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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the NYLS Publications at DigitalCommons@NYLS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@NYLS. THE VOICE OF THE NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY E ovo Fall 2007 Volume 5, Issue 1

In this Issue Welcome to De Novo The voice of the New York Law School community

AFTER MONTHS of renovation, Immigration Reform: De Novo proudly makes its come• Pro &Con back at New York Law School. De Novo is an independent, student-run newsprint. Its main goal is to accu• 'Page3 rately, unbiasedly and independently reflect the ideas and opinions of the contemporary, diverse community of New York Law School. Like the school itself, De Novo has recently experienced much growth and devel• opment in an effort to better serve the NYLS community. The new and improved De Novo represents the creative work and tireless efforts of twenty-five staff writers and five edi• NEW BUILDING, NEW EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE? While New York Law School's new building tors, and we are happy to present it continues its construction phase, plans are afoot to also rebuild the basic structure of the long to our friends and colleagues at New standing education platform itself. York Law School. But this inaugural issue is by no. means. a complete issue. ·De Novo will continue to change and adapt in an effort to Legal Education Reform: always stay relevant, informative and u~eful to the community it serves. We hope you find oil! articles An Environmental Approach in.sigllrful~ informative and.'enjoyable td read. De Novo is ottly a success if BY ANTHONY RUFFINO, Managing Editor students are not held accountable for their it tnaiP:ta:in:s its. ci)mmitmen;t. to its. LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION reform is work, or lack their of. As a result, students . g<§a:C ... ~~fl~~i~ the ~oice 9f t~e l'l,~w again a hot topic among the legal education become apathetic and begin to treat their legal York ·······La~ Schoof coimiiun1iy. community. Recently the Harvard Law School education as some bar prep course or as the Althol.l.ghwe work hatd tg brin;gyou faculty voted unanimously to reform the formality it is becoming. Solving this problem a.new issue of De Novo evef}',month, curriculum for all students, and now everyone of institutional inertia is the key to creating a it is you, the NYLS community, who is talking. The legal education community modern, effective system of educating and determine whether or. not .Oe N6vo , is aware of this need for reform, but it has yet training America's next generation of lawyers is a succcl:S. De Novo represents an to figure out the real problem or discover a and thinkers. qngofog dialogue•within>this great complete solution. The problem of institutional inertia is multi• community and we strongly encour• "Today's law students, on the whole, are faceted, which is why most schools miss the age your support and involvement as brighter, more outspoken and more impatient mark by simply updating their curriculum. It well as your comments and criticisms. with social injustice and institutional inertia is not just a matter of adding some new classes We hope that De Novo continues to than their predecessors." This statement could in contemporary fields of law, it is about recre• gr?w and. becomes a lasting institu• have been written today, but in fact, it was ating the environment in which students work tion atNew York Law School. written back in 1971 by Robert A. Gorman for and professors teach. Many different plans for On a persoiial note; De Novo repre• the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, in reform have been proposed, ranging from the sents a great achievement for me. his essay, Proposals for the Reform of Legal modest addition of a few skills courses to the I wanted to recreate the paper and Education. This institutional inertia that he overhaul of the whole legal academic system. renew its relevance to the NYLS corn-. refers to is at the core of the academic apathy . Stephen R. Marsh, a lawyer and author who munity. But I could not have achieved that is creeping its way into America's specializes in mediation and dispute resolu• this without the help of my staff writers law schools. tion, has suggested one of the more compre• and editors. Thank you for sharing my Most institutions are reforming their hensive plans, the Academic Support Program excitement on this project. And thank curriculums and expanding their fields of (ASP). In his Pragmatic Reform of Legal you also to Kathi Georges who created Michael Vick's study. Instead they should be focused on Education: Three Essays, Marsh promotes De Novo's new look and layout to the individual student and creating a new ASP, an academic learning system that match its new attitude, and to Sally Fate Never in learning environment. Students feel they are incorporates the full spectrum of today's Harding and Vanguard Printing for Question nameless and overlooked at their place of teaching methods, from context setting and their consistent support ofbe Novo. work. In addition, the actual classroom setting multi-media to regular assignments and small Read. Enjoy. is outdated and not conducive to maximum group meetings. ANTHONY F.X. RUFFINO Pitge liO learning. These factors create a system where Continued on Page 4 De Novo:. Managing Ed~;Rr Page 2 DE Novo Fall2007

SHADOW OF THE KREMLIN: ARTICLE ONE DE Novo 'The Yukos Affair': Russia's Scheme To Renationalize Its Oil And Energy Sectors

BY CHARLES BARSAMIAN, Staff Writer PRESIDENTS BUSH AND PUTIN have much in common. After each won a victory in what some call 'dubious' elections, Presidents Bush and Putin ushered in new regimes in what were at one time the world's largest superpowers. Amidst implementing their domestic agendas, Presidents Bush and Putin took the time to meet in Slovenia in June of2001 to discuss the future of relations between their respective countries and for the first time, to take a good look into each oth• er's eyes. President Bush was frequently quot• ed afterwards as having said that he looked Putin in the eye and saw a window into his soul, and that Mr. Putin had the soul of a straightforward and trustworthy individual who was deeply committed to the best inter• ests of his country. Perhaps what President Bush saw was a glint of opportunism in the eye of the Russian President as he embraced the Untied States' newfound warmth for its former rival. We are largely aware of the impact of President Bush's leadership; while Russia has THE MONEY PIPELINE? Since the quiet renationalization and consolidation of the oii and managed to stay under the radar for almost a energy sectors, Russia's bargaining power has increased proportionately with the world's decade as the Kremlin not so quietly rena• tolerance for its misdeeds. tionalized the oil industry and has since attempted to gain control of the media. as an oil and energy juggernaut. Russia cur• In a White House press briefing by Scott Human rights abuses· and manipulations rently ·-has the largest natural gas reserve on McClellan on December 24, 2004, roughly a of the legal system continue while Russia Earth, the second largest coal reserve in the year after Russia levied the tax claims on is lauded in the press as a developing democ• world, and the eighth largest oil reserve. Fur• Yukos, Mr. McClellan was asked whether the racy, economic leader, and strong opponent thermore, it is the second largest oil producer White House was concerned with the way ofterrorism. in the world. Since the quiet renationaliza• Russia handled the sale of Yukos' assets. He There have indeed been public blunders tion and consolidation of the oil and energy responded by acknowledging the concern during Mr. Putin's presidency that even the sectors, Russia's bargaining · power has 'over Russia having side-stepped legitimate Kremlin could not muffle. In 2006 there were increased proportionately with the world's enforcement of tax laws, but seemed to also mass protests against Russia's hosting of the tolerance for its misdeeds. acknowledge that the solution might be less G-8's annual meeting of economic leaders; the Yukos Oil Company was one of the world's harmful to investors. Furthermore, Mr. meeting went on. as scheduled. That same largest non-state oil companies, created dur• McClellan spoke of Russia's future in a global year a dispute erupted between Russia and ing the privatization process following the economy and the chilling effect the 'Yukos Ukraine over Russia's attempted increase in fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990's. Yukos Affair' might have on foreign investment in energy prices. Incidentally this dispute produced about 20% of Russia's oil, which Russia. Of course, he once again made sure to occurred soon after President Yushchenko, a translated into about 2% of world produc• remind the public of how cozy the President's westward looking leader who threatened tion. In 2003, the Russian government levied relationship is with Mr. Putin. Moscow's sphere of influence, assumed power back tax claims against Yukos for billions of By May 16, 2005 Khodorkovsky's verdict in Ukraine. dollars. The amount allegedly owed per year had been rendered-it took the Russian The Kremlin sought to undermine Yush• exceeded the total· revenues of the company courts about 10 days to read the 1,000 page chenko's government, after his refusal to meet for each fiscal year. This was the beginning of decision. The question of Yukos was raised the new terms, by cutting energy supplies to a scheme to renationalize the oil and energy again to State Department Spokesman Rob• Ukraine altogether. Russia eventually backed companies and Mr. Putin's chance to rid the ert Boucher. Mr. Boucher echoed McClellan's down under pressure from the EU but country of a rich, influential, western think• response in terms of Russia needing to con• received a higher rate than it had initially ing businessman with ties to the Kremlin's sider how Yukos would effect its reputation in promised Ukraine. opposition. This man's name is Mikhail the eyes of the world, and again reaffirmed And who could forget the hostages taken in Khodorkovsky. his concern over the way the' affair was an elementary school in Beslan in the fall of Khodorkovsky, an oligarch who made his handled. 2004. The Russian authorities' intervention wealth following privatization in the ·1990's, The United States, however, took no action. cost 334 civilians their lives, including 186 founded Yukos as Russia's most transparent Russia was not expelled from the G-8 sum• children. Hundreds more were wounded. In and western company. As Khodorkovsky, and mit because of the soft policy of helping Russia the aftermath of this tragedy, Putin's govern• then Yukos fell, the rest of the world seemed during its transition to becoming a democracy ; ment was attacked for incompetence in han• unconcerned. Khodorkovsky, once Russia's and, more importantly, to its becoming a free• .NeW York Law Sdt.6bl dling the crisis and the President himself for wealthiest man, was imprisoned in a Siberian market economy. Again, in a State Depart• the missteps of the authorities. Soon after, the uranium mine and is still serving his sen• 57 W-Otrh Sttee.ir~ 12 ment briefing on May 31, 2005, Mr. Boucher Russian government launched a parliamentary tence. Yukos was picked apart in government• admits his skepticism about the legitimacies of New Yotk:: NY• lOOti; investigation that found the local authorities sponsored auctions until it was declared the retroactive taxes and of Khodorkovsky's responsible for any complications in the bankrupt by a Russian court in August 2006. ;tru~li006@nykedil trial. When pressed by journalists about operation. Though there was no action, the internation• whether Khodorkovsky will ever get a fair Still there have been no consequences for al political and business communities were trial, Mr. Boucher again responded with the Russia's public misdeeds because of its growth watching. Continued on page 7 Fall2007 DE Novo Page 3

