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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Archive at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Alledger by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME XV, NUMBER 8 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL APRIL 13, 1995 Changing of guard at LSA Cast yotir vote Thursday & Friday

elcome to the Election Issue of The Alledger - the last Alledger until the 1995-96 academic year. Voting for Law Student Association positions CoMMENT will be held next week in the snack bar. The positions that will be voted on are LSAPresident, Vice-President, •Jan Treasurer, Secretary and 2L and 3L Representatives. AlllLs and Hasselman 2Ls are encouraged to vote. Please read the candidates' personal ( statements that appear in these pages in order to make your decision criticizes as informed as possible. Republican environmental Candidates' personal statements: policy. •Dave Feldman's farewell. -PAGE2

FROLIC & BANTER • Anthony DePaolo leaves us his best Candidate lor President Candidate lor President Candidate lor Vice-President Top 1O's. Katherine Juliet Anty • Larry Dobrow goes down Fairbanks Kalib Lantberski I did not realize, when I agreed to be one When I was in the fifth grade, my good I am a 2L who has been actively in flames. of the LSA social coordinators this year, friend, Shelly Altman, ran for class presi­ involved with the LSA since arriving at what I was getting into. I envisioned myself dent on the platform that if elected she BC Law. In my first year, I served on the -PAGE4 planning a few parties, putting up Hallow­ would put chocolate milk in all the drink­ Social Committee, heading up the Deco­ een decorations, and posting signs for study ing fountains. While I can't promise such rations Committee for the infamous Hal­ breaks. Soon, however, I discovered that I lofty things (beer in the drinking foun­ loween Bash. This year, as a 2L represen­ BCLS SPORTS had become an "LSA Executive Board tains?) I can promise if elected I will do my tative, I help plan and staff the bar re­ Member" - that I was expected to attend best to implement the ·concerns of BC views and .other social functions. I also • Hockey team weekly meetings, vote on how to allocate Law. Currently I am an LSA 2L represen­ coordinated the Valentine's Day Carna­ LSA's budget, address concerns from both tative. I would like to become your presi­ tion Sale which not only raised spirits thanks the administration and students, serve on dent in order to take an even more active around school, but also raised close to committees which needed student repre­ role in the LSA next year. $200 for the Pine Street Inn Homeless supporters. sentation, hold office hours, and generally As president I promise to be a voice of Shelter. In short, I am an active, energetic be available to help incoming and transfer the BCLS student body. During this past member of the LSA who would very • David students adjust to life at BCLS. I have · year I am pleased to say that many students much like to serve as your Vice President thoroughly enjoyed this experience. have felt comfortable approaching me to next year. I believe the position of Vice Charapp reports Through my role in LSA, I know that I am discuss their views and concerns regard­ President should be entrusted to someone helping to perpetuate the good traditions at ing activities at BCLS. These concerns who has shown a commitment to the LSA on NCAA B.C. law school and also helping to intro­ range from parking problems to sugges­ and to the student body generally. The duce new policies and perspectives. Be­ tions regarding diversity month at LSA Vice President must be approachable, tourney. cause it is such a rewarding experience, I meetings. I have consistently raised such sensitive to the concerns of her fellow have been willing to devote tremendous student concerns and facilitated meaning­ students, and knowledgeable regarding -PAGE7 energy this year to LSA activities and du­ ful discussions in order to work towards the workings of the BC bureaucrapy. Fur­ ties. As President, I would continue to de­ amenable resolutions. ther, she should be someone who contrib­ vote that same level of energy, but I would My work on the LSA Board has given utes to the collegial and supportive atmo­ ALSO also hope· to involve more of the BCLS me the opportunity to serve on various sphere for which BC Law has become community in LSA by working with other committees, as well as to work closely famous. If you know me, you know these LSA Elections · student groups to plan and fund events and with the students, faculty and administra­ are qualities I possess. If you don't know by ensuring that the LSAcommittees, which tion here at BCLS. I will bring my knowl­ me, ask around. I am confident that the -PAGE1,5&6 have not been effectively utilized in the edge and understanding of the BCLS com­ answers you receive will convince you to past, will be involved in working with the munity to my presidency to best serve the vote "Amy Lamberski" for the position administration. interest of all students. · of LSA Vice President. Page 2 • THE ALLEDGER • April13, 1995

