of abuse work or to the airport. (London Times). teacher sent him home for in iting onl closed. The accusers' parents spent months complaint are true. Quindlen added. (, 'ew Advances in Caucasian humor boys to hi birthday party. (Campiis Re­ in jail, where the mother was beaten b, York Times). The ex-Soviet heretofore-non-Republic port). fellow-prisoner. but won bail on their The forgotten victims of Abkhazia issued a set of stamps honor­ Hair grievances mount II th try. Prosecutors dropped the ca e A hospital for h) pochondriacs is opening ing Lennon and Marx (Groucho. of A Doncaster, Eflg!. prisoner sued the jail during the trial, but the parent still cannot in Norway. (Specl liar ) . course). (USA Today). for a haircut that made him "look like a see their children alone. .Zoners don't lack imagination . Propane conquers pigeons criminal." (London Tim es). Poland' s Bald In response. a social workers' group "Planners" in England' New Forest made Illinois has finall di~covered a pigeon People' s Party is holding a hunger strike called for curbs on cross-e, aminati{)n of William Hillier fill his sitting room with deterrent. Six propane cannons, as loud as to guarantee more cabinet posts for th eir children by defense lawyers. It accused concrete because he didn't ha e their per­ jet engines. are fired from the state Capi­ kind. (Id). lawyers of tr ing to discredit children' s mission to build it . (London Times). tol several times a day. (USA Today) . Ask Mr. Smart Guy Dear Mr. Smart Guy: again t with this mixer. one or­ I understood at once what had flowing cups fre hI) remem­ Dear M r. Smart Guy: I understand that some first ganizer took his cigarette out of happened: weak. repressed men. bered. The story of this mixer Barrister's Ball is less than year guys planned a mixer at his mouth, looked up at me stone taken from the confines of Paul's, shall the 3Ls teach the I Ls. And two weeks away and I'm hope­ the Greenleafe with Kappa faced, and replied, "What have remo ed from the ritual of talk­ the Anniversary of the Kappa lessly befuddled. Tux or no Kappa Gamma, an under­ ou gotT ing to the same old tired. unat­ Mixer shall ne'er go by. from tux? And what about a date? I graduate sorority and that In the interest of objecti e tracti e la. school women, and th is day to the end ing ofthe world, know that a ll the advertise­ more than a few law school journalism for which this col­ pia ed in this pagan festival of when the, wi ll not be remem­ ments say that you don' t have guys went to it. Oddly enough, umn is known, I m self\ ent to lust had changed into gods. bered. These fe, --these happ, to have a date, but is that true? when confronted, none of them the mixer to . uh , see what wa.s I knew then that he who sur­ few--this band of brothers: for Everyone I know is scrambling will admit that they tried to hit going on. When I went into the vived that day to see old age an, one there that night was a around looking for a date like on any of the Kappas in atten­ Leafe. the skepticism [ felt about w uld, earl toast to his friends brother. survivors scavenging for food dance. Could it be that these the uccess of the event was soon and colleagues on the igil of I knew a I stood there- th at after a nuclear attack. All the guys feel steeped in cheese for replaced b a sense of awe and this e ening and sa . "Tomor­ law school chums who ""ere at good ones are taken! And I having to pay fi ve dollars for a reverence I haven't felt since m rov is the anni ersary of th e home or in the library th at didn' Leven see any hot pros­ chance at some fu rtiveslap and First Holy Communion. I be­ Kappa Mixer." Then he would eyening would think themselves pects at the Kappa mixer last tickle with a quasi-jailbait held a sea of bloom ing women. a strip h is slee e and show his scars. cursed they were not there, and week! What about dinner be­ sophomore and aretooshamed eritable cornucopia, if ou wil l, and say, "These wounds I had on ,\'o uld hold their man hoods fore the ball? Where do I go? to admit it? I think I speak·for ofsupple Kappa flesh. All arouna Kappa' s Day ." cheap wh i Ie any ~peaks that layed Can you see the state I'm in all of the women ofM-W when were young women. p'roudly It is true: old men forget, and rap thatnight upon sweet Kappa's here? Tell me, please: what's a r say that the answer is a re­ sporting their standard- issue all shall be forgot. but each man Day. fella to do? sounding yes! Keep trying, sweatshirts and hats: I d seen there wil l remember with smirk­ Ci'awling back? Hardly. I -- Dazed and Confused boys! Maybe one day we'll let fewer greek letters in dramas b ing pride what feats he did that ha e it on good authority that Dear Dazed: you come crawling back! Sophocles. Law school guys-­ day. Then shall their names, as there are more mixers to come. Barrister' s Ball is an impor­ -- .Maintaining Dignity guys I knew, guys I went into fam iliar as household words-­ These men w ill go once more tant event. and it cannot be taken Dear Dignity: battle with in Women and the Grocki the king. Hughes and into the breach, dear friends, or lightly. Last year, for example, When asked what the law Law, gu s r e shared pitchers Greenspan, Friedman and Raya, fill up Paul's with their weakish school gu s \ e re rebelling of beer with--were transformed. Boak and Almeida--be in their dead . See BIG BOY on 18 • TRADING CARDS: SHOTGUN ENGAGEMENTS OVER WINTER BREAK ' r------, r------, r------, r------, I Sam and Steve I I Beth Bruns I I Caroline Boutwell I I Randy Sparks I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I It's official! After 30 years I The perfect woman with the Wrapping up the fifth world I As with everything he does, I I of dating, Ken and Barbie I perfect life. ,She even has a tour with . her band, The Randy became secretly en­ I are finally engaged. Steve L dog. And now this. PieTasters, Caroline de- gaged' over break. The en­ proposed this merger on ze Beth and herfiancee, Gabe, cided it was time to get off gagement ceremony was Spanish Steps in Espana met at Duke while taping her the road . To this end ; she conducted according to the with a mariachi band play- fitness show for !=SPN . (Vid- ordered one of her groupies ancient rites of the Skull and ing Michael Bolton's "When eocassettes are available by to put the rpck on her finger. Bones Society, otherwise A Man Loves A Woman" in calling 1-800-Southbelle.) Caroline plans to play the known as PAD. The high­ the background. Beth's wedding IS part of organ at her own wedding light of the ceremony Of course, they plan to live next year's PSF calendar in While walking down the aisle. occured when the two to be in their dreamhouse pro- June 1996. Tickets will be The tempo, however, will betrothed were stripped na­ vided they can fit in the two $20 in advance and $25 at consist of the untraditional ked and forced to recite, "A inch chairs. the door. Please come, it's a ska beat. That's reggae with dies, B gets nothing." good cause. a twist for you hicks 0 ut the re . . ______.. 1.------.. ______.1 ~ ______.. THE AMICUS CUM Arts & Entertainment Monday, February 6, 199- 13