COMING TO AMERICA. In 2007, President Bush implemented a controversial 26-point "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" plan, which adds border patrol agents, calls for con• struction of a 370-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border and increases funds for temporary d~tention centers, local law enforcement and Workplace enforcement. Is it too much? Immigration Reform Policy: Two Sides of the Story

BY PAUL VoLODARSKY, Staff Writer will find a staggering number of websites BY SAGAR PATEL, Staff Writer And illegal immigrants? Their medical THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, which claim that FBI statistics suggest ONE OF THE MOST controversial issues screening is their inherent ability to jump a fighting strong resistance from Democrats that illegal immigrants commit a majority in the last few years will surely be a hot topic fence, survive a 90-mile raft ride, or stay on a variety of issues, has found common of the crimes throughout the country. in the months leading up to the 2008 presi• incognito on a boat. ground with its adversaries when it comes Luckily the FBI publishes crime statistics dential election. Illegal Immigration has When people think of Hansen's Disease to illegal immigration reform. President and the numbers say nothing about crimes been on the minds of all presidential hope• (commonly known as leprosy) images of Busb. and the Democrats have fought committed by illegal immigrants. More fuls and .no compromise appears to be Ben Hur, Jesus or even Charlton Heston against Conservatives on reforming immi• importantly, however, the belief that imminent. may fill their minds. The disease was all gration policy to allow for guest worker increased illegal immigration has caused The controversial 26-point "Compre• but dead in the United States prior to 2002 programs, programs to allow earned citi• a rise in the crime rate is ·not supported hensive Immigration Reform" plan imple• (only 90 cases from 1962-2002). Yet an zenship for illegal immigrants, and new by the numbers. In 1291 when the mented by President Bush comes close to astonishing 9,000 cases were reported after measures to improve border security. These number of illegal immigrants entering solving our country's immigration prob• 2002, and most were illegal aliens. Mexi• measures are a pragmatic approach to the the country each year was about one lem. Besides the addition of patrol agents co, Afghanistan, Cambodia, and many situation that actually exists today rather quarter of the number entering per year and the construction of a 370-mile fence, African countries have some of the highest than the unrealistic deportation and in 2006 the crime rate was. 9.8% almost the Bush administration aims to increase defection rates (to the United States) in the criminalization approach advocated by double the crime rate of 5.7% reported fundraising for temporary detention world. Tuberculosis has ten times the Conservatives. in 2006. centers, local law enforcement and work• prevalence in those countries than in the The fact is that an estimated 10-12 Opposition to illegal immigration place enforcement. On its face, the plan United States. million undocumented immigrants cur• and especially to granting some form of creates a strong defense against both illegal Another point to consider is the strain rently live in the US, the majority of which amnesty is not a new "hot-button" issue. immigration and illegal immigrants that illegal immigration puts on our econ• are from Mexico and other Central and The American public has protested against already living in the country. However, the omy. The American government loses Latin American countries. Conservative the arrival of various groups of people at plan does so much more. It works to money from taxes, American schools waste £roups opposing illegal immigration and different points in our history. In the quell the heavy influence that illegal immi• funds by teaching the children _of illegal advocating deportation of illegal immi• 1880's Congress restricted Chinese grants have on this country's murder and immigrants, and the nation's hospitals lose grants, argue that illegal immigrants are immigration, arguing that Chinese immi• disease rates. money and space by performing charitable taking jobs away from American citizens grants did not adapt and would take Illegal immigrants murder 4,380 Ameri• treatment. And it is safe to say that illegal and contributing to higher crime rates. jobs away from American citizens by cans every year, and an estimated 21,900 immigrants do not take the initiative to Neither of these arguments is based on working for lower wages. The reality in since 9/11, a death toll far greater than assimilate to our country's lifestyle as legal statistical measures collected by the Federal fact was that action was taken to appease September l lth and the wars in Iraq and immigrants do, throwing the nation into a government. the public's anti-Chinese sentiment rather Afghanistan combined. This staggering forever bilingual debate. As of August 2007 the Bureau of than for economic or labor concerns. statistic directlyaffects our country'spris• Eighteen million men and women immi• Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Similarly today the arguments that on population. With the increase in mur• grated to the United States in the early unemployment rate stood at 4.6%, despite illegal immigrants are coming into the ders since the sharp incline of illegal immi• 1900's. The immigration periods in the the downturn in the housing market. US to take jobs away from Americans gration, many prisons have become over• early to late 1900's symbolized America's Since 2002 when the annual unemploy• and commit crimes is simply not shown by crowded and are under funded. In 2003, ability to assimilate newcomers. The Unit• ment rate was near 6% the number of the numbers. there were 270,000 incarcerated illegal ed States accepts thousands of new legal undocumented immigrants is estimated to Immigration policy should reflect the immigrants. immigrants every year. Legal immigration have increased from more than 500,000 reality that illegal immigrants contribute What liberals, and some conservatives, stimulates the economy. Those that oppose per year in 2002 to more than 800,000 to the productivity and economic health of fail to realize is that closing the border will such "harsh" illegal immigration reform per year in 2006. Increased illegal immi• the country. It is essential that we all not only create a layer of protection against have soiled the word immigration. Regard• gration coupled with a decrease in realize that illegal immigrants come to the terrorism, but also quell an influx of lessof what political party is in office, legal unemployment rates does not suggest US to work for a better life for themselves Malaria, Dengue, Leprosy, all strains of immigration has been accepted with open that American citizens are losing job and their families and not to harm the Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and a host of other arms. Despite the current controversies, we opportunities as a result of increased American citizenry. Congress should take incurable diseases formerly relegated to may have to wait until December of 2008. illegal immigration. steps to allow illegal immigrants to earn third world countries. Legal immigrants to see whether the new plan will have the If anyone performs a GOOGLE search the same rights and privileges that we all are put through a rigorous medical positive impact that· the conservative right for the words "illegal immigration" they enjoy without fear. screening process before access is granted. believes it will. Fall2007 Page 4 DE Novo Legal Education Reform: An Environmental Approach