Newt's regime threatens resources By Jan Hasselman able to value in dollars our childrens' Regulatory Moratorium: lL Contributor health, an endangered species, or air and (HR450, S219) The EPA has calculated water which doesn't give us cancer. How­ Soon after convening the 1 04th Twenty five years ago this month, that .each I.Q. point lost ever, this is exactly what the legislation Col!_gess, the House of Representatives America witnessed the celebration of the demands. For example, the EPA has cal­ passed HR450, which forbade federal original "Earth Day." This event was a as a result of lead culated that each I.Q. point lost as a result agencies and the executive branch from result of an increasing awareness of in­ poisoning in a child costs of lead poisoning in a child costs society issuing regulations on most subjects. The dustrial society's devastating impact on about $4,500 (the EPA generously throws bill was retroactive, and would wipe from health and habitats . A grassroots citizen society about $4,500. in an additional sum once the I.Q. drops the books all regulations proposed after movement successfully demanded that the Under the proposed below 70). Under the proposed scheme, if Nov. 20, 1994. House leaders ope1;1ly de­ federal government begin imposing re­ it is still economically beneficial for an clared that the bill was designed in part to strictions on the activities of pollu_ters, scheme, if it is still industrial plant to dump lead-filled toxins arrest all government activity under cer­ developers, and resource extraction in­ into a municipal water supply, they would tain laws until Congress had an opportu­ dustries. In the wake of that first Earth economically beneficial be free to do it. Similarly, resource extrac­ nity to rewrite or eliminate those laws Day, the U.S. Congress passed the Endan­ for an industrial plant tion industries would be allowed to de­ later in the term. Among the listed targets gered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, the stroy wilderness areas wherever the value were the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and more than two dozen to dump lead-filled toxins of the sought after product - oil, gold, Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the other major legislative initiatives. These into a municipal water timber - was greater than some'one's Occupational Health and Safety Act, and laws laid the foundation of a reasonably monetary valuation of that land remaining the. Community Reinvestment Act. Fu­ effective legal structure designed to safe­ supply, they would be as wilderness. Such an accounting defies ture regulations would be subject to com­ guard consumer health, worker safety and common sense. plex regulatory assessments, which would the environment. free to do it. The inherent bias of this system is that require 1 ,000 new employees (at a cost of As the 25th anniversary of the original costs of regulations· on companies - $220 million) at the EPA alone. earth day approaches, however, these laws sional reforms, this proposal sounds dis­ smokestack filters, taxies regulation, wil­ This mindless disruption of integral face a greater threat than at any time since armingly reasonable. Govemmeot agen­ derness protection - are easily quantifi­ government processes raises serious con­ they were written. Newt Gingrich and his cies cannot propose regulations which able. The benefits, however, which are stitutional concerns. The executive branch, army of angry young dittoheads are vigor­ "cost" more to the regulated entity than usually shared by all of society, are not. under this bill, cannot perform its mandate ously pursuing a legislative agenda that will they supposedly "benefit" society as a Accountants, not biologists, communities, of carrying out what the legislature has completely undemune this strUcture of pro­ whole. However, this sensible sounding or parents, will make the final determina­ passed. The government would suddenly tection. Unlike other elements of the "Con­ facade masks serious impediments to the tion of what something is worth, even be completely unable to proceed with any tract for America," this effort is not fueled government's ability to act. - whc;re, like our health, it is not for sale. of its ongoing health, safety or environ­ by voter demand for legislative reform; the First, the calculation ·of costs and ben­ Finally, even after this sordid process has mental protection initiatives. Although the substantial majority of people in thi"s coun­ efits often relies on procedures of great been completed, "peer review" panels of proposal exempts emergency regulations try believe environmental protection laws complexity, in some cases on