Music for the Masses . Joe Jackson is back, tedious and depressing, unlike Pulp By Eleanor Bordeaux Brothers back in 1965, still ter-pounder was). An excellent soundtrack is the next best thing Jackson' s credit, he uses such and Scott Layman sounds better than most country audible example of how strong a to watching the film. instruments as viola, oboe and Pulp Fiction Soundtrack music toda . Probably nobody perfonnance Samuel L Jackson Joe Jackson: 'light Music clarinet rather than the typical If you liked the movie Pulp will be able to resist dancing to gil e in the mo ie is presented, It's been years since Joe Jack­ gu itar and keyboards. Other Fiction, there is a good chance Chuck Berry's "You e. er Can as his character Jules recites son released an, new material. tracks have vocal accompani­ you \ ill enjo, the soundtrack. Tell," the song played during the Ezekiel 25: 17 to a young man Jackson has used this time to ment but the vocals are for the The same type of hipness and contest at Jack Rabbit Slims that that he is about to kill. change his style drastically. I n­ most part performed by guest cool the film presented is pre a­ Vincent and Mia won, and also Despite containing severa l stead of the fun, light-hearted artists and seldom by Jackson. lent in this eclectic mi, of the song wh ich demonstrated that types of different musical style , tracks such as "You Can't Get The vocals are unremarkable al­ rockabill , soul. country, and John Tra olta ( incent) still the ' soundtrack flows together What You Want" and "Steppin' though one track consists of an disco-funk. knows ho\\ to dance. quite well. The Pulp Fiction Out" from pre ious releases, the operatic aria that would be more E er track on the album is a As if this great collection of . Soundtrack is much better than Iistener is confronted with a more appropriate in a classical piece blastto hear. Kool and the Gang's music were not enough, the lis­ others of its gro\ ing genre. somber style. than here. "Jungle Boogie," which played tener is treated to snippets of Unlike many soundtracks for The tracks are unusually long, This CD is technically sound over the opening credits of the dialogue from the movie. Dur­ movies that ha e big name art­ tendingtorunana erageofabout and wouldn't be halfbad ifitwas film, is an excellent jam. "Son of ing " Royale with Cheese," ists recording throwawav tracks, five minutes with some lasting performed by some otl}er artist a Preacher Man " an all-time sou I Vincent explains toJulesthe finer th is soundtrack contains songs as long as seven minutes. If the but one just expects so much classic, sounds as good as ever, 'intricacies of hash 1aws in that contributed a great deal to music was light and upbeat then more from Jackson. Those fans po\ve red by the incredible, sul­ Amsterdam and also tells him the mo ie's attitude. Like the the excessive length of each track looking for the Joe Jackson of tr voice of Dusty Springfield. why a quarter-pounder with mo ie's many hip but obscure would be acceptable, but the CD the past should leave this CD on AI Green s smooth vocals qui­ cheese must have a new name in references, the soundtrack also seems tedious given its depress­ the shelf. But, for those who etly energize the great song "Let's France (because the French ha e reflects director/producer/album in g nature. want to try something different, Stay Together." "Flowers on the the metric system and wouldn't producer Quentin Tarantino's Several of the tracks are Night Music may gro\ on you Wall,' a mega-hit for the Statler understand what the heck a quar- 10 e of pop cultuLe. Having this straight instrumentals. To after a few listens. Cinema Cynicism In the Mouth of Madness makes critic gag By Steve Youngkin (anything with Kim Basinger in it). While for this week--/llthe Mouth of Madness, Starman, while sappy, benefited from a God, I' m depressed. I'm arrogant I do think I have good taste I also ha e to the latest horror flick from John Carpen­ good performance by Jeff Bridges. Chris­ enough to believe that I ha e good taste in admit that I have one lousy sense ofjudg­ ter. line was a slightly better than expected mo ies. Otherwise, why would I bore ment. 0\ Carpenter has provided us with adaptation of a King novel. Th e Thing, you every two \ eeks \ ith a re iew? I' d Maybe it comes from naivete or'opti­ some good scares over the 20 _ ears. One while overwrought, had some nice para­ like to think that I ha e the ability to mism or from the fact that e erything else of lJ.is earliest mo ies, Ha{{oween, I still noid chills in it. And They Live pro ed to discern a work of art (as in Pulp FictiOl1or out there looks even worse. All of those con ider to be THE best horror movie of be goofy fun if you learned not take the Schindler 's List) from a load of feces reasons definitely playa part in the movie the past two decades. E en though it mo ie at all seriously. spawned the mad slash'er genre flick that Now we're up to his current flick. The managed to lower the collective intelli­ plot is workable (and cou ld still be done High tea ,for low-lifes -at Ipn gence of all teenagers around (m ine in­ as a good movie if given a chance). And By Kim Tolh u rst hands! " she exclaimed with glee. cluded), Hafloween was still a movie to the lead actor, Sam Neill, is a decent and Lori Petruzzelli Kim particularly liked the berries with respect, filled with some genuine frights, British actor. Heck, it even has Charlton The Williamsburg Inn, the Shangri­ the fresh cream. Kim 's mom raved over interesting characters and an ending that Heston it. Goofy and scary were too La ofcolonial dining, the hidden haven of the paper leaves which adorned each plate. is decidedly creepy. results I was prepared for. The one I got elegance and fine cuisine, offers a de­ "Mom, we re supposed to be reviewing Since then, he has managed to follo\ See GAG on 14 lightful high tea that is both sophisticated the food, come on," shrieked Kim, ever up with some good, if not great movies. and affordable (especially when Mrs. appreciative of her dear mum . . Tolhurst is footing the bill). After breaking them up, Lori pro­ The Regency Lounge hearkens back claimed "I like the little candies." And so to the age of Colonial India in its sumptu­ she did, for they did not survive long on P Coronia{ (Barber and 'Beaut~ ous decor of bamboo chairs with elvet the dainty leaves which proved to be their cushions that en elop the guest with a deathbed. Wayne Lisa Ray Debbie little awning of sorts, There is a 10 ely Each