money. But what they fail to realize is the lL students. It is these first-year Continued from Page I With the addition of graded assignments, that by maintaining the current system, students who would benefit most from ASP sounds great on paper but it is too students' final grades would be much more they .are devaluing the quality and building their legal foundation in a small far reaching which makes its application reflective of their actual efforts, skill and worth of the education they provide group setting. difficult. The legal education system does educational growth. Also, students would and they are contributing to the plague Looking back at Harvard, within the not need to be overhauled, merely updated. have a comfortable setting and an effective of educational apathy. past two years, the law school faculty But some aspects of ASP, specifically small forum in which to gain practical experi• Small group settings could include smaller unanimously adopted reforms for its entire group settings, weekly assignments and ence and to study, learn and discuss any classes with as few as ten or fifteen stu• law school curriculum. These reforms clinics, are all excellent ideas that can and 'topics that they may not fully understand. dents, assigned study groups or regular promote ·concentrated and focused study should be implemented. However, the small group setting is not meetings with an advisor. Since learning in and include the addition of classes and Small groups and clinics both feature a a monetarily efficient use of the law school's a small group is more effectivethan learning clinics in . contemporary fields of legal smaller, more intimate work environment, faculty and resources, which is why most in a large lecture hall, students and profes-· study. Promoting concentrated and focused which is statistically the most effective for schools still prefer giant, anonymous lec• sors could cover the same material in lesS" study is an interesting idea, almost like learning, better than large group lectures, ture halls. Without a small group setting, time. Further, small groups could easily creating majors for law school. This individual tutoring and non-group study. weekly assignments would be almost point• and effectively be run by a professor, a idea of increased focused goes hand in Further, as a result of the small setting, less, because professors do not have the professor's assistant, an upper level student hand with the creation of clinics and with they foster stronger relationships among time to grade nor the setting in which to or any combination of the three. This the general trend of providing upper level students and between students and profes• discuss each student's work. And further, relieves some of the demand on professors, students with real world experience in spe• sors, and they create a system iri which clinics, although popular, can be difficult and along with less class time, both could cific fields of interest. students could effectively produce and and expensive to set up. No wonder law help to make small group settings more However, like most schools, Harvard review weekly assignments and be held schools hesitate to reform. Although the monetarily efficient. misses the mark by failing to realize the accountable for that work. For some reason, necessary reforms are easy enough to Despite the lack of creativity in develop• importance of the individual student and law schools believe that one exam is an implement, law schools would rather main• ing a new learning environment, many the actual environment and setting in accurate reflection of a student's abilities. tain ·the status quo and save their schools have begun creating new clinics, which students and teachers are working and groups such as the Public Interest and communicating. Consistently updat• Law Institute strongly promote this ing curriculum is only a piece of the puzzle Supreme Court Recusals for approach to reform. "The overall objective of institutional inertia. And although the of the legal education reform program trend toward gaining practical, clinical is to foster new generations of more knowledge in law school is a step in the Investment· Conflicts of Interest effective and socially oriented lawyers by right direction, it only affects some stu• making legal education more practice dents. In this increasingly speedy and glo• balized world, Robert German's statement Bv SHAHIN SHAGHAGHI, Staff Writer Not only would the addition or recusal oriented, with an emphasis on clinical - legal education." Clinics -are an excellent rings more true today than it did in 1971. WHILE ANY PRESENTED case before of either Roberts or Breyer possibly way for upper level students to work in It is the institutional inertia created by a _ the United States Supreme Court carries change the outcome of the Supreme Court's their legal field of interest and gain outdated learning environment that breeds with it both national and vast-reachinglegal decision in Stoneridge, but it also raises practical experience before they graduate. - academic apathy, which can only be solved and complementary social consequences, the question of whether financial invest• But clinics are ineffective at curing the by developing a new setting in which to those cases which involve complex finan• ments on behalf of Supreme Court academic apathy and anonymity of teach the theories and practice of law. cial securities issues may have a new associ• Justices-would even warrant recusal from a ated problem. presented case. Such is the circumstance surrounding The notion of justices "unrecusing" and the case of Stoneridge Investment Partners re-entering a case might be encouraged v. Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola. Stone• by a new federal law, which Chief Justice ridge Investment Partners allege that the Roberts urged Congress to pass. Under Crossword Puzzle Solution cable company Charter Communications federal law, judges can sell stock of a com• (from page 8) had fraudulently inflated the price of its pany and also avoid all capital gains taxes stocks by giving its equipment vendor, and liabilities if they can demonstrate they 1 2 3 6 7 8 - 11 12 13 Scientific-Atlanta higher than normal made the sale to remove a potential con• B L.0 E V U U E S flict of interest. Not only would this payments, only to be repaid that extra 14 S A money as "advertising fees." This transac• remove any potential ethical need for a A E R judge to recuse, but it would also make tion was. supposedly designed to inflate A C E S Charter's cash flow by $17 million in one void any potential tax burdens on the quarter in order to meet the expectations judge when he or she decides to sell stock of Wall Street Analysts. for such a reason. Therefore, in Stoneridge, The question presented before the both Roberts and Breyer could participate Supreme Court is whether "aiding and in the case simply by selling their abetting" is sufficient to warrant liability Cisco stock without any tax burdens for "directly engaging in 'manipulative or consequences. securities practices" under the Securities Some say this sort of recusing and and Exchange Act Section lO(b) or SEC unrecusing by judges seems "strategic" and Rule lOb-5. Certiorari was granted on ethically questionable. The judge can March 26, 2007. always sell the stock and then buy it However, there is a more translucent back after the case has been decided, question that comes before the Supreme or perhaps even sell the stock on a Court in this case. Both Chief Justice selective basis, choosing which cases Roberts and Justice Breyer initially recused to hear and which to recuse. Others say themselves. · This was a consequence of that the new federal law encourages judi• their financial investments between the cial responsibility by allowing judges to sell stock with no financial penalties, 58 amount of $50,001 and $100,000 of stock I N T in Cisco Systems, Inc., the parent company which will encourage them to act in the 62 of Scientific-Atlanta, one of the respon• most responsible manner and in the best S C A dents in the case. Recently, it has been interest of the court: Regardless of 65 rumored that Roberts and Breyer might which side you take, this issue presents T A R 0 R both sell their stock to avoid any conflicts yet another element in the judicial of interest and then rejoin the case. resolution of complex securities cases. Fall 2007 DE Novo • Page 5

THE FACULTY EVALUATION PROCESS: Revamping the End of Term Rite of Passage BYJosHBLocK,StajfW'riter form, needs to be revamped. Below, I have a tool for the professor to gauge a law stu• need to be assured; perhaps through a EACH SEMESTER NYLS students outlined issues and possible solutions or dent's knowledge, understanding and abil• number system similar to the numbers receive an email notification informing steps that could be taken to improve our ity to apply the material taught. But it is students receive for final exams via the them of the two-week period when faculty faculty evaluation process: also a student's opportunity to evaluate the EZ info site. evaluations will take place. The student course as a whole and for the law student to 2. Students do not receive prior notifi• handbook has the only readily available consider how well the professor's lessons have cation of the specific day they will be official information about the process: POINT OF VIEW prepared the student for the final exam. asked to fill out an evaluation. This past Of course moving back the evaluation At the end of each semester all students semester an email was sent to students date could present problems: Students will are asked to fill out Faculty Evaluation notifying them of the two-week window 1. Evaluations are filled out before the no longer gather in one place and forms for each of their courses. These during which they would be asked to fill course experience is complete. Evalua• evaluations completed after a student forms are micro-fiched and are avail• out an evaluation. With the pressures that tions at NYLS are administered as early as receives a grade have the potential to risk able for student review in the Library. law students face in the last weeks before two weeks before the final class and as the integrity of the process. To address The Library hasfaculty evaluations dat• the end of the semester, the evaluation much as a month before the final examina• both problems I would suggest that evalua• ing back to 1990. process is given far less attention than it tion. When the evaluation is filled out the tions be completed through a secure and deserves. In order to get a true, honest and As continuing students may have heard, course has not been completed and stu• anonymous web page ("the web page thorough evaluation, students should take the form we will use to evaluate our faculty dents have not been able to reflect on the method"). The web page would be active the time to reflect on their experience before has been changed this year. Changing the full experience. Professors often rush to get after the exam is administered and before they fill out the evaluation. The evaluation form is a needed step to make the process through material and reading assignments a final grade has been received. A student should not be reduced to a pop quiz-like meaningful and· not merely a perfunctory can change drastically in the last weeks of would not receive a final grade in a class process with snap responses instead of true end of term chore. The faculty evaluation the term. Because students have already until that student visits the web page and reflection. To achieve this goal students process should be taken seriously. The filled out their evaluations there is little either declines to participate or completes should be told in advance the exact date evaluations could be a valuable tool for the opportunity to address this problem, which the evaluation. I am not suggesting that that they will be asked to fill out the evalu• faculty, the administration and for present will likely influence a student's evaluation. the evaluation be made mandatory, only ation. The web page method (above) could and future NYLS students. But for this to More importantly students have not yet that visiting the web page after the exam be one way to solve this problem. be achieved, the entire process, not just the taken the final examination. The exam is would be mandatory. Anonymity would Continued on Page 6

PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT: Exercise to Protect & Enhance Cognitive Function BY-MELISSA NowAK, Staff Writer .. - straints-full-time students, part-time • Read/work on the exercise bike. The • Plan a brisk walk or run departing from WITH TUITION AND student loan students who work full-time,-students/ handlebars on stationary bikes easily your home. 15 minutes out, 15 minutes interest rates climbing, a law degree is a employees or student-employees with chil- accommodate a case book, and blackber- back. It's free, and cuts out transit time substantial investment in ones brain. Why dren-you get the picture. In a completely ries can withstand sweat while shooting for your exercise. Listen to your profes• not protect your investment and get in non-scientific study I have discovered a out work emails. Flash cards are also sors' podcasts during your session for shape while you're at it? Studies conducted resounding correlation between the ability great to review on a stationary bike, you motivating, productive accompaniment! by the Salk Institute, a non-profit research of people who juggle multiple responsibili- are so distracted by trying to memorize • Swim! Riverbank State Park offers open institution dedicated to biological research, ties and the ability to squeeze in exercise. I statutes that you forget you're exercising, swimming to the public for $2/session. indicate that physical activity, specifically suspect their secret lies in scheduling 30 and you're so distracted by exercising that An indoor Olympic size (50 meter) pool running, boosts brain cell survival. In fact, minutes slots for exercise just as they you forget you're studying. and an outdoor Olympic Size (1/4 mile) a direct correlation exists between the num• schedule and plan every other task they FREQUENTLY HEARD Excuse #2: Track right in front of the pool building! ber of miles logged and number of increased must accomplish. When you break down a I CANNOT AFFORD A GYM Call 212.694.3665 for pool and location cells produced! Notably, these brain-boost• 48-hour period (the recommended fre- SOLUTION: I will skip the debate about information. ing effects were found to be concentrated quency for exercise in a week), 30 minute whether the preventative cost of incor• FREQUENTLY HEARD EXCUSE #3: in the Hippocampus, a region of the brain porating exercise outweighs the life-long I LOATHE EXERCISE linked to learning and memory. In addi• cost of treating diabetes, hypertension, SOLUTION: Pursuant to the aforemen• tion to the Salk Institute's study, a five-year and various other ailments that accompany tioned cognitive benefits, I ask you if you study conducted by the Laval University in the cumulative effect of sedentary loathe exercise more than you loathe Sainte-Foy, Quebec indicates that physical lifestyles and offer some low cost tips repeating the bar exam. The studies exercise has protective effects on the brain to fitness. indicate that regular exercise prevents and its mental processes as you age, and • New York City Parks Department brain cell loss and promotes facilitation of inactive individuals were twice as likely to Fitness Centers: NYC Parks and mental processes. Why not give yourself develop Alzheimer's compared to those Recreation offer fitness centers, many every advantage and a steady, plentiful with the highest levels of activity (defined slots in which one can run or ride an exer• with pools and a directory of all blood flow to your brain? as vigorous exercise 3/week). So why not cise bike are not terribly difficult to find. A their locations on their website for FREQUENTLY HEARD EXCUSE #4: incorporate physical exercise into your few tips for squeezing a 30 minute exercise inexpensive rates as low as $50/year. MY COMPANY IS PAYING FOR MY LAW weekly routine? session into your tight schedule include: You may not hob-knob with the DEGREE AND J AM NOT INTERESTED IN I know, I know. You've got enough on •Try to schedule your exercise in a time glitterati as is common at Chelsea PROTECTING THEIR INVESTMENT. your plate and this is yet another thing to slot where you don't have to change or Piers, nor is the equipment state-of• SOLUTION: Touche, However if you leave add to your To-Do list. Finding 30 minutes shower after exercising i.e. before you're the-art, but the recreation centers do your company you are still stuck with that for exercise every few days may not be as heading home, on your way to meet have adequate equipment to get you pesky legal education that you may have to inconvenient as you anticipate. I'll address friends for a drink (this accomplishes the amply pumped and trim. convey to another company ... the most commonly heard excuses from law dual task of discouraging you from stay• "Screw the pretty people who wanna There are countless other valid, fre• students, as well as the working masses, and ing out all night dancing at a club since. drop a grand on a fancy gym, I pay fifty quently-heard excuses for not exercising offer potential solutions on how to squeeze you won't be dressed appropriately nor bucks a year and look at me, I'm jacked." and these are merely potential solutions. exercise into your tight schedules. will your friends want to spend much -Firefighter at the 59th Street NYC Parks The bottom line is that there is seemingly FREQUENTLY HEARD EXCUSE #1: more time with you as your odor accu• Department Recreation Center (he was a benefit here. If the way exercise impacts SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TIME mulates). Showering post-workout adds "jacked") http://www.nycgovparks.org/ your physique is not your impetus, perhaps SOLUTION: I've heard this -. excuse from another 15 minutes at least to your 30 sub_things_to_do/recreation_centers/ consider how it ultimately could affect people with a wide array of time con- minute slot. #manhattan your pocketbook. Page 6 DE Novo Fall2007 Excessive Punishment for Jugoso & Delicioso ! Celebrities who. Break Law? 'Jugoso & Delicioso!" is a column created to help students escape the dull monotony of law school. Isabel and Regina, hereinafter referred to as "We," met and instantly BY LESLIE LuzHANSKY, Editor conference following Hilton's controversial bonded. Our column will explore a different topic every month and we will try our & Staff Writer early release from jail, Baca said, "The spe• best to make it as funny as possible. Ifyou have any comments, suggestions, or topics CELEBRITIES WHO BREAK the law cial treatment appears to be her celebrity you want us to explore please let us know at [email protected]. are not new to the criminal front. High status .... Under the normal terms of the profile celebrities like OJ Simpson, Michael early release program Ms. Hilton would BY ISABEL & REGINA Jackson, Mel Gibson, and Winona Ryder, not have served any time in our jail." to name a few, have all dealt with legal The early release program Baca men• WELCOME BACK STUDENTS! This 24-year-old son of former Vice President woes in the past. With that said,- it comes tions allows misdemeanor offenders to column is dedicated to all of you who Al Gore was booked for drug possession. as no surprise to see that celebrity crimi• serve just ten percent of their sentence. have been living under a rock for the The deputy searched his car and found a nals have taken law breaking to a whole Given this accepted Los Angeles County past 3 months. This column will .serve as veritable CVS pharmacy, enough to new level. Many dubbed 2006 as the "Year practice, it would appear as though Hilton a forum to ask life's important ques• make the entire student body functional of the celebrity DUI," but the summer of was rightfully released from jail after she tions. As you should know, summer during finals week. He was going 2007 is definitely giving 2006 ·a run for its spent about thirty-six hours behind bars in 2007 was the summer of the DUI. Here about at 160 km/hr but the real ques- money. Thanks to celebrities like Paris early June 2007. LA County Sheriff's are some of the most memorable tions is: Did he make his father proud Hilton, Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan, Department Steve Whitmore further reit• drinking and driving stories by being green and driving the latest wave of celebrity DUls has erated the harsh sentence handed down to of the verano. an environmentally friendly prompted much interest in the matter, Hilton, noting that the early release pro• It is our duty to Prius? causing many to take notice. gram, if applied normally, would have begin with the most Finally, for all of you A common notion amongst the general meant no time in jail for Hilton. At the notorious DUI of TLC fans, Papa Roloff public is that celebrities fare easier in the most, Whitmore said, Hilton would have the summer: Lind• from Little People Big legal system due to their social status and been subjected to the implementation of a say Lohan. LiLo World, got his second fame. Surprisingly, average citizens are not home electronic monitoring system. left rehab and a DUI. When did he get the only ones who feel this way. Com• An analysis conducted by the LA Times mere 11 days later, his first? He allegedly menting on Paris Hilton's probation viola• revealed that at the time of Hilton's prema• she was charged with failed the field sobriety tion and DUI charge, Hugh Hefner ture release from jail, Hilton had spent as a DUI and cocaine test and was taken acknowledged that like many celebrities, much time behind bars as 60- percent of possession. The arrest to jail. He claims he only Hilton "lives in a celebrity bubble" which similar offenders. After fulfilling the full followed a car chase and• had half a beer, he must be a Hefner referred to as "sad." Civil Rights 23 days of her sentence, Hilton served a feud with her former assis- lightweight. Will this air in the Activist and a celebrity in his own right, more time than 80 percent of those charged tant. Lindsay says she's innocent new season? Because maybe then the Reverend Al Sharpton, called Hilton a with similar offenses. because she was wearing "someone else's we'll tune in. "pampered rich girl" who was given con- "In cases where the prosecutor prose.:; pants." How does a 100-pound drunk The next celebrity we'. look- forward - sideration that never would have been pro- cutes against a celebrity, it magnifies the girl manage to take hostage 3 guys in to adding to our· DUI list is "Britney, vided to· an average inmate. · deterrent effects.. .. You get a greater their 20's while wearing someone else's also a Promises alum, whose next album In the past few months, legal scholars bang for the buck in pursuing that kind cocaine riddled pants? cover will most likely double as her have. explored the topic of celebrity of case," said Jeffrey Meyer, a former The next notorious DUI arrest may mug shot. treatment in the U.S. legal system and New Haven, Connecticut federal prosecu• come as a shocker to newbie gossip The real question is why break the law the posmon taken by numerous tor and teacher at Quinnipiac University mongers. However, experienced scoop when you can afford a driver? scholars will come as a shock to many. School of Law. chasers may remember that Gore Junior Thank god we live in NYC where we A prevalent perspective amongst the Yale Law school professor Steven was arrested on two prior occasions. The can drink and take a cab home. aforementioned scholars acknowledges Duke's take on celebrity treatment under that celebrities are given unfair treatment, the law is consistent with that of "unfair treatment" which encompasses Meyer. Duke notes that media attention harsher punishments. may alter court treatment. "The result Faculty Evaluations in Need of Reform Laurie Levenson, law professor at Loyola of the criminal process is more appropriate, Law School Los Angeles, has coined Paris more in line with the proclaimed values of Continued from Page 5 are used; it simply states that students are Hilton a "pawn in a turf fight." Comment• the process when the press is watching. 3. A limited amount of time is given to asked to fill them out and that they are ing on Hilton's most recent legal troubles, As a result, celebrities may get treated complete the evaluation. The process is available on micro-fiche dating back to Levenson stated, "It backfired against her more severely at sentencing." rushed and gives students too little time to 1990. Why are students asked to fill out because she's a celebrity. She got a harsher With the recent emergence of fill out the evaluations. Some students take evaluations? Do they have any bearing on sentence because she was a celebrity. And criminal charges against Michael Vick, the process seriously, some disregard it and tenure? Do they have any bearing on con• when her lawyer found a way out of jail, Vivica Fox, and Lane Garrison, celebrity some simply decline to participate, but none tinued faculty employment? Faculty mem• there was too much public attention for it law breakers are showing no signs have the time nor are they in the proper bers have told me that they read them, but to sit well with the court." of stopping. Stay tuned to see if their environment to be thorough and thought• does anyone else? Does the Dean? Does Leroy Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles celebrity status ultimately hurts ot helps ful. This is understandable, the classroom anyone in the administration? If they are County, agrees with Levenson. At a news their cause. tends to be less than conducive to writing, indeed still stored on micro-fiche, why? thinking and reflecting once the professor When do the evaluations become available is gone and the evaluations have been to the faculty? Are they transcribed or do handed out. The web-based method would faculty members see the original handwrit• Sudoku Solutions (from page 11) address these concerns. The student could ten evaluations? More information should complete the evaluation taking as much or be given to us, as the authors of the evalu• 6 7 5 4 1 9 8 3 2 3 1 8 6 2 9 7 5 4 7 6 .2 9 3 5 4 1 8 9 2 8 6 3 5 4 1 7 7 2 6 3 4 5 9 1 8 5 1 4 8 7 3 9 as little time as she would like. Without time ations, about why we are doing this and 6 2 4 3 1 2 8 7 6 9 5 4 9 5 8 1 7 3 6 2 9 8 3 4 2 1 7 6 5 pressure and distractions the NYLS student the evaluations should be readily available 8 9 2 3 5 4 1 7 6 1 7 9 2 8 6 5 4 3 6 9 5 7 1 4 8 3 2 body will at least be able to deliver a more to the student body. 1 4 7 9 6 8 2 5 3 5 8 3 1 7 4 6 2 9 3 2 1 6 9 8 5 4 7 honest and well thought out assessment of To have a truly effective evaluation pro• 5 6 3 7 2 1 9 8 4 6 4 2 5 9 3 1 8 7 4 7 8 3 5 2 6 9 1 the NYLS faculty. And, I believe, more" stu• cess the full policy and process should be 7 5 9 8 4 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 4 5 8 2 3 1 1 5 7 2 4 3 9 8 6 dents will participate in a meaningful way. printed in the student handbook. Com• 2 8 6 1 7 3 5 4 9 8 3 1 7 6 2 4 9 5 2 3 6 5 8 9 1 7 4 4. More information should be given to pleted evaluations from prior terms should 3 1 4 5 9 2 7 6 8 2 5 4 9 3 1 8 7 6 8 4 9 1 6 7 2 5 3 the students about the purpose and the be made accessible via the intranet. Finally, Puzzle by wet>sudoku.com Puttle by websudoku.com process. The student .handbook does not for the process to have integrity students Sudoku I: Sudoku II: Sudoku Ill: give a reason that faculty evaluations are should have assurances of their Easy-Level Solution Medium-Le-I Solution Evil-Level Solution conducted nor does it mention how they anonymity. Fall 2007 DE Novo Page 7 My Space and Facebook: Ruining Careers?