techniques industry representatives would have an ofthose which deal with "imminent" health to be either satisfactory or too weak as they which do not yet exist. The system of opportunity tQ veto government proposals threats, no one understands what govern­ are. Rather, this movement is financed and financial calculations would add twenty­ they don't like and send them back to the ment duties will be hampered. The natural driven by the corporations and industries three convoluted steps to the federal pu­ agency. Continued on page 6 who are most affected by this type of legis­ reaucratic process-, and would entail costs lation. Not surprisingly, the langUage of so substantial as to dissuade many needed these "reform" bills does not suggest that regulations from ever being proposed. An they are designed to limit or eradicate health, expanded power of judicial review would A the Alledger: the power to sue The safety and environmental controls on indus­ give corporations try activity. Instead, they are swaddled in an government - and tie up the proposal in appealing rhetoric ofbureaucratic efficiency court for years - over any portion of the and fairness to property owners. The in­ complex process before it is even pub­ worthy tradition tended effects on the government's ability lished. Federal agencies are already com­ to safeguard fundamental values, however, peting for scarce budget dollars; adding By David Feldman •As an undergrad, I liked the way in are profound. this onerous burden would force them to Editor-in-Chief which certain columnists for The Michi­ curtail activities of much greater impor­ gan Daily became pseudo-celebrities Cost-Benefit/Risk Assessment: tance. Writing one's farewell column for a on campus. I don't know if it's because (HR 9,1022,926; S343) Second, and perhaps more importantly, newspaper is kind of like making an ac­ I thought law school would be an unbe­ A cost-benefit bill easily passed the this system assumes that intangible quali­ ceptance speech at the Academy Awards lievably austere place or what, but I house and is currently awaiting attention ties can be fixed with precise monetary ---' no matter how hard you try to prevent figured that any newspaper in law in the Senate. Like most of the congres- values. Few among us would be willing or it, you're almost irresistibly drawn to cli­ school, if there even was one, would che. Newspaper staffers don't even get. a lack that aspect. Larry Dobrow and gold statue. So, instead of a "farewell Anthony DeP~olo, however, have im­ column," I think I'll just talk about some bued The Alledger with' a personality of my reflections regarding The Alledger. that I don't think many law school pub­ Caution: "Reflections" columns are often lications are lucky enough to have. As a Boston College Law School indistinguishaJ?le from "farewell" col­ reader, I truly enjoyed their columns. 885 Centre Street • Newton, MA 02159 • (617) 552-4339 umns. As editor-in-chief, I always enjoyed •The Alledger is one BCLS tradition hearing other students laughing or talk­ The Alledger is produced by the students of Boston College Law School. Views presented herein represent those of the author and do not necessarily express the opinions of The Alledger staff. Boston that I sincerely hope lives on throughout ing about the latest Dobrow and/or College, or Boston College Law School. Submissions from our readers are welcome, provided they future generations. The paper began in DePaolo column. Thanks. include the name and telephone number of the author. The Alledger reserves the right to edit, adapt, revise and check all submissions to have them conform with the standards and style of The Alledger. 1979 and has been the only publication •1 L Sports Editor Brian E. Falvey has © 1994, The Boston College Law School Alledger run entirely by BCLS students ever since. - been tabbed to take over as editor-in-chief STAFF The humorous slant to much of The of The Alledger. The enthusiasm and de­ Editor-in-Chief ...... -...... Brian Falvey Alledger's copy doesn't detract from its pendability that he showed this year (as a Executive Editor ...... Larry Dobrow importance as a forum for expression. I L!) make me confident that The Alledger Managing Editor ...... Kristen Corbellini Where else can a BCLS student commu- will continue to be a fun-to-read source of News Editor ...... :...... : ...... Sean Kennedy nicate something unconventional to the humor, opinion and information for the Features Editor ...... Stephanie Munro entire student bOdy? - BCLS community. Sports Editor ...... :...... Brian Falvey •Did you know that "Alledger" is not a Did you catch that cliche? A "fun-to- Associate Editors ...... Gary Kaisen, Dave Kalikhman, Alexis Shapiro word found in any English dictionary? read source of humor, opinion and infor­ Cartoonist ...... Jylene Livengood, David London That's because it is actually a combina- mationfortheBCLScommunity"??Give me a break. The Alledger, I think has a . STAFF WRITERS tion of two words: "allege" and "ledger." about it that David Charapp • Anthony DePaolo • Jere Halligan The student founder of t\le paper was certain, indescribable quality Geoff Howell • Andrea Berkman inspired to give The Alledger its name makes it impossible to adequately fit into when classmates would ask of his then any phrase. It's kind oflike ... Oh, never CONTRIBUTORS mostly conceptual publication, "When do mind. -. - ...... Jan H.asselman_• .David Feldman we get to see your alleged newspaper?". Farewell. Aprill3, 1995 • THE ALLEDGER • Page 3