diner selected a tea, served in a wooden buffet, electric candelabras, and little pot, to accompany these delights golden ann scarlet draperies. In other with an optional lemon wedge. Ever the words this is no Frank's Truck Stop: kids. adventurer, Kim ordered Russian Cara- The menu offers a wide selection of an, a dark and mysterious tea. Her fine teas, including herbal and mother and Terri, both wimps, ordered decaffeinated teas. The Regency Plate the see-through Chamomile tea. Lori chose offers a selection of scones, finger sand­ Darjeeling, a favorite standby. wiches, assorted pastries, ' a fruit and Tea at the Inn is satisfying enough to custard tart (as distinguished trom a torte be a midday meal and will definitely and a tort), sumptuous raspberries, freshly sustain you as a late afternoon snack. (A wh ipped cream, and a variety ofjams and note to the women: The lilac hand lotion preserves. And all of this for under $8. in the powder room is not t~ be missed!) Diane Bobby Annis A II four of us partaking in th is cu Itural Recommendation: What are you wait­ delight ordered the Regency Plate, and ing for?!!! Go there and take Kim' s mom. ~Wi l liamsburg Crossing Shopping Center were more than satisfied. Terri Pulley H ours: Tea is served from 3 to Sp.m. ~!L 5251 John Tyler Highway, Suite 22";~ (3L) relished the finger sandwiches. " I' ll only; dress up (not as elegant as tbe Re­ take . any opportunity to eat with my gency room, nice pants or a skirt will do). ~ Walk-ins anp Appointments; 220-8.039 ~ .- 14 Monday, February 6, 1995 THE AMICUS CURIA E What 's Going On M-W Jewish Law Students Association reassures' moms By Doug Steinberg sel es apart from other students. ited. days, on thIS front. and Lori Kline but to allow all students { under­ We \\'ere also thrilled to send In addition to our mission to The establishment of JLSA The idea for the M- Je\ ish stand and share in Jewi h cul­ an em issary to the recent educate the M-W community as dri es home the importance of La\ Students A soc iati o n ture. Children' s Carnival. Posing as to Jewish culture, we also en­ recognizing the religious needs (JLSA was born in Fall of 1993 e try to do this by encour­ the gentle "Health Bear.·' Ian dea or to have our interests rec­ of Jewish law students, While when one 9f the rounds for the aging all who are in tere ted to iminoff( I L) \ as a hit with the ognized. Jewish students make we do not insist that the school moot court competition was participate in our relig ious and kids. Last semester we \ ere up 15 percent of the law school hanga large plastic Menorah next sch'eduled during Yom Kippur. socia l e ent . Professor Grover proud to participate along with student bod_. And while we are to the plastic wreath during the holiest da on the Je\\- ish and son Jake. for e, ample. par­ the Black Law Students sso­ by no means a strongl cohesive Christmas season (although that calendar. Atthat point. e (Doug ticipated in our Channukah cel­ ciati on and the Gay and Lesbian or homogenous group, we have would be a lovely gesture), we Steinberg and Lori Kline) real­ ebration. Jake. be in g the Law Stude nts and Mary and certain common underl_ ing in­ do hope to promote recognition ized that Jewish students at M- W youngest bo in the room, had Will iam in the ' Oppressed terests. These include celebra­ that there are other holidays be­ needed to organize to get our the important job of lighting the Peoples of the Earth" Happy ti on of holidays that are integral ing celebrated at this time. various interests represented Channukah candles. He \' as a Hour \\ here beer and k etching to the Jewish faith such as Yom In sum v e hope that JLSA within the law school commu­ pro and \ e all had great time were plentiful. Through these Kippur and Rosh Hashannah. wi ll add to the cultural diversity nity. We also belie e that orga­ sharing in this important and fes­ events we are able to share our Jewish students should fee l com­ of our school and promote un­ nizations like JLSA benefit th e tive holiday. We plan to have a tradition w ith those who rna_ be fortabl e to miss class on these derstanding, as well as attract school b emphasizing its cul­ Pa so er Seder (the traditional un familiar with Judaism. as well holidays without upsetting the more Jews to M- Wand the prac­ tural diversity. Pa so er d inner) this spring to as feel comraderie with other professors. Thus far, professors tice of law generally, where we Our goal is not to set our- which all law students are in- Je\\-s during our important holi- have been very accommodating are badly under-represented.

ti e that Carpenter use the idea in (l novel halfway decent taste in movies. I also I still have enough sound judgment left to GAG from 13 wa . realize that sometimes I exhibit really avoid the upcoming travesty Brady Bunch: though--boredom--was completel nd that, my friends, is where he fails poor judgment 1 showed it when I actu­ The Mo vie. As long I can still sense the pected. miserably, The best quality of Halloween ally paid good money for In the Mo uth of ultimate in garbage, I know that I still The story concerns Jack Trent, an ace was that he took time to create characters Madness. The one optimistic note is that have hope. insurance in estigator. He is hired b a that were believable. He used care in publish ing c9mpany to find hor:ror novel­ making sure thatthe audience could relate Bill argued both respondent and peti­ ist Sutter Kane, allegedl the biggest to Jamie Lee Curtis' s babysitter. Then MOOT from 1 tioner as the 'swing person." In the sec­ thing to e er hit the publishing world. when she was stalked at the end we cou Id total of 149 schools entered 223 teams. In ond round, Bill took both petitioner and Kane disappeared right before he was share the fright along with her because we November, Regional Rounds of argu­ respondent side on the smaller of the supposed to drop off his latest, and most felt we knew her. ments were held throughout the U.S. issues; John and Doug took the larger eagerly awaited, novel. Trent is con inced That wasn' t done here. Jack Trent Winning and second place teams became issues. Each argued.once in the prelimi­ that Kane isn 't reall missing, but that this who should be the most comple charac­ eligible to enter the Final Rounds, Twenty­ nary rounds, Josh argued the quarterfinals is just a publ icity stunt. ter in the story, is pretty much a cipher. He eight schools were represented in the Fi­ and semi-finals. Ne ertheless. he accepts the assign­ appears way too skeptical for fa r too long. nal Rounds . Watch your TV listings forthe telecast ment and goes in search of Kane. He is And when he starts to go insane, Sam In• the first round, Josh was Petitioner of the final rounds of the tournament on sent with a warning by the editor (Julie Neill so 0 erplays him