BY NICK ZAITA group "Hey, law school, high school called to 80's night with $3 margaritas, then Hate Legal Writing." Blowback from what EVERYONE HAS BEEN THERE, sitting and it wants its drama back." straight to puking in a cab? Thankfully, was once a reliable and comforting break in Civil Procedure, when you realize you But who knew that what ends up on someone took pictures because you don't from promissory estoppel. have no clue what is going.on and figure your profile may, in fact, end up in the remember a blessed thing. And just to "I'm sorry," the associate told her, "but your time would be better spent checking hands of a potential employer or the dean make sure no one else misses out on all the we don't hire people like you." End of your MySpace or Facebook profile. You of students and sully your reputation, or fun, you post all the pies on your profile so interview. never know, one of your friends may have worse, get you in trouble with your mom? people can comment on how cool you are, That may seem extreme, but is it really changed their profile pie and you are tired In a world where social networking pos• especially if you were wearing sunglasses unexpected? Everyone has done something of that kid incessantly raising his hand just sibilities have grown more and more expan• indoors. There's one slight problem: your that they are not exactly proud of, but it was to let everyone know "hey, I am the only· sive (for better or worse), so has the ability "friends" are not the only ones who can get fun dammit! The point is maybe not that one to figure out what was going on in for more and more people to learn who you their hands on these pictures. the firm did not want to hire her because she Pennoyer v. Neff' or, to be more precise, truly are. And what better way to do that For example, one law student at a New drank way too much tequila one night the only to one to have read the case in the than by checking your publicly available England-area law school discovered that (again, who hasn't), but that she was dumb first place. MySpace or Facebook profiles. This can the internet can bite the hand that feeds it. enough to post it on the internet for some• But you have more important work to even lead to wedding bells. She landed an on-campus interview with a one just like this associate to see. do. Someone just invited you to join the One of my best friends just got engaged prestigious law firm in Boston and was Employers are not just looking for peo• Facebook group called "I hate people who to a woman he met on MySpace. Granted prepared to fire back to the great question, ple who can spit out the elements of stand in the middle of the sidewalk," and they live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, "So why do you want to work for us?" with adverse possession, or who can bullshit you, coincidentally, loathe those inconsid• and since his taste is not blue-haired old an even greater response when .... their way through any argument. They erate bastards. The names of Facebook ladies, his social opportunities were few Shortly after she exchanged pleasantries want well-rounded people who can advance groups have become one of, if not the, and far between. But without his future with the associate interviewing her, the their firm, help the partners get that sum• most imaginative things done on the inter• wife's very descriptive profile and variety associate took out a folder, pushed aside mer home in South Hampton, and not net amongst law students nowadays. No of pictures, he may have had to adjust his the student's resume and pulled out a make someone think twice about hiring one seems to be figuring out who is play• tastes to playing canasta and chasing printout from her Facebook profile. Oh, you just because you had some fun a cou• ing at the Knitting Factory this weekend, granmes. fiddlesticks. In one picture, she was in an ple (or ten) nights in the East Village. or checking to see how many days are left Everyone has posted pictures of some apartment, drinking straight out of a bot• The message: Think before you post. of the Richard Serra show at the MOMA debauchery that they got themselves into tle of Cuervo. The caption read, "Just like Anyone can be watching. I have to end (do not bother, it finished weeks ago). that one night when they went to happy right before the law school prom." To top this article because I need to go delete half Now it is just .some student creating the hour after their summer job, then straight it off, she was a member of a group titled "I of my pictures. 'The Yukos Affair': Follow the Big Money Pipeline