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Back to present: ''Dear Readership'': Top lO's &·farewells The Dobrow letters By Anthony DePaolo 3L StaffWriter Writer reveals fmal truths Oh, the joy! Oh, the sadness! Oh, the indebtedness! That's right, folks: this is the By Larry Dobrow last bit of nonsense I will ever put unto the Boston College Law School's 26th ranked 3L Executive Editor community, for I will be graduating in May (once the collective "Hurray" has been let out, you may continue reading). I've been thinking a lot. about what to write in my Letters Never Sent, end of law school edition. farewell piece, and I've come up with one recurring theme: I can't decide on a recurring theme. Therefore, I'll do as I did in the first column I ever wrote for The Alledger and Dear Mom and Dad: You know all those stories I've been telling you about use the Letterman Top Ten motif. my adventures over the past three years? Running guns for the Bolshoi in Asia? That lost weekend with Tito Puentes and my subsequent drying out at Betty Ford? Top Ten Alternative Pronunciations for the Name How I was put out to stud down in Boca as an escort for elderly widows? of the Guy Who Runs the Office of Student Records Well, they're all lies. Lies, I say! Well, not the escort part- I provided those ladies with a valuable service, and I'd do it again if that nice Stein lady is still 10) Ken Quiz-wick (for children under the age of five) available. No, for the last three years I've been whoring myself in law school. I'm 9) The Krizerator! Kriz-Kringle! Krizzle-lean! (for the photocopy guy from . going to be an attorney, and wear suits, and make lots of coin. I realize that this is "Saturday Night Live") every Jewish mother's nightmare. Hope you can forgive me, Your Son. 8) &*# #*@$-!*#% (for guys whose last name ends in a "Dobrow") 7) Oh Rex of Student Records! (for anyone who discovered during the last. week Dean Lutch: You know, I've never really forgiven you for making ILPR my of class that they're 1 credit short of graduation) lowest grade in law school. But I probably would have left you alone were it not 6) The Polish-American Dude Who Runs the Law School (for visiting profes­ for your whiny response to our precipitous dip in the U.S. News rankings. A more sors who try to give a take home final exam) appropriate memorandum might have read as follows: "Dear BCLS community: 5) Ken Kliz-wick (for vi.siting Japanese law students who are learning English as You don't like the fact that we're number 26? Boo-fucking-boo. You knew what a second language) you were getting - free beer, smiley faces, and inflated grades - when you 4) K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-Ken (for anybody who is a big fan of the movie "A Fish applied. Had you planned on leaving law school with an education or a job, you Called Wanda") could have gone elsewhere. Now, 'scuse me while I kiss the sky." Just trying to 3) Aviam Soifer (for anyone with an idea of who really holds the power at Boston help, L. Dobrow. College Law School) 2) Kenny G (because it'll cost you thousands of dollars to drop a class late in the To all students: I posit thee thusly: has there ever been one occasion where any semester, although there's a rumor that he kicks ass on the contra-bassoon) one of you has been unable to find a single spot anywhere on the Newton campus 1) Katherine Hepburn (it's a stretch, but they do wear the same kind of glasses) -not merely a primo spot behind the school, but any spot whatsoever- in which to park your car? I didn't think so. Stop bitching and start walking, Lawrence. Top Ten Reasons Why a Beer is Better than a Law School To Ms. Bethany Celmins, managing editor, Playgirl magazine: Here is the I 0) The negative after-effects of a beer only lasts a few hours, not ten years. information you might need in order to flesh out my upcoming pictorial in your 9) When you finish a beer, you don' t have to obtain a high-paying job to pay publication. My turn-ons include red-headed women, and listening to Bruce for the beer. Springsteen while mating with red-headed women. My turn-offs include world 8) It's more fun to go through a case of beer than case law. peace, brussel sprouts, and infectious diseases. 