that it's no onder of the U.S., Doug argued respondent and C-Span. Carman gi ing a performance that makes everyone thinks he' s insane. He does Basinger look like a real actress) that the everything short of froth at the mouth. books have the effect of dri ing its read­ Probably the most laughable aspect of My Trip To New York ers insane. the movie is the monsters themselves. As I said, the plot has possibilities. Carpenter is shrewd by not showin g them By BiII .Pincus her prisoners. When we were unable to Carpenter pia s \ ith whether whatwe are too l1Juch. Not because it builds up sus­ I recently spent a week in New York answer to her satisfaction, the living in is reality or just the result of pense (it doesn' t) but because they are of City with Doug Miller, Josh Sacks and Dominatraix ordered us to engage in someone' s imagination. ightmare' on the standard rubbery bug-eyed monster Professor Judy Ledbetter. Professor other "practices" not fit for print in a Elm Street and the Twilight Zone have regularly shown on the Power Rangers. Ledbetter, never one to let an educa­ fam il y paper. toyed ith the same premise. Suffice it to The only difference is that Carpenter ac­ tional opportunity pass by, suggested The Dominatraix Ledbetter also al­ say tha,t sinc'e exploring the concept of tually intends for his monsters to be scary. Doug, Josh and 1 seize this chance to lowed us out briefly, in the evenings. reality is not unique, it becomes impera- As I said, I d like to thin\.. 1 have learn more about New York tenement She introduced us to many ofNew York's living. She unselfishly agreed to accept most distinguished jurists and attorneys. the suite provided by the law school Strangely, within m inutesofbeing intro­ while Doug, Josh and I experienced liv­ duced, we invariably found ourselves In Appreciation ing in a tiny room v ith two twin beds and engaged in heated arguments with these Special thanks to the following mer- Pizza: The Paper Factory; Radio Shack; a cot When these were pushed together people. I used to think it was only a chants for making contributions to the Mr. Randy Chapman; Rizzoli' s Book­ there was still room to crack open the cliche, but New Yorkers really are rude. law school's Children Day Carni al. store; Rose' s; Sal' s Restaurant; Sam' s door and squeeze out sideways. Despite, or perhaps because of this Please show your appreciation by giving Camera Shop; School Crossing; SMH New York City is a very big city with constant confl ict (and the Dom inatraix' s your business to these establishments: Bar Review; St. Bede' s Catholic Church; man , manythingstoseeanddo. Unfor­ "practices"), Doug, Josh and I spent a lot AMF Bowling Center: Baskin Robbins; Subway; Taco Bell' Video Update; The tunately, Doug, Josh and I did not get to of time together. We got to know each Ben and Jerry' s; Berkley Pharmacy; The Williamsburg Bar Association; The see or do much. It 's not that we never otheron a personal level rarely achieved Bikesmith of Williamsburg; Big lots; Williamsburg Pottery; Wythe Candy & left our hotel. Professor Ledbetter al­ by men in our society or, until recently, Bubbles the Clown; Burger King; Mrs. GourmetShop; Yorktown Historical So­ lowed us to take an hour's walk each at least not openly discussed. After Beth Je-nkins; Carm ike ,Cinemas; ciety; Mr. Brett Zwerdling. morning before reporting to her suite. sharing this personal time together, we Chanello's Pizza; Children' s Hospital9f Thanks also to: The College ofW&M; There, amid her ever growing collection have each concluded that we really can't the King' s Daughters; The Cheese Shop; Student Recreation Center; W &M F oot­ of boxes from Macy's and Saks Fifth stand the other two. But let me be the Chuck E . Cheese: CRH Catering; ball. W&M Basketball; W&M Men' s A venue, the Dom in atraix Ledbetter con­ first to say - it' s their fault Dunkin' Donuts; E.C. Wareheim Foun- Soccer; Professors Jayne Barnard, Su­ ducted what she euphemistically liked Whatever their foibles and my fee l­ dation; Echoes: Friendly 's; Food Lion; san Grover. I. Trotter Hardy. Dean Page to call "practice." ings, Doug" Josh and I accomplished Fun Land; James City County Recre- Hayhurst, Linda Malone, Paul Marclls, These "practices" consisted of the something together that can never be ation Center; The Library Tavern; Little Rodney Smolla, and anonymous profes­ Dominatraix subjecting us to hours on taken away from us . In the 1995 Na­ Caesar' s Pizza: Mama Mia; Massey's . sors and staff of the M-W School. of end of repetitive questioning as if she tional MootCourtCompetition, we were Camera Shop; McDonald' s; Papa John' s Law, were a police interrogator and we were the losers who got tortured the longest THE A~IIC U S C URIAE Calendar of Events Monday. February 6. 1995 15

Monday. February 6, 1995 . Sunday, February 12,1995 Thought for the Day: Ha\ e : ou e\ er eaten a cough drop just because) ou 've run out High Tea: Sixth annual \Vinter Tea. sponsored by the Council of the Muscarelle of hewing gum') Museum of Art. from 3 to 5 p.m. Music: Fear and Butt Trumpet. The Flood Zone. Tuesday. February 7, 1995 Speaker: . Dav id J. Garrow g ives his last lecture in the James Pickney Harrison Monday, Febura~y 13. i 995 . Lecture in H istor) Series: "From Bro ll'l1 ' to Co 'ey: the upreme Couff s 14th Speaker: David l\1enashri. of Tel A\"iv Un i\ersity speaks on "The 1iddle East Peace mendm nt Rev b lution in Libert) and Equalit) ince 195-l." Botetourt Theatre. Proce -: Anal) sis and Progno-is:- l lniversity Center. Tidewater Room A. :30 p.m. Swel1l Library :30 p.m. , \\onder!ul sPeaker - ee page 3. Ass Ponys: . t I SECl'. 9 p.m. Tuesday, February I-t, 1995 . . Thought for the Day: The one you 100'e is closer th an you think. Wednesda), February 8. 1995 Music: DaVe ·Matthews Hand accompanied by the irginia Symphony. Carpenter ' Music: Eg)pt. The Flood Zone. Center. Richmond. If) ou don't h,1\ e a ti<;\...et already. forget it - th is th ing's been sold " Like Water For Chocolate:" Movie at th e U.c. Auditorium. 8 p.m. S1. n old­ out fo r ages. I wonder if there \\ill be any scalpers. fashioned picture where the bad guys get ver) bad stomachaches. " Dr. Strangeloyc:" A Valentine classic (NOT). Williamsburg Theatre.' DOG St.. 7 Men' s Basketball: vs. JM . \i 8:. M Hall. ':30 p.m. p .m. Moyie: "Just Like A Woman." which the. e\\ York Times describes as"A sweet little Tile Princess Bride: U.c. Auditorium. 8 p.m. $2. comedy about the sunn) srde of transve titi m." I knOll" e eryone will be rushing to see thi one. Williamsburg Theatre. Duke ofGoucester Street. 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, 1995 Another Movie: "Fearofa B~ack Hat." the rap music spoofversion of "This is Spinal Movie: "Dr. Strangelove:' Williamsburg Theatre. 7 p.m. Tap " Williamsburg Theatre. DOG t.. 9:00 p.m . . The Princess Bride: .c. Auditorium. 