Continued from Page 2 the Russian authorities to prove otherwise, was Yukos, not Khodorkovsky that was Anatoly Antoshin and Andrei Grechish• need to improve the rule of law in Russia, however, it was not proposed until Octo• the target. kin, as well as the state prosecutor in the but admitted that the US had done noth• ber of 2005, well after Khodorkovsky was What is more alarming man the scheme Yukos trial, Dmitry Shokhin, and federal ing, other than follow the trial and relay its sentenced and Yukos dismantled. The itself is the method by which the Kremlin prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov the concerns in press conferences, to dissuade European Court of Human Rights also orchestrated Yukos' collapse. Surely the same 'honor'. the Kremlin from its actions. filed a claim against the Russian Federa• global community could overlook certain The Kremlin orchestrated the demise of Though the hope was for foreign invest• tion for its seizure of Yukos and persecu• setbacks of a budding democracy as grow• Yukos in order to consolidate the oil and ment in Russia to be negatively effected by tion of Khodorkovsky. ing pains, but intimidation of officials by energy sectors under a national flag. the "Yukos Affair," foreign investors had Why Yukos? Try the classic answers of methods including detention and with• Khodorkovsky was caught in the middle, long been wary about the climate in Russia ambition, power, and money. Putin, the holding of rights, irregular criminal pro• and as a political adversary, Putin did not and of the benefits and drawbacks of doing shareholders of Menatep offshore holding ceedings with quick-fire decisions, and the · think twice about disposing of him. He business there. company, various politicos vying for power, levying of massive retroactive tax claims did so in the guise of justice, government One significant note is that bribery is a and Khodorkovsky are all connected. that exceeded revenues of the company levied back tax claims in amounts totaling way of business in Russia, as it is also the Power and money go hand in hand with itself are hardly excusable. The crushing upwards of $28 billion for fiscal years way to protect that business. Only British oil and energy in Russia. It was not by blow to Yukos came when its accounts starting in 2000. Incidentally, the Russian Petroleum made the gutsy move to become accident that what was once the largest oil were frozen due to filing for impending courts that ruled on Yukos' tax matters significantly involved in a joint-venture company in Russia was demolished as the bankruptcy proceedings, and its main pro• were in autonomous regions such as Chu• project, which it has since abandoned, or age of the national oil company reached its duction units and subsidiaries were seized kotka, where Sibneft's main shareholder rather sold back to the Russians for a frac• pinnacle. It is also no coincidence that by the Russian courts, by authority of the and Kremlin buddy Roman Abramovich tion of what it initially paid. In October Gerhard Schroeder, once Chancellor of Kremlin, to be auctioned off in a state happens to be governor. One such ruling 2005, Russia's reputation took another hit Germany, became President of Gazprom, sponsored (rigged) auction. Many of seized 15% of Yukos' remaining stake in when the Transparency International, a the Russian state owned gas company, Yukos' assets were sold directly to govern• Sibneft in order to simplify the demerger watchdog based in Berlin, showed Russia months after closing a deal allowing for a ment owned entities such as Gazprom, the between Sibneft and Yukos shortly after dropping from 90th position to 126, tied pipeline to be built from Russia to Germa• national energy company, and Rosneft, the the Kremlin made its tax claims. with Albania, Niger, and Sierra Leone. ny. This deal would solidify Russia's power national oil company. Others were sold to The 'Yukos Affair' raises concerns about Perhaps the biggest stand against Rus• for decades to come, as it would become allies and friends of the Kremlin in an the rule of law in Russia regarding the sia's misdeeds was taken by Congressmen Europe's preeminent energy provider. attempt to disguise the sabotage. independence of the judiciary and the Wicker and Lantos who co-wrote legisla• It has been asserted that Mr. Khodor• One public example of a crooked sale is value of contract and property rights, and tion proposed in the House of Representa• kovsky was made a political target by the when Vice President of Rosneft oil compa• further raises issues regarding potential tives condemning the Kremlin for not government but experts differ in opinion ny Nikolai Borisenko purchased Yukos' investment in Russia and the climate that according Khodorkovsky and his partner as to why. Oft cited is the explanation that main production unit Yugankneftegaz at awaits those that venture into Platon Lebedev fair and transparent trials Khodorkovsky crossed Putin by financing one of the state sponsored auctions in the market. To truly understand the story before an independent judiciary, abusing political groups in opposition to the Krem• December 2004. Yugankneftegaz was of Yukos, we must start at the beginning, the Russian legal system, and for possibly lin. Though true, this view is ultimately responsible for 60% of Yukos' total after the fall of the Soviet Union and dur• engaging in a campaign to renationalize shortsighted as Putin could have dealt with output. For this purchase, Mr. Putin deco• ing the rise of the oligarchs. private enterprises, namely the oil and Khodorkovsky without destroying. Yukos. rated Mr. Borisenko with the Order of energy sectors. Putin and Khodorkovsky often clashed, Merit of the Motherland. Mr. Putin also NEXT ARTICLE-Post-SovietRus sia and The resolution sought cooperation from as did the Kremlin and Yukos, but it awarded the two judges in the Yukos trial, the rise of the oligarchs Page 8 DE Novo Fall 2007 Student Organization Highlights

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THE STARVING ARTIST THE NEW YORK LAw'scHOOL ARTIST coLLECTIJE~,;',,"';; ' - . ·. ~ ,. 1: ~~ - - • .: :~ o..._ ...... ; _.~ -, .: :' A Royale Battle to Sit Through the Second Time Around