7) When a professor gives one section of a class the same beer he gave last year, no My dream date would consist of some combination of a batting cage, a medium­ one has a coronary. well New York Sirloin, and Janine Turner. As for my future plans, I hope that this 6) Even if you're not among the top I 0% of beer drinkers in your class, you still layout will propel me to a career in movies with titles like "Bikini Summer VID: might get a job. . When the Rains Came." Incidentally, please consider using the picture with the 5) There's no perceived dishonor in being the 26th ranked beer in the country. boot spurs and lasso- I like to think of it as my Clint Eastwood homage. Lustily 4) You don't have to deal with Ken Krzewick to drink a beer. · yours, Senor D. 3) Beer exams are always take home. 2) A case of beer costs- and weighs- less than a case book. Dear Ken 11 Bootsy 11 Krzewick: We've been through a lot together. Remember · 1) Hops and Barley, not Fox and Farley. that Spring Break down in Monte go Bay? Boy, that was a case of the shingles I don't think either of us are ever going to forget! And that night with the pickup truck at Top Ten Words and Phrases I'll be Using in my Post-Graduation Employment the high school dance .. .I still don't know how you do that thing with your tongue. A lot of people wonder why I consider you the biggest jerk in the law school 10) "Would you like fries with that, maam?" community. It has nothing to do with your competence as a registrar (though that 9) "Paper or plastic?" · misspelling of my name on the graduation list seemed a tad suspicious). My point 8) "Thank you for shopping at K-Mart." is that if you persist in treating everyone who ventures near the sacrosanct refuge 7) "Straight up or on the rocks?" of Student Records with rudeness and disdain, you damn well better expect to 6) "Taxi- follow that ambulance!!" receive the same treatment back in return. 5) "Hot dogs! Getcha red ho~s heah!" Anyway, I guess I should thank you for being such ari easy target. I wish nothing 4) "Our specials tonight include cream of broccoli soup and chicken mars ala." more to future generations of Alledger scribes than a boorish stooge like yourself 3) "Spare change?" to kick ar?und. Fondly, Larry. 2) "Sure, Mom. I'll cut the lawn and do the dishes today." 1) "American Airlines? I'd like a one-way ticket to Buenos Aires." ***

Boy, that was fun. . As for a final goodbye to my adoring readership, well, here it goes: Good~ye, Before I ride off into the journalistic sunset, I'd like to mention a few more things. everybody. To quote the great W. Kenneth Hunt, "Come June, I'm a memory." First, to appease the fellow members of the most inept intramural basketball team in the Which is not to say that I consider my time spent here a waste. If anything, I'm history of BCLS, I'd like to thank the members of Hello Kitty- Pete; Pete, Dan, Doug, eternally grateful to Boston College Law School for allowing me to cloak three and Basketball Jones- for letting me participate in a fine, if winless, season. It's too bad· extra years of college under the guise of doing something productive. I will we didn't get to play the Ivory Palace later in the season. I'd also like to thank Editor­ remember my law school years and my classmates largely with fondness. Further­ Boy Dave Feldman. In case anyone was wondering, he's run The Alledger- and done more, I promise to donate a large enough wad of cash to ensure that Keith Ryan's the bulk ofthe work cranking it out every few weeks- for the last two years. If it wasn't cafeteria chair is bronzed, or at least structurally reinforced. for him, my articles would be longer and funnier and much more offensive. He's been I hope these crackpot columns elicited the occasional giggle, and I hope that any removed from my will. In addition, I'd like to thank all my friends at BCLS for making .people I might have offended remain suspended in a fit of pique until they die a law school a relatively enjoyable experience. If you're lucky, you might get invited to horrible, lonely death. All I ask for in return are the appropriate gestures of my impending nuptials. Maybe. Lastly, I'd like to thank anybody who has read my supplication from The Lunch Table- my beloved fellow miscreants- after I win articles over the last few years and had some positive reactions to them. I hope the rashes the Pulitzer. go away. And on that note, I'll end with something I've always wanted to say in print: Sayonara, kids. Have a nice life, and an even nicer day. "La noche de Ia iguana!!!" Adios, amigos! Donde esta e1 banjo?! Aprill3, 1995 • THE ALLEDGER • Page 5

tion. My experience at BC Law has been great and I would like to help make our final year of law school a memo­ rable one. Over the past two years I've come to know a great number of you. I am confi­ dent that I will be a good person to bring your views to the attention of the admin­ istration and the LSA. I would also wel­ come any suggestions you may have for graduation festivities, senior week, and especially bar review.

