Feminist, Sen. Harris Set for SBA Series
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(Bcorgctottm law Weeklu Vol. V I, No. 12 Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. January 19,1972 Dean's Safe Feminist, Sen. Harris Hit In H ecess Set For SBA Series Heist: Bail Fund Taken Marna Tucker Of Women’s Cavcus By TIM HART Here on Monday A thief, or thieves, entered Ms. Marna S. Tucker, Com- Dean Adrian Fisher’s office mitteewoman for the Women’s sometime late last month and Political Caucus and a 1965 stole $2,500 in cash located in GULC graduate, is appearing at a safe in the fourth-floor office the Law Center next Monday, in the Law Center. January 24, to speak on “Women and the Law.” POLICE REPORT At the request of the SBA’s Lecture Committee, headed by Accordi ng to D.C. Police first-year student Russ Welsh, reports, dated at 3:55 p.m. Ms. Tucker will meet and talk December 28, the sum—con- Members of the GULC National Moot Court Team—I. towith r.. Bob students Walter, in Hall 4 at l l:30 John F. Sweeney, and Dave Branson- pose with Mr. Justice Byron White a.m. She currently is the Direc sisting of four $100 bills and before the finals in New York City last month. the rest in $10 and $20 tor of the American Bar Harris Leading denominations—was taken bet Association's Section on In ween 4 p.m. December 22 and Miami Beats Georgetown In dividual Rights and Respon I 1:30 a.m. December 28. Of the sibilities, and heads its Populist Advocate total stolen, $500 represented Washington-based “Project to parking and miscellaneous fees National Moot Court Final Assist Interested Law Firms in Sen. Fred R. Harris, senior and $2,000 was on deposit at Pro Bono Publico Programs.” Democratic Senator from the the request of Professor Ad By GREG HALBERT December 17-19, attracted teams Ms. Tucker also is team state of Oklahoma and former dison Bowman, who had been from twenty-four schools teaching a course in “Women Presidential hopeful, will speak granted the fund by the D.C. The GULC National Moot nation-wide, including Stanford, and the Law” at Catholic in the Moot Court Room today Bail Agency for holiday Court Team has returned from Wisconsin, and Fordham. The University with Brooksley Lan at 1 1:30 on the elements of the releases. the National Moot Court Team final round was held before an dau, of Arnold & Porter. “new Populism.” Ms. Bonnie Johnson, the Competition, victorious in three audience of 700 people. The On the Board of Editors of Former Kerner Commission Dean's secretary, discovered of the four rounds in which they seven-member court for the final the Law Journal while here, Ms. member and the author of and reported the theft on argued. The only loss was to the round included Mr. Justice Tucker went to the D.C. Neigh NOW IS THE TIME: A New Tuesday morning, December team from the University of Byron R. White, United States borhood Legal Services Populist Call to Action, Sen. 28. She said that both she and Miami (Florida) Law School in Supreme Court; Justice Program as a staff attorney, Harris has been an outspoken opponent of high campaign Dean Fisher had relumed to the the final round. Weintraub, Chief Judge of the where she authored Justice in office on the 23 and noticed On the way to the final New Jersey Supreme Court, and Sneakers: A Neighborhood spending, inequity in welfare nothing unusual. The last of round, the GULC team defeated Justice Fuld, Chief Judge of the Law Office in Operation. apportionment, and the virtual teams from New York New York Court of Appeals. exclusion of minorities, women, ficial working day for GULC Following a relocation with the University, Cornell, and Boston The GULC team qualified for and the young from bipartisan employees was Wednesday, Legal Services Program as University. Dave Branson, John the national competition at the politics. December 22. Deputy Director for the Sweeney, and Bob Walter regional competition held in Western Region of the Office of represented GULC, and Washington, D.C., November NOT FORCED Economic Opportunity in San “VISIONARY AGENDA4* Professor Frank F. Flegal was 18-19. GULC was selected one of Francisco, she returned to the faculty adviser. the two best of the nine teams, Washington to serve as a special Sen. Harris is, of late, the ad There was no sign that the The national competition, after defeating teams from lock on the office door had assistant to former Rep. Allard vocate for major reform in the held at the Association of the Tem ple, Catholic, and the K. Lowenstein (D-N.Y.). American two-party system and been forced, Ms. Johnson Bar of the City of New York on University of