BY JASON SUMMERFIELD psychotic transfer student Kiriyama figure and not each other. The students are thing more akin to Jim Carrey than '.Beat' The Battle Royale premise: A few years (Masanobu Ando) more than filled their spared the burden of confronting their Takeshi Kitano. Picture Count -Ola£ He ago, a Japanese Parliament, fearful of the quota. The unavoidable tension the own classmates. The choices are more screams and bellows and scowls and we youth, passed an obscure little law, the BR premise creates is difficult to endure. straightforward and, for the filmmakers, wonder why he's so frantic. There is a stupid Law. It was an attempt to curb the radical It has neither the cute and cuddly factor blatantly political. grin that just never leavesthe guy's face and and insubordinate behavior of the youth of Kid Nation nor the resulting poor Now, this is still Battle Royale, so it's not a thick leather jacket that assures the viewer through a program that only an adult could management of Lord of the Flies. The a total failure. The first teacher's daughter, that he's too cool for school. conceive. A class is chosen to participate in terror doesn't lie in the Inevitable violence Shiori Kitano (Ai Maeda), contrary to the Some of the students do reach the Battle Royale. Under the guise of a (look to Ichi the Killer or Bad Taste). rest of the film, was a gorgeously executed Nanahara's island lair where we spend class trip, the students are gassed, brought It lies in the choices the young class character. She fulfills on the promise of the rest of the movie in brooding contem• through a long, dark tunnel and when they members must make. the several changes in the film's premise plation. We can predict, fairly easily, - awake on an island,' the horror-show Battle Royale 2 however misses the by stubbornly maintaining the survival who the fortunate are as we are only begins. If more than one class member is mark entirely. It fails, to a large 'degree, on of her necklace's other hal£ Further, introduced to about a half-dozen alive after three days, all of the. survivors account of its blatantly political agenda. As she shares a single scene with 'Beat' Takeshi students. But by then, who gives a damn ·die, courtesy of an ominous exploding neck• the students are beginning to comprehend Kitano who graces us with a little cameo. about the rest of the· movie? It's too lace (their necks split open and digital blood what the hell is going on, the new teacher It's a flashback that may be more heart• long anyway. spews out, like a fountain). Do you wel• rattles off a list of countries beginning breaking than anything in the first film. · Some of the shortcomings with the come death or try to be the last survivor? with Japan. What is their common fea• This minor positive moment is offset by execution of the original premise must, These necklaces also track the student's ture? All were bombed by the United the new teacher's over the top performance. unfortunately, stem from Fukusaku Kinji's States in the past century. Whoopee. Every The teacher, Riki Takeuchi, gives us some- premature death during filming. group has its unfortunates. This year's class is among them. Necks explode, There is also a change in the original premise: instead of picking each other off, The Hunting Party: Legal Issues but we don't know they are supposed to attack and eliminate the Wild Seven, a rogue band of youth ter• in Film Without the Courtroom whose, nor do we _ rorists led by Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara) and (spoiler alertl) prominent student from Drama, a Synopsis care. The action is · the original. All of the other old rules incomprehensible. apply. But how they relate to executing BY JERRY RAY DIAL military officer whose information is as Nanahara is beyond me. THERE ARE FEW MOVIES about harmful as it is helpful. Necks explode, but we don't know the United States and the United _ If you take the movie as a story of whose, nor do we care. The action is Nations' failings during and after the two men who get off on the adrenaline movements. Restricted areas are estab• incomprehensible. Only a handful' of Bosnian Civil War. There are "even · of reporting wars, it . is only an okay lished and alternated throughout the kids make it to the beachfront where fewer willing to address this topic in a buddy flick. But; when you add the island. Entry into one of these areas they are supposed to raid the Wild humorous yet still poignant style. But premise that two adrenaline junkies are during a designated time will cause the Seven's headquarters. The question is: there is only one film that does all of able to hunt down a country's most explosive device to trigger and the Is that kid from the original going to these things and still manages to work wanted war criminal in a matter of student's neck will explode. This serves to win again? Is this new pack of students a contraband-running midget into the days on sheer persistence while the• guarantee that the students will continue going to triumph? Most students, however, movie. This movie is 'The Hunting United States and the United Nations to move throughout the Island and are picked off by Nanahara's army, in what Party' and it is an enjoyable telling of cannot (or will not), it makes for a very inevitably confront other generally more is supposed to be a bit of poetic justice. the faults of international bureaucracy. interesting piece. hostile students. Cruel irony? Exercise in absurdity? Well, it is at least enjoyable until you Yes, the movie does get a little heavy Prior to the Battle Royale, the chosen An apple dunking contest? From that · realize millions of people have died handed with its lectures on the class' teacher (ex-teacher in the original) point on, the viewer stops caring because of this bureaucratic uh-oh. weakness of international policing demonstrates the gravity of the situation about whether the kids are going to kill The story follows disgraced and policies, but it always seems to find a on one unfortunate student; a kick in the themselves because that is not what we're downtrodden television journalist, - way to lighten the mood. I found groin, a knife through the head, an explod• supposed to do. The ferocity of the Simon (Richard Gere) as he reunites in the UN donut scene and the ing neck. 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, with a first film is lost and Battle Royale 2 Sarajevo with his former cameraman, midget scene Jo be especially funny brilliant deadpan intensity, provided the takes it\. place among a long list of Duck (Terence Howard). While Duck's because who does not love' donuts necessary service in the first film. Another sub-par sequels. career has flourished, Simon's has and midgets? whippersnapper followed suit in the sec• There was an incredible amount of floundered, but now Simon is offering Overall, this is a pretty good movie. ond. And so, the brutality unfolds in potential in the changes made to the prem- · Duck a major coup of a story because it Now if you really want a history lesson mesmerizing fashion. ise. In the original, each student was left to seems Simon knows the whereabouts on the Bosnian War, there are better The original Battle Royale attacks some• fend for his or hersel£ In the sequel how• of the infamous war criminal, the Fox. films out there. But none of them thing visceral, something deep within. It ever, students were paired up, seemingly at Rounding out the hunting party, there have a scene with Richard Gere in the is more than a massacre drenched in digi• random, so that when one dies, that stu• is a TV Executive's journalist-in-train• bathtub. Also; I would not.recommend tal gore. It is more than a competition. It dent's partner's neck would also explode. ing son, Benjamin (Jesse Eisenberg) this as a date film not unless you and is a brutal viewing experience. Battle So, the added element: each student is who is looking to make a name for your date are deep into conspiracy· Royale makes us question our own human• responsible for ensuring that his or her himself and impress his father. theories. That being said, I did take ity. Is friendship stronger than the survival counterpart remain alive and each must On their search for the Fox, the a date. Not because we are into con• instinct? Certainly some can make that adjust their actions accordingly. They group is forced into dealing with a UN spiracy theories, but because I was choice with relative ease, but the tragedy is involuntarily assume responsibility over police force that is handicapped by pretty certain that seeing Richard Gere that the decision is not always in favor of another person's death and life. Many policies and procedures for investi• and Terence Howard discussing mass friendship. necks explode throughout the second film. gating the locations of war criminals graves and genocide would be more The original competition included its Paired against the so-called mission, to 'hiding' less than 30 minutes from arousing than watching Dane Cooke share of students that embraced the situa• destroy the Wild Seven, the most painful its location. They are also forced make lame jokes while Jessica Alba tion and chose survival; a slutty yet ambi• feature of the first film is lost; the students into dealing with an overzealous UN falls all over herself. tious Mitsuko (Kou Shibasaki) and the are now attacking this unknown terrorist Page 10 DE Novo Fall2007 • ·sPORTING LIFE ·_ Michael Vick's Fate was Never in Question ·BY LAWRENCE METELITSA, Staff Writer the operation, attending and gambling on involvement. For weeks and even months we live in a fickle nation, and the controver• Michael Vick, one of the most exciting dog fights. What turned most peoples' it became one of the top news stories, lead• sial topic of the day is dog fighting. players in football, was charged with com• stomachs was Vick's alleged executions of ing PETA activists to boycott Vick playing Wher~ are the activists at Cincinnati , petitive dog fighting and conducting the dogs that did· not perform well. We now football. He was convicted in the court of Bengals camp to protest a team who has venture across state lines. A 19-page indict• know that Vick has accepted a plea agree• public opinion before any trial could had thirteen of its members arrested for ment alleged Vick was highly involved in ment, taking responsibility for being pres• develop. violations ranging from drug and alcohol ent during dog executions and for bank There was nowhere in the country abuse to domestic violence and assault. Kobe rolling the whole operation. While these that could offer Mike Vick a fair and Bryant was on trial for rape, but was allowed actions are despicable and by no means impartial jury of his peers. All potential to continue to play basketball. Although his defensible, Michael Vick was the jurors had been contaminated with trial reverberated through out all the news "victim" of sensationalist justice speculative and unfounded evidence. and sports shows, and his sponsors suspend• and a societal double standard. It is easy to hate Michael Vick because ed his endorsement deals, his past squeaky I use the word victim loosely he has since admitted guilt and taken clean image afforded him the benefit of the because after all Michael Vick responsibility for his reprehensible actions. doubt. Since . figures like Mike Tyson · was guilty of these crimes and However, even before .he announced his and Michael Vick and even Tup ac Shakur deserves to be punished, plea deal, lawyers and law students were seen as thugs, guilt came attached to We will start at the beginning. alike knew one was coming, he simply allegations. Modern day communication Michael Vick's cousin was arrested had no choice. Vick faced a long uphill and media now have the ability to implant on a minor drug charge. This lead police battle, one that he was already losing, preconceived notions in every potential to discover the home in Virginia that one that would take a long time and juror's head, even though opinions are sup• played host to a dog-fighting ring. a lot of money. By pleading guilty, cooper• posed to be formed in court and not in the In subsequent weeks, before ating and showing contrition Vick will Enquirer. an indictment was ever filed most likely have an opportunity to play I am fully aware of many of the potential we saw sources appearing on football again. counter arguments to this position, one ESPN and other nationally Sensationalist journalism robbed Michael being, that the rich and famous usually buy syndicated shows alleging Vick's Vick of the possibility of a fair trial because Continued on Page 11 NFL Breakdown·: Glants, Jets & Predictions BY ALEX BuNAEV, Staff Writer leaves the blocking duties in the hands of NFC East: Dallas. North: Chicago. South: sons and should at least repeat the num• NY Giants/NFC another untested - player in Robert New Orleans. West: Seattle. Wild Card: bers from last year. Speedsters McCareins The NFC is wide open for anybody to Douglas. NY Giants, SF 49ers. NFC Champ: and Washington should get plenty of make a run to the Super Bowl. The only The second question is, how will the Seattle touches with their big-play ability. One problem is that whatever team gets in will Giants respond to Coughlin? Last year the guy to keep an eye on is tight end Chris be smacked around by whatever AFC pow• team could not wait until pos.t-game inter• NY Jets/AFC Baker. He caught· 31 passes and scored 4 erhouse rises to the top of that conference. views to take shots at coach Coughlin, The varsity conference boasts the· league's times last year. He should benefit from The Giants enter this season with three with Tiki leading the way. For a discipli• top 4 teams with others on the rise. A run that and put up solid numbers in Mangi• huge questions hanging over them, the narian, Coughlin did not seem to be in to the Super Bowl would mean victories ni' s system. answers to which will determine how the control of the locker room at all last year. over 2 of the powerhouses, New England, The young coach is a Belichick disciple team fares. The biggest question is, how will This year he is a lame duck coach, and Baltimore, San Diego, and Indianapolis. who heavily relies on tight ends. Baker could the Giants replace Tiki Barber's production? things may not improve. The Giants will The Jets will have a much mBrandon Jacobs, the big• the coaching staff screwed· up the game on anybody, and teams will have a season's successful. The switch to the 3-4 favored by gest back in the NFL and even bigger than plan. worth of tape on Mangini's system. That Mangini is complete. The run stuffing some defensive linemen. He is backed by Th( third question facing the team is, said, the Jets did improve this season. tackle in Dewayne Robertson anchors a the capable Reuben Droughns who came how will Eli respond to last year's some• Thomas Jones comes over from the questionable d-line. Kimo von Oelhoffen is over from the Browns after an eventful year. what disappointing season? The key to Bears where he put up over 1200 yards 36 and Sean Ellis is injury prone. They need Jacobs will punish opponents and Droughns Eli's success is protection. Once he is rushing each of the past two seasons. to stay healthy. The linebackers are solid, led will keep him fresh for the fourth quarters, rushed, his mechanics get messed up and Although those numbers don't look that. by Vilma who had a down year adjusting to when he should thrive. Jacobs will be a he misses the target, as evidenced by his 18 great, it has to. be noted that defenses did the 3-4. The Jets should get great pass rush• beast in goal line situations and will defi• interceptions last year. If Eli is given time not go out looking to stop Rex Grossman. ing from this group especially by Bryan nitely put up better TD numbers than and if he can trust the protection, he can The Jets' rushing attack did not scare any• Thomas who had 8.5 sacks last year. Tiki. The combo, with Jacobs leading the deliver the ball to his many weapons. ~ body last season as little Leon Washington The secondary is young but very talent• way, should come close to the 1660 rush• He has the reliable veteran in Amani led the team with 650 yards. This year, ed. Revis will be expected to step in and ing yards Barber put up last year. Toomer back along with deep threat Plaxi• Leon gets to move to a more suitable play right away at one corner spot after the The Giants will definitely miss the co Burress and tight end Jeremy Shockey. . change-of-pace back position to spell Jones Jets traded up in the draft to pick him. receiving numbers that Tiki put up every One of the youngsters may emerge, .possi• and hold down the long yardage and third The player everyone expects to emerge is year. For the past 8 seasons, Barber never bly Sinorice Moss or rookie Steve Smith. down back role. Whatever the Jets get out safety Kerry Rhodes. He should make the had less than 52 catches in a year. He was The defense should be solid with or with• of Jones, it will be a significant improve- _ leap to Pro-Bowl caliber safety for this a safety valve for Eli Manning. Neither out Strahan. First round pick Aaron Ross ment over last year. defense in the Polamalu mold. Jacobs nor Droughns possess the receiving will help an aging cornerback crew. The The addition of a reliable running game The Jets will have lots of work to do to skills to replace Tiki's production. linebackers are solid with Pierce leading will take some of the pressure off Chad get back in the playoffs in the loaded AFC. The Giants will probably rely on untest• the way. The d-line could use Strahan but Pennington. Everybody knows Chad's arm Prediction: East: New England. North: ed Derrick Ward as a scat back in third keep Umenyiora healthy and they'll be is only stronger than Johnny Damon's, but Baltimore. South: Indianapolis. West: San down and long yardage situations. The okay. he relies on precision, timing and instincts Diego. Wild Cards: Cincinnati, NY Jets. Giants also lost reliable fullback Jim .Finn The Giants should contend for the divi• to get.the ball where it needs to be going. AFC Champ: New England. for the year to a shoulder injury. That sion and make the playoffs. Predictions: Coles and Cotchery had outstanding sea- Super Bowl Champ: New England , I