Candidate lor Treasurer Dan

Hampton role as treasurer will be my first priority. good organizational and record-keeping As treasurer, I ~ill plan the budget skills. I_can assure you that I am well­ My name is Dan Hampton and I am with an eye towards investing in BCLS qualified for the job. This year I shared the running for Treasurer on next year's LSA through programs that are typically un­ position of social chairperson with Board. I have served both as a 1L and 2L der-funded. For example, I'll put aside Katherine Fairbanks. Together we planned Representative and hope to continue my money for nationally recognized speakers the LSA social events such as the Bar involvement with LSA. My best qualifi­ and provide money for PILF to grow. My Reviews, Halloween Party and Semi-for­ cation for Treasurer is that I keep track of overall goals are to improve BCLS in the mal. Through my work I had the opportu­ Candidate lor 3L Rep my home finances at a level of detail that eyes of the internal and external commu­ nity to meet many students, faculty and drives my wife, Lisa, to distraction. nities and work to make the administra­ B.C. employees. I've enjoyed my involve­ I believe that the environment at BC is tion not just care about the students, but be ment with the LSA, and I want to continue To In something special, _and that the LSA is more responsible to their concerns. in helping the group to run smoothly. partly responsible for that. Both by pro­ Burton viding services to the student body and by interacting with the administration on be­ Next year I wish to build upon two half of the students, the LSA plays an. years of active representation of our law important role in this community. As Trea­ school community by serving as one of surer, I would remain involved in non­ the LSA's 3L representatives. I believe financial matters in addition to managing my two years of LSA experience, as trea- LSA's substantial budget. - surer this year and as a lL representative I encourage you to become personally first year, prepared me well to represent involved with the LSA; I also ask that you our class next year. vote for me for Treasurer. Thank you. A primary job of the 3L representative is to plan the activities surrounding our graduation, As treasurer this year, I had the opportunity to work with the third year representatives as they planned gradua­ tion events for May. The opportunity gave me a realistic idea of the effort and time­ Candidate lor Secretary Candidate lor 3L Rep table needed to effectively plan for our graduation. I feel a real affinity to our community. Leslie Kerry For me, the law school experience is not complete without contributing to fellow students. Next year I wish to further con­ TophaiD Doherty tribute by representing our class and our community as a who~e . I am running for the position of LSA My name is Kerry Doherty and I am Secretary. This position basically requires running for a 3L Representative posi- • 2L Rep photos on page 6. Candidate Jor Treasurer Ben Sherwin

My name is Ben Sherwin and I am running for treasurer of the LSA. I'm a 1L and have served as class representative. I've been very active within the LSA planning a 1L charity football game which raised $500 forD VO P, drafting t~e LSA' s policy on co-sponsorship with student groups, and helping organize the new touch football league, among other things. Since it doesn't look like I'll be making Law Review (except to sing and dance), my Mike Jacobson doesn't have much to say about LSA elections. Pa_ge 6 • THE ALLEDGER • April 13, 1995

Candidate lor 2L Rep Candidate lor 2L Rep Earil $10/hr. Gil Darek Cabrera· Defreece Join the Intelli~ team. Earn Hundreds Proposals appealing on face, or even a FREE Bar harmful if put in effect Continued from page 2 and industries who have given us a nation Review course, while effort to rescue the Atlantic fisheries is of poisoned lakes and stump fields in the just one example of a government effort first place. The "wise use" and property that will grind to a halt under this plan. rights movements purport to represent you eat lunch and talk grassroots interests, but are financed and Property Rights and controlled by corporations and groups such to your friends. "Takings" Compensation: as General Electric, Exxon, the Chemical (HR 9, 489,490, 925; Sl35, 145) Manufacturers Association, the Western Probably the most insidious of all the Mining Council and Phillip Morris. These II II- ·II II II Congressional reforms is the demand for organizations helped bankroll the Repub­ heightened "rights" for private property lican victory in November. Consequently, owners. Under this proposal, any govern­ they have been given a position of power ment regulation that decreased the value unparalleled in American legislative his­ The IntelU~ Bar Review of the land by a certain small percentage tory. Industry lawyers are busily rewrit­ course sells itself with features would require tpat the regulating agency ing the Endangered Species Act, the Clean compensate the property owner for that Water Act, and other profoundly impor­ like: lntelliN~, lost vahie. The fight to extract the maxi­ tant laws. Industry representatives meet mum conceivable profits from one's land daily with congressional leaders to craft lntelli~ Lectures, The would become a legal absolute, regardless legislation that will favor the maximiza­ of any effects of that activity on others. In tion of profits with minimal government - InteD~ Petsonal effect, the federal government would lit­ or public interference. Ultimately, it will erally have to pay landowners to comply be the average taxpayer who is hurt the software, a 100% Pass with the law. Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana worst. Either we will be forced to devote Democrat who is co-sponsoring this legis­ a fantastic portion of our resources to the _,______uble Money Back lation (and proving unequivocally that most basic environmental, health and idiocy is bipartisan) gleefully exulted that safety protections, or we will not have tprices (NJ the government would be bankrupted if it those protections at all. tried to enforce many laws. As a result of 9,NY­ the government's inability to pay there­ A Call to Action: quired billions of dollars, most environ­ Cloaked in its agreeable rhetoric, this the mental, safety and health protection laws legislation is designed to pass Congress would languish uninforced or be simply before anyone really realizes the likely removed from the books. effects. National consumer and environ­ A rule which restricts air emissions in mental groups, however, are attempting to a low income neighborhood; a regulation raise the alarm and increase awareness of that protects workers at a chemical plant what this is really about. This legislation by requiring certain safety equipment; a will live or die in the Senate, and it is here required procedure for the testing of food that pressure must be exerted. While for dangerous bacteria; zoning restrictions Kennedy and Kerry already oppose this on the siting of toxic facilities. All of these legislation, residents from other states are examples of the kind of activity gov­ should contact their senators. ernmen~ could no longer reas

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7 7 THE THE Page Page • • ALLEDGER ALLEDGER • • 1995 1995 Aprill3, Aprill3, Page 8 • THE ALLEDGER • April 13, 1995 Harvard BSLA to host Jesse Jackson

PREss RELEASE, HAR.v ARD LAw ScHOOL versity faculty members, such as Judge S~nate; Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney (DC); bridge, MA and at the World Trade Cen­ BLACK STUDENTS AssociATION- The Black A. Leon Higginbotham, Prof. Phillip Judge Kym Worthy, Detroit, MI; Gloria ter, Boston, MA. The registration fee is Law Students Association of Harvard Law Heymann, Dr. Robert Peterkin, Prof. Fox, Mass. State Rep. (Roxbury, $55/students and $1 00/general. There is a School will host its 12th Annual Spring Abbe Smith and Prof. Charles Ogletree. Dorchester); Dr. Lois Harrison Jones, $10 discount for those who pre-register by Career/ Alumni Confer­ The three-day Confer­ Superintendent of Mass. Public Schools; April 7, 1995. The registrati_on fee entitles ence from April 20-22, ence is co-chaired by Debbie Allen, Director/Actress/Enter­ all Conference participants to a one-year 1995. This year's Confer­ Honored Carol Crossdale '95, tainer; Sister Souljah, Rap Artist/ Activist/ complimentary subscription to Black En­ ence is entitled "Making Kikalomo Olosunde '95, Author or. No Disrespect; and Speech, terprise magazine, in addition to all Con­ the System Work: Urban guest speakers and Antoinette Sequeira Rap Artist from group "Arrested Devel­ ference activities. Violence and Legal Solu­ include Rev. '95. Friday's Legal Semi­ opment." The official travel agency for the Con­ tions." As in past ~ears, nar, led by Phillip In addition, Harvard BLSA will honor ference is Sutton Travel, which offer dis­ we anticipate over 300 Jesse Jackson, Heymann of Harvard Law three alumni for their outstanding achieve­ counts to Conference participants. Tore­ participants. The Confer­ President School, is entitled "Prac­ ments during the Alumni Awards Lun­ ceive a discount on your travel arrange­ ence will include re­ tical Solutions to Urban cheon on Saturday. The three honorees ments, call Maria Mayenberger at (212) nowned speakers, a Legal and Founder, Violence." This Seminar are: Charles Ogletree '79, Deborah Wright 759-1770 (Monday-Friday) and inform herthat you will be attending the Harvard Seminar and Panel Dis- National Rainbow will provide a forum for '84, Earl Martin Phalen '93 and Andrew cussions led by Harvard all those concerned about Carter '94. BLSA Spring Conference. The official professors, a Law Firm Coalition; Rev. the devastating effects of Tickets may be purchased in advance hotel of the Conference is the Sheraton Employer Fair (resumes urban violence to formu­ by contacting SelethaButler at (617) 628- Commander in Cambridge, MA. For hotel are wcrlcome ), an alumni Calvin Butts, late practical solutions. 