Maryland. reported, and neither was there proposes a “new, progressive any evidence that any physical people's coalition, joining damage had been done to the Americans of disparate safe itself. She said that the safe Sunrise Line-up Allots Parking Spaces backgrounds, to be put together could have been accidentally to help enact a visionary agenda for Americans: better left open, opened by someone By AL VANNUCII won spaces in the lottery never The first 83 students in line who knew the combination, or distribution of income and As the result of standing in claimed them. A smaller num were given authorization slips wealth; justice for black people, simply by “someone who knew line, in some cases as long as all ber of day students didn’t by Mrs. Kane and each then how to open safes.” The police Chicanos, American Indians, night, students obtained spaces either.” went to the Physical Plant Of women—and for white workers investigated the larceny the in the parking deck for the fice where the $40 parking fee same day, and reported last The need to select alternates who pay an unfair share of second semester last Thursday. and $25 key card deposit were social costs; peace, and a rever week that they were ready to The wait in line replaced the by order and the difficulty of paid and stickers and cards contacting some students took sal of militaristic trends; con “match” fingerprints taken at lottery system used last were issued. as long as five weeks and some frontation and restraint of the the scene. Insurance represen semester, according to Mr. Tom spaces were never filled. A number of students com powerful interests which profit tatives have yet to visit the Law Fischer, Assistant Dean, Center. plained about the five minute by polluting the earth; and fun because of the delays caused by Mrs. Kane told the Law delay for each person at the damental reform of government the latter, which resulted in a Weekly the new system was PRIOR THEFTS Physical Plant Office while to make it responsive to the number of spaces being left un suggested to her by Mr. Fischer. numbers were placed on the people's will. " He gained filled. “We felt if people waited in bumper stickers. Mr. Clyde notoriety most recently for Until last fall, the safe had Mrs. Judy Kane of the line, made a commitment of Martin, Director of the Physical suggesting the “break-up" of been used only to store papers; Student Activities Office sorts, which the lottery didn’t Plant, told the Law Weekly the General Motors and other however, after several thefts wouldn't give an exact number require, they really wanted delay was unavoidable because economic conglomerates inti' from the Registrar's Of but told the Law Weekly “less spaces and would take them “this couldn’t be done before. smaller, more responsive fice—and because of the large than one-third but more than when they got them,” Mrs. Kane We build the numbers up and groups. amount of parking money on five or 10 evening students who observed. some students requested two Currently, Sen. Harris is ser hand—the safe was used to hold stickers. We have no duplicates ving with New York City Mayor money. because that would be a tremen John Lindsav* as Co-Chairman It was reported that the com dous waste. We have already of the Commission on the Cities bination on the safe had not spent about $1,000 in decals.” in the Seventies, a 12-member been changed since its use at the committee appointed by the old Law Center, pointing to the A number of students waited in line all night for their spaces. National Urban Coalition to in possibility that someone outside vestigate the status, three years the Law Center would have ac Most of the successful students had arrived by 5 a.m. and the later, of the Kerner Com cess to that information. mission's recommendations for At press time, neither Dean 84th person in line arrived at 7:50. action, and to report on Fisher nor Associate Dean Roy emerging urban issues, in Schotland was available for “I was extremely impressed cluding the new militancy of comment. by the students’ maturity,” Mrs. blue-collar workers. Non-Profit Org. Kane concluded. “All of the The appearance is being un U.S. Postog* shoving and pushing expected derwritten by the Student Bar PAID Speculation ran high last week that the latest administrative "solution" to didn’t occur. It took less than Association, as part of their one-half hour to process 83 Washington, D.C. student parking headaches would terminate with the usual chaos; Judy Kane Lecture Series. The Senator is Permit No. 44257 and Nadine Hare, the heads-up Student Activities secretaries managed, people.