8 p.m. $2. Music: Da\"e Matthew Band accompanied by the Virginia Symphony. Carpenter Thursday, February 9, 1995 Center. Richmond. This one' s sold out. too. (Don't you miss the day th ey played at Music: CCl ld Gin - A KISS ·tr'ibute band. Platform shoes recommended but not TRAX and the Floodzone every weC,!k for five doll ars?) required. The Factory. A Great Movie: "Like Water For Chocolate" at tl~e U.c. Auditorium. 8 p.m. L. Deals Thursday, February 16, 1995 with food and love. oppression and repression and re olution and conflagration . Movie: "Dr. Strangelove:' Williamsburg Theatre, DOG St. , 7 p.m. Bar Review: Location TBA. . Ticket Distribution: Reserved eating tickets for the Bill of Rights Symposiulll on Moyies: "Just Like a Wonian:' 7. p. m. and "Fear ofa Bl ack Hat." 9 p.m. William burg "Ho\-\" Much God in the School : ..being held on Feb. 23 will be distributed in the Law Theatre .. DOG St. School Lobby bet wee en 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 3L Party: 9 - Days Til '95 Graduation. At the Corner Pocket. I Ls and 2Ls are in ited tq buy a rack of.balls in tribute to the graduating class. Friday, February 17, 1995 The Godfather: Williamsburg Theatre. DOG St.. 1.0 p.m. Frtday, February 10, 1995 M usic: They Might be Giants. T.he byss. Movie: "To Live." a family saga that span civil war, Mao's Great Leap forward. and the Cultural Revolution. No rating, Mandarin with subtitles. Williamsburg Theatre. Saturday, February 18, 1995 DOG S1.. 6:-l5 8:. 9: 15 p.m. Barristers' Ball: See News Briefs for detail ~. Dinner Date Auction: Take advantage of the rising peso. The Godfather: Wil liamsburg Theatre. DOG S1.. 10 p. m. Late Show: "Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend:' Williamsburg Theatre. DOG Monday, February 20, 1995 St.. II :30 p.m. This film succeeds wonderfully in drawing together and ifluminating T icket Distribution: Tickets for the Bill of Rights Symposiulll will be distributed in a ll th e doctrines expounded in Prof. Schaefe'r's Corporations class. the Law School Lobby betweeen 10 and 2. Please submit your entries for the Amicus E ents Calendar to Monica ThUl:mond (2L) or the Amicus hanging file. Entries may include activities sponsored by law school organizations main campus or community events, SBA Update Many thanks to all students. fac ulty. boards for details! and student organizations that o lunteered And. speaking of graduation: the SBA their time. energy. and equipment to M­ ill be distributing surveys this week to W' s best Work-A-Day ever. Hopefully current second years for their input into this full day of public ser ice and fun wi ll the Commencement Speaker (big cer­ become a tradition at W&M I emony at W&M Hall- not the law school Buy your tickets to Barrister's Ball graduation ceremony) for 1996. Law School Hour now! They're available in th e lobb, all This is th e first time that graduate Fridays, 5-7 p.m. week - £20 in advance and $25 at the door. students will have input into the choice of The e ent is black-tie optional. date op­ speakers - so make your voice count. tional. and includes an open bar, Ii e Please return the surveys to the box lo­ 20% Discount On Food For Students band, and lots of appetizers . Come dance cated iQ the lounge. the night awayatthe Williamsburg Lodge! Che k out the new Ride Board on the l rll re~cl al " I~ Il3alllcl ~i 91 1 Ilt:: Come out this Thursday Night for the bulletin boards near Room 124'. It's under l ()elici()ul~ If ' eb~ 7tlll.~ lll() I). • ru .• SBA's 95 Days ' Till Graduation '95. construction now, but shou ld be up and Party/Bar Review at the Corner Pocket. running in time for spring break. Any Food, drink, and pool specials will be suggestions or comments should be di­ a ailable. Watch the lounge and the chalk- rected to the SBA hanging file. Green Leafe Cafe • 220-3405 T HE AMICUS CURIAE Sports Monday. February 6, 1995 16

A Duck Out of Water

"Well, maybe I will discuss pro football • • • " By Ala n Duckworth have again this off-season, the tar \veek.end. [ think. it should are starting over them. I might The teamwiththebest chance Well. the second biggest -I gers ', ill be considered the class be in the Rookie All-Star game. be able to understand Kemp. one is the Kl1icks and even they are sport e ent of the year ha ome of the league once again. Hill started off \ ery strom!. . but of the great young player in the extremely suspect. Looks like and gone and a usual. the On e r ason ~ r (h i domi- recent injuries haveslo\\'ed him game: Majerle, howe'v er. doe n't O rl ando may have a winn ing uperbowl wa anticlimactic. nance is te e Young. For the dramaticall). While he contin- even start for his own t am. combination. Well. at least no one wa sur- la t fou r years. he has simply ues to make the Pi tons a stron- The team that has e eryone Baseball prised by the easy victor, of the pia) ed quarterback better than ' ger team than la t year. he lacks talking this year is the Orl ando It has fina ll y happened. I no -Igers. They have been the be t an ) o ne else. Look at his the impact of the last rookie to Magic. Theyhave the bestrecord lon",er care if the baseball stri ke team in footba ll fo r the last fo ur Superbm.\ 1n umbers: 2 -1 -36.3_5 start an all-star game. Shaq. in the NBA and are on cru ise is resol ed. When a sports geek months. The onl question ,vas and a ridiculous six touchdmvns. Hill's starting positio n hould control to win the tl ant ic divi- like myself has finally given up whether or not the -I gers would nd he lead the -I gers in rushing have gone to Grandmama, who sion. The addition of Horace on the ational Pastime. th e sport co e r the largest spread in in th e uperbowl. crambling for is almost completel, reco ered Grant IHis added rebounding. low is in real trouble. What will uperbowl histo. nd a we tw o earl} fi rst downs to keep from the back tro ubles \Nhi ch post defense and veteran leader- happen when the strike is over all know. they did . o,,\'. with dri e going. Hopefully. this limited him last season. t 95 ship. re they ready to make a and e eryone but the fans re- the e" ception of the Pro Bowl. it Sup rbowl wi ll helpendthecom- percent Grandmama is once run at the BA fi nals this year'> turn? That will be great. is time to put Pro Football behind parison of Young to Montana, again a mong th e top si, fo rwards The team is built around Sh aq Hockey us. a lea t until the draft. s in ce they reall y are unfair. in th e league as well as one of the and Penny. 