1530, or at the door. The Conference will reservations, call the Sheraton at (617) A wards Luncheon, Cock­ Pastor, Abyssinian On Saturday, there will be held. at Harvard Law School, Cam- 547-4800. tail Receptions, a Closing be three panel discussions Banquet and Party, a The­ Baptist Church, which will be moderated atrical Performance· of by Harvard professors and The ''madness'' may be over, "For Colored Girls ...",as New York; and will feature legal schol­ well as an evening of Live The Hon. Glenda ars, educators, commu­ but the talk will never end Entertainment, featuring nity activists, journalists, Miki Howard. Hatchett Johnson, and entertainers. The pan­ Continued from page 7 . bad press that it gets. And it didn't deserve Honored guest Chief Presiding els are entitled: "Crimi­ in their hands at the start of the game to send the same number of teams to the speakers include Rev. nal Justice Career Paths against Arkansas. Instead, Tournament big dance that the ACC did. Jesse Jackson, President Judge, Fulton and Perspectives," "Pub­ MVP Ed O'Bannon, Toby Bailey, • The Big Ten is even worse, except and Founder, _National County Juvenile lic Schools, Private Inter­ Cameron Dollar, and George Zidek put on they got to send 6 teams for some reason. Rainbow Coalition; Rev. ests: The Conflict Be­ an unbelievable show • CBS did not do a Calvin Butts, Pastor, Court, Georgia. tween Individual Rights against the defending Na­ very good job. I couldn't Abyssinian Baptist and Public Safety," and tional Champion Razor­ Toby Bailey is believe that they missed Church, New York; and "Combating the Promo­ backs. 0 'Bannon was sim­ the end of the UCLA/ The Hon. Glenda Hatchett Johnson, tion of Misogyny and Degradation of ply amazing as he poured going to be Missouri game when it Chief Presiding Judge, Fulton County Women in the Entertainment World." in 30 points and grabbed awesome!!! was happening. Juvenile Court, Georgia. Also partici­ Panelists include, among others, Senator an incredible 17 rebounds. • Dick Vitale should pating are distinguished Harvard Uni- Diane Wilkerson, Massachusetts State Super Freshman Toby This kid doesn't have been able to cross Bailey shook off a sub-par the lines and broadcast performance against Okla­ make a bad some games. , homa State and put up 26 decision. • College athletes points and 9 boards. Dol­ should be paid a little. la,r was supyrb in replac- It's somewhat sickening ing Edney. The undaunted that the NCAA, the Sophomore dished out 8 assists and only schools, and the networks make so much turned the ball over 3 times against the money out of these kids. They're not even Razorba.cks' now-famous 40 minutes of allowed to get jobs during the season. And WE'RE NOT THE BEST hell defense. And the big Czech, George it would do wonders in keeping players in Zidek, not only scored 14 points and school for the full 4 years. BECAUSE WE'RE THE grabbed 6 rebounds, but he held Corliss • Rasheed Wallace is overrated. If I Williamson to only 12 points on an abys­ were a pro scout, I would avoid drafting mal 3 of 16 from the floor. him like the plague. Never have I seen What's even more amazing than the such a head case in my entire life. Maybe individual performances was the fact that if he's lucky, heill be on a team with the Bruins played their typical frenetic­ Derrick Coleman, Latrell Sprewell, Chris paced style of basketball with only 6 play­ Webber, and any other of the crybabies in ers. 6 players!!! It should not have been the NBA. physically possible that 6 players could • Big Country is for real. run up and down the court UCLA style • Maybe Lou Roe isn't. and still win the National Championship. • Joe Smith will be the best player in But somehow, with the legendary John the NBA when Jordan re-retires. WE'RE THE BIGGEST Wooden looking on, the 1994-95 UCLA And Tim Duncan will be right behind Bruins ran and ran and ran their way to the him. National Championship. March Madness is the best time of the BECAUSE WE'RE THE year and I can't wait until the next one Some final comments: rolls around. Thank-you college basket­ • I have to give credit where credit is ball for another superb year!!!! due to a few people whom I now respect and like much more than I did at the start of the tournament: Nolan Richardson, Ed O'Bannon, and Tyus Edney. Hockey fans • Toby Bailey is going to be awe- . some!!! This kid doesn't make a bad deci­ appreciated sion. And his passing is superb. If he develops a jumper, look out! Continued from page 7 • Tyus Edney is the next B.J. and the BUSL hockey teams want to ex­ Armstrong. tend their gratitude to all members of the BAR REVIEW • Jim Boeheim is the worst coach in the BCLS community - students, faculty country. And I've been saying that for 10 and staff - that attended the game, or -- years. Finally, I have proof to point to. I made a contribution to the scholarship guarantee he did not tell anyone that they fund. Overall, the game was a success, had no time-outs left, especially not raising in excess of $500, which was most Lawrence Moten. appreciated by the family and friends of • The Big East, for now, deserves any . Reggie Stewart.