3rd and _nd year The season has restarted and Pro Football Young is sim pl) better. harde t working players in the players respectively. hocke is getting the same atten- ell. maybe I \. ill discuss B th e way. here is a tri ia league. A lso. Shaq still can't shoot a ti on as it did during last year' s pro footba ll for a little v hile que ti on fo r the future: Who [n addition. hm could both free throw and they lack a go-to- regular season. orma ll y. this longer. The Superbowl ended a scored th e first two-point con- tah Jazz Dream Teamers fail to man ·down the tretch. More type of response following a pro- couple of days ago 0 of course ver ion in Superbowl hi tory? crack the A II- tar starting li neup? importantly. while th e_ have the tracted labor induced shutdown it is time to discu s whether or The an wer is Mark Sea. nd By th e time this is printed. John best starting fi e in basketball. would be a po itive fact, but not not th e 4gers can re peat. They this I promise ends m, discus-. tockto n w ill ha e bro ke n th ey lack depth and pl ayoff ex- fo r hockey. After last year's certainl should be in conten- sion of on-field e ent fo r the Magic 's record for career assists. peri ence, ha ing been swept by playoffs. the sport was ready for tion, since almost all of their top ear. nd the Mailm an is scoring 25,· th e Pacers in th e I st round last a giant step fon ard in popular- stars are still in their prime and Pro Basketball points a nd gra bbing l OT re- year, their onl y playoff appear- ity. However. the lockout de- . under contract. They will prob- The all-star teams have b ~e n bounds again . for the umpteenth ance. stroyed the mome ntum and ' abl _ 10 e Deion Sanders, becau e named. Grant Hill was the lead- season in a row. These two play- Despite the e weaknesses, hockey remains less popular as a he will impl cost too much to ing ote-getter and will be a start - crs ma be the be t to ever play there may not be anyone in the spectator sport than monster re-sign. BlIt ~ ith the free agenc ing fon.. ard. Wh ile I agree that th eir respective positions. but East with th e ability to top th em truck ra il ies and profess ional problems the Cowboys should Hi[1 should be starting on A II- Dan Majerle and Sha\-\"J1 Kemp from mak ing th e BA Finals. wrestling. See you next issue. Amicus computer-like ran kings . . SBA baske~ball tournament: 1Ls dominate veteran teams By Neil Lewis the tournament and were held close in the . Ramsey.' trash talk and with no hard feelings as the I went to a law school basketball game second half only once when the Gimps The tournament started well though. Gimps w.on easil y 49-29. The Monkeys and hocke broke out. Two fighting (led by 2L eil Lewi ) closed to 38-32 in and in the first round the Rug Rats were hampered by the absence of injured incidents marred the championship game a game e entually won by the la\ school (captained b 3L Russ Foster) destroyed team go-to guy Pat Dyson, and were also of the SB tourne in which the Almeidas champions 50-34. The champs cruised the Over beys (led by 2L Sean Overbey) handicapped by only having five players. (captained b I L Jeff Almeida) handily through the winners bracket on their way 50-18. The sorry thing is the score makes Gimp 2Ls Todd Sherer, Steve King and defeated defending champions Defense to the finals defeating the Boaks (captained the game look closer than it was in real ity. Karl Uotinen kept up an immense pres­ (led b 3 L I an Bates) 60-46. The mostly by I L Scott Boak) in the first round 44-_3 . Throughout the tournament you could sure defense throughout the victory. 2Ls I L Almeidas relied on tough defense and then stomping th ~ Gimps and finally ne er tell which Rug Rat team would Chris Shea and Mark Mi ll er provided pinpoint 3 point shooting by Trent Will­ beating Defense to get to the finals by a show up, but they proved to be a force most of the Monkeys feeb[e.attack. iams and Almeida to hammer Defense score of 40-20, in a game whose animos­ when firing on all cylinders. 3Ls Matt The final first round game was agrudge into subm iss ion. Winning wasn't enough ity should ha e led the tournament direc­ Bissonette and Foster rained three point­ match ofthe I L teams as the Boaks clashed for the Almeidas ho ever, and token 2L tor to have cops on hand when they met ers down on the heads of the unfortunate with the Almeidas. The Almeidas won Billy Kearney spurred a trash talking ex­ again in the finals. Law school basketball Overbeys and 3Ls Matt Whitworth and easily 44-23 but showed their Achilles travaganza and kept up a constant stream champion Almeidas consist of Almeida. King Tower cleaned up the slop inside. heel--conditioning. The eventu al champs of smack from the sideline. Kearney, Williams, Mike Friedman. Though it was shocking to learn that ran up a big I€!ad and then ran out of gas, The Almeidas weren' t challenged in Rence Shotwell. Ray Obergon, and Ch uck 3L Ted Atkinson was not on the Rats. 'it allowing the Boaks to make it look re­ was somewhat less shocking after discov­ spectable. J Ls Justin G ill man, Daniel Are These four Sell" rear's Resollllions? ering that while he was hanging out with Sutherland and Shaun Rose played hard 1. Lose Weight & Tone Up the team the night before he had pulled a for the Boaks and tried to keep the game muscle getting out of a Lazy 80 at close against tough odds. The on ly seri­ 2. Make More .Time for Myself Foster' s house. The O verbeys had some ous injury of the tournament occurred in strong play from 2Ls Overbe, ,Tad Fisher, this game when [L Tim Hughes wrecked 3. Feel Less Stressed Dan Mclnerne and Jeff Whitlock, but his knee yet again. The prognosis is We Hare the Solution to four Resolutions! couldn' t hang with the Rats, especially surgery; Hughes stated gamely that he with atrocious shooting 2L Jon Mahan on would be back to win it al l next year. GO Student Semester Special $139 their side. TIM! Aerobics • Weights • Treadmill An intriguing first round matchup pit­ I~the second round the Gimps were Lifecycles • Sauna • Jacuzzi ted the Spllnked Monkeys (led by 2L Jeff led a merry chase by the Almeidas, who Marks) against the Gimps, a team formed led by 15 for most of the game, when they w b_ ex-teammate Lewis after the acrimo­ 11 Williamsburg Shopping Center let the Gimps close to within six points ( nious break up of the original Monkeys. YEARS 147 Monticello Ave. • 220-0556 Amazingly. both teams played without See TOURNAMENT on 17 Monday . February 6. 199:: THE A:--llCLS CLRl.\E 17 The \\ ron ~ R a ts team showt!d up and a 'mediatel: played ?!!.ain ·t a fresh G im ps guarding 11lt! \\ e would ha\ t!won by :20." TOURNAMENT from 16 .bad gam \\ as had by all. Defense"s at­ squad. Imagine th 'ir dt!sire to win when The real R ug Rats showed up in th before reid Iy blowing them away \\ ilh a tack and dt!ft!nse \\ t!re sparked b) the 100- they "-ne\\ that'ifthcy beat the Gimps in lie:..t game and quickly 'decimatt!d th 1--2 run. The Almeidas relied on the quick lOo-L Darren Rushing, who di-hed this -1-0 min.ute con! t!ll Y pia) ed again Gimps :'0-3 2. It loo!-..ed Ii' e the 7th u ual outside bomb attack from W illiams. to make eas) baskets for 3 Ls Bates. te\. against tht! Rug Rats immediatel) there­ grader against the .3rd grad r5 as the Ramsey. an Imeida. but they also Stlker. Bill - hulz and Alan Di:..on . atier. Th Mon key 'p

tures. once passed along to their As to dress. taste dictates . . wearing a Tweety Bird tie or a Sizzlin, because they have awe­ BIG BOY from 12 children, will alone dramatically Either a suit or a tu , edo is ac­ plaid sk irt , and when they open some coupon deals and you can one law school couple\' as en­ alter the gene pool of the human ceptable. and in recent years the the floor up and expose the pool show what a class act you are by gaged on that er night. Simi­ race and ad ance our e olution numberofmen in su its has nearly during the Charleston contest. carr ing her tray. Get ' em tiger! larl y, this w ill be the first formal t\ 0 or three thousand years). matched the number of men in you and our date can fall in a la . Mr. Smart Guy, on the other hand, attended by the newl engaged Because this ni ght has a way of tuxedos ( in one notable excep­ Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed! knows that paradise comes Steve Otero and Sam tecker working magic, attention to de­ tion to the standard practice a However. having a date who likes wrapped in a steam kissed torti­ (two people whose genetic struc- tai l is important. student of Scottish descent wore to shake her money maker means ll a and has somewhere in it 's a kilt to la t year's ball. garner­ that your inabilit to dance will name the word " bean." I'll be ing admirati on from some and not pre ent you from being making a run for the border that '- -I prompting others to sti gmatize dragged out onto th e floor dur­ ni ght! Wherever you go, re­ him\' ith the label" fruitJ -ass."). ing all three of the slow songs member that it' s no longer ap­ The tu xedo, ofcour se, shou ld the band will reluctantly pia propriate to order for your date. be basic black,'unle s ou' re the · over the course of the evening unless he or she is eligible to dean; then ou can ear th'at between versions of"YMCA." order from the children's menu bitchin' tuxedo that looks like On the other hand. by going or has only a very loose grasp of th e one Jamie Farr used to wear wi~outada~ , yo ucanhookup our bizarre language and cus- ' e er now and then on The Gong a lot easier playing thepity card toms. Show. Suits should be charcoal whenever someone asks you if I hope that this advice has gra or blue but not th at candy­ you are there with a date by re­ helped you, Dazed and Confused. ass powder blue-iIsuall favored plying. sloe-eyed. "Nobody loves The night of Barrister' s Ball is by Fred Lederer. If you go with me, and [don' t think I should be one fi ll ed with strange portent. a suit, wear a ti e with a little alone tonight ." Of course, rej ec­ All the ingredients are there to panache--nothing screams Laff tions of your cheesy come-ons make it a memorable evening: a Riot like one- of those Warner are harder to take when you're crescent moon hanging low over Bros. cartoon character ti es. standing there in a-rented tux­ the bright February sk , a tired Whatta part, maker! edo. band constantly churni ng out N ow that you' ve got the duds. If you take a date, nothing music you can't dance to, a never you re next concern is a date. It beats a tast meal before the ball ending buffet of miniature is the sincerely held religious at one of Williamsburg' s finer edibles, an open bar, a roving beliefofMr. Smart Guy that you dining establishments. But don 't group of drunken idiots, and the can have just as much fun with­ bu, the "Trellis/Le Yaca" party ever-watchful eye of the local out a date as you can with one. line! You can have just as nice a law enforcement authorities who Before you make the plunge and meal at other restaurants. 3L are gunning for you. Make it Take a study break! ask a cute little fillie to. the big Dave Pinkowitz prefers Western 'flappen! Viva Las Williamsburg! dance, considerthe pros and cons Call Domino's, relax and enjoy_ of date . no date. is simply too important to sacri­ For instance. the pros of FUND ME from 10 fice. It may be theoreti cally pos­ 2'29-8885 220-3770 taking a date are th.at you have tain solid support for higher edu­ sible for Virginia to cut funding someone to dance with and talk Serving William & Mal) erving Co lonial \Villiamsburg cation. Of course the people of for education and get better re­ to \. hen e ery one else rejects Virginia wanted more prisons, sults, but is this as sure as Allen I.------~------. Sub I Lunch I you out of hand because you' re too, and that is much of the rea­ suggests? Or e en likel at all? I Meal I Special I son why this debate is even oc~ If the Virginia General Assem­ EDITOR from 2 . curring, but we shouldn t be bly can't hold the ba~barians at 99 99 forced to choose between home­ the gate again next year, we might : $5 : $6 : work and hard labor. Education find out sooner than we think. I------~--I------_I [earning regardless of gender. Penn may practice a more com­ I GET A 12" SUB OF YOUR I A MEDIUM 1 TOPPING PIZZA I NEXT AMICUS: I CHOICE,' A BAG OF CH IPS AND I AND 2 COKES OR DI ET COKES ' I bative Socratic method th an at I A COKE OR DIET COKE I Offer va lid 11 a.m.-4 p.m. I M-W. MONDAY, FEB. 20

Law chool ma J well be the I II~ ~~~:;.::'~=~:;: 'lI ~f'~~~~: '~~;r~~~::: II origin ofthe term "whipping boy" STORY DEADLINE: ., _.... 1, ....'_ .. ClwrJn'cn . ___ la. II.. .. L'"fI1Xt ,.... I III .. ..h""III, IIwJn' ...... am'- ~ r.k.I . ~ : .t"" (" •..n I ~ • • ..l....(I . S (.Nr.tn' UGH( Of 1115 ~7 gender balance, it furthers the [NlOXJCAIC:D, ~ £L..5E. fffEJR. NltfURltu..y fJY TitW!J; fI}a/{ tItR ex -torrRlfjJp -fH6f<; CR. diversity ofthe faculty, he added, PeFE.N5I~ ~,A.U('l£5 IMXW pt(Y-1f( 1Ht/'I mE fAt( (tVt( ffR f/WfR dV.f./3 A LAWfrf!.llt, The two faculty positions fill TO UfiGI't'rC ~ OfrIfR .1D fJE/rnI.r one of the three stipulated hires in Krattenmaker's condition for accepting the dean' s position and replaces the faculty opening left by the resignation of the Hon, Margaret p, Spencer. Krattenmaker said there is the possibility of filling one more faculty position and the prob­ ability of bringing in two orthree visiting professors, These hires do not close the book on other applicants as the administration attempts to broaden the faculty as well as the curriculum, he added, Co-rec tough persons Sticks in the imagine that Dan could get anyone with you will suffer even worse than Dan did in MO' NEIL from 17 Cr~ase , another Arn,er creation, comes in talent to pia on another of h is teams, the last paragraph, If I don' t know what Men's C took control and effectively at #6. Arner believ~s new "bad girl" 3L Team Captains! Make me privy to the happened I make stuffup. You have been ' shut down their own man Reinhart by Carla Blake(d Alaska) wi-II lead the'Sticks 'p'rogress or laQi< thereof of your teams or warned, refusing to pass him 'the ball in the latter to the promised land, stages of the game. "There's just too The Joke makes their debut at #7. much at stake here to have some guy Team leader 2L Dan " the Quail" FILM DEVELOPING running around making baskets," said a McInerney promises fists of fury and visibl angry 3 L Jonathan Rotter "Damn !" boldly asserted, " anyone going into the at game's end. corner with me will not come out alive," Second set of prints Floor Hockey ,Predictions A bunch of soccer players makes #8 I know what you are all thinking--and Kenan 3 the weakest of the co-rec teams. you're right. The # I team has to be, and 3L Andy Ollis (of Men's C fame) leads is, 3L team G ross Misconduct for one this conglomeration offoot happy Brazil­ simple reason: they have nothing to lose worshipping Romario-Ioving slide-tack­ FREE by playing dirty. " We're lea ing after ling floor hockey wannabes, this semester anyway, and 'ifthey kick us The #9 G impettes are ,the sole proud ' out, at least we' ll have the pleasure of women's entry in floor hockey. Led by EVERY ,WEDNESDAY taking a few undergrads with us " 3L I Ls Monica ':the" Finch "who stole Christ­ Steve Arner said between gulps of mas" and Anne I just can't say" No, the Ask f or "Local Lab" and get Second Set Budweiser at II a.m. Friday morning. G impettes hope to be good, but if that Free along with Low Prices -- when At #2 are the Ice Monkeys led by 21-__ fails_ they hope to at least be interestiag. Steve King "Maker." The Mon keys boast (Author' s note - the nickname for Ms, No brought in on 'Wednesday. a powerful attack and a new goaltender in is purely a creation of I L Scott Boak, 2L Jeff "Groucho" Marks. Surely this author would never stoop so The Mighty Dorks are the #3 pre­ low as to make fun of someone), 24 expo Kodacolor $4.95 season team. Captained by 2L 'Jungle" Included purely for the sake of mak­ Jim Love, the Dorks believe they will be ing fun of them are the # lOCal-Gary WITH STUDENT LD. #1 by season's end. Isles coached by 1M Guru Joe Tighe "a 2L Jeff' fa la la la la, la la la" yellow ribbon." This bunch of old slow Lamontagne leads the Jim Love-less chubby guys probably won't score a goal Dogged by Love to a #4 ranking. The all season, Massey's Dogs are goon-heavy, and are just beg­ Ranked behind e eryone at #11 are ging for-a match against their former star. the helpless, hopeless Ha nsen Br others At #5 are the Flyin g B u rritos lvd by I L Dan " Chip" Pringle. The Camera Shop captained by 3 L Jonathon "golden arches" H a nsens are ranked this low on the weak­ 447 PRINCE GEORGE STREET McGrady, The Burritos are a veteran ness of Pringle's team's performance in WILLIAMSBURG, VA, • PHONE 229-'3181 team well-suited for those long"cold win­ football. After seeing the results of that ter nights ideal for floor hockey. team's fqray into the A league, I can't . londay, Februar 6, 1995 THE A~IIC (; S C UR L-\ E Chi'ef Justice Carrico belie e that the private att rnev could earn. In addition. Then there are the advantages. the first CARRICO from 1 vitality of the American syst m ofjustice the Canon of Judicial Conduct strictly of these being that ··there is no greater delay redu tion program he implemented depends on th e ll1?intenance of a quali- limit the in estrnent acti ities that may be challenge and no greater opportunity than in the mid- I 980s. t that time the court fied judi iar). For this reason. he says undertaken by judges. Judges cannot to serv' the law and work for the common had an enormous ba klog of cases. \.vith a judges, no matter how selected, must be pick and chao e cases that appeal to them; good'-' There is a degree of financial _ dela, of at lea t three years before a ca e hosen from a carididate pool based on instead, they must try the cases that their ecurit y associated with the job--judges' ould be de ided. ow, hov.. e er, cases merit, not politics. dockets demand. Also,judges often have salaries cannot be reduced during their are proce sed through the irginia Su­ He spoke cal!didl about the potential to make difficult decisions in child cus- time in office. In addition. judges are preme Court in one ) ear at most; the disad\oantagesofajudicial career. Judges' tody and other cases, where one of the accorded great prestige, trust and resp.ect. average case is decided \, ithin onl nine salaries are set by statute. and are gener- parties is bound to be hurt, regardless of Finally, the satisfaction that comes from months. all far less than a similarly qualified thejudge's rul ing. ser ingthepublic (which.headds,should ------~~----~~------~~----- be thegoalof every lawyer) is one of the most appealing as­ pects of a career on the bench. Chief Jus tice Carrico lists five qualifications fo r a good judge, the first fourofwhich are bor­ -- rowed from Socrates. First, a good judge should hear courte­ ously (i.e. snoozin g Lecture on the bench is a big no-no). because ev­ ery court hearing is important to some­ one. Second,ajudge attk", shou ld be wise. This wisdom should -b e gained by obser ing human nature. Third. a judge should per­ form his duties with sobriety . Humor may and often should creep into proceed­ ings, but the judge should never act like a clown, for fear of losing respect and belittling th e con­ cerns of litigants. Fourth and most im- •••• Marshall Wythe . portant is the quality of impartiality. A j udge must be hon­ est, free from preju­ d ice, and never hesitate to do what is Law right, no matter how School unpopu lar the conse­ quences. To th ese ROOM: 119 . four qualities, Chi ef Sunday, Feb. 26th 1 Oam - 3:30pm Justice Carrico adsts OR tha t of hu m ility. J udges m ust be Wednesday, March 1 st aware of the inherent d ifficulties ' of one 4pm 6pm ROOM 120: 6pm - 9:.30pm ROOM: 119 person sitting in judgment over oth- . BAR/BRl students may attend either lectu re ers. Power trips are a and receive MPRE ou tline and testing materials bad thing. AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Thus, given the MPRE Information advantages and dis­ To attend, you must register with your BAR/ BRl Rep advantages of a ca­ MPRE Registration Deadline: or send in your registration card to the BAR/ BRl office. reer on the bench, FebTIlary l Oth Ch iefJu stice Carrico For those not yet enrolled with BAR/ BRl, does what m ost MPRE Exam pate: a $75 deposit locks in your bar review tuition and entitles you to attend the lectures. judges are apt to do­ March lOth he perfonT)s a balanc­ BAR/BRI. 1150 18th. St. N.W. Wash., D.C. (202) 833-3080 ing test. Do the ben­ ..C::- 1995 BAR/ BRI efits outweigh the costs') Chief Just ice Carrico's answer is "unhesitatingly and emphatically yes!"

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