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Michael Vicks' Fate NFL Football Scores-As of Week 4 Continued from Page JO in a country that supports competitive 2007 National Football Conference 2007 National Football Conference their way out of everything. But Vick eating while a large percentage of its citizens W L TPCT W L T PCT assembled one of the best legal teams in go hungry. Within the court of public NFC EAST AFC EAST the country and in the end a guilty man opinion a double. standard exists, and Dallas 4 0 0 1.000 New England 4 0 0 1.000 was punished. However, that goes hand in with the media as its advocate they don't Washington 2 0 .667 NY Jets hand with my ultimate point; our legal lose very many cases. In a very similar 1 3 0 .250 process is too often dictated by sensation• case from 1986, the Hook family was NY Giants 2 2 0 .500 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 alism, leaving justice -, by the wayside. A convicted of owning dogs and hosting a Philadelphia 3 0 .250 Miami 0 4 0 .000 recent example of this would be the Duke dog fighting ring in which the dogs were NFC NORTH AFC NORTH Lacrosse case in which a state prosecutor abused and killed. The Hook family tarnished the names and ruined the college received a $3,000 fine. Green Bay 4 0 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 careers of several athletes in order to bring Were the facts of the Michael Vick Detroit 3 1 0 .750 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 himself notoriety and fame. It used to be case particularly heinous? Yes. Was Minnesota 3 0 .250 Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 innocent until proven guilty, but now it is Michael Vick involved? Yes. Should he Chicago 3 0 .250 Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 suspended indefinitely until_we know you be punished? Yes. Should I be able to are innocent. answer these questions before he was NFC SOUTH AFC SOUTH In this case the backlash on Michael afforded the opportunity to defend him• Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 Indianapolis 4 0 0 1.000 Vick has been unprecedented. He has been self in court? No. In this case, Michael Carolina 2 2 0 .500 Jacksonville 2 0 .667 villainized more than most of the murder• Vick lost before he even started. Most Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 Tennessee 2 0 .667 ers and rapists m this country. The people know that our justice system is New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 Houston 2 2 0 .500 other day while driving I listened to a not perfect and that sensationalism has rap song on the radio that edited out existed for ages, but it still needs to NFC WEST AFC WEST Michael Vick's name. Rap songs usually be questioned. Michael Vick may be. a Seattle 3 1 0 .750 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 talk about murder, money and sex, but yet bad guy, however he is by no means the Arizona 2 2 0 .500 Oakland 2 2 0 .500 they are not allowed to mention Michael worst we have come across. But hating San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 Denver Vick. Our country's pnorrnes are out him became fashionable and so his pun• 2 2 0 .500 of. sync with reality. After all, we live ishment must be fair, right? St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 San Diego 3 0 .250

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Whether you're new to the area or a long• pedicures, body wraps, and many other ing the festival. Tribeca Cinemas has two on Spring Street and follows Sixth Avenue time New Yorker, here are some events i:o delicious indulgences. theaters running concurrently, an in-house to 23rd Street. For those brave enough to check out around the city. For more information on participating spas, bar and lounge, and concession stands. participate in this event, the line-up begins visit www.spaweek.org. For more info, visit www.nychorrorfest.com. on 6th Ave. South of Spring St. and North CultureFest NYC 2007 of Canal between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Battery Park Big Apple Circus The Ghosts of Greenwich Those interested in watching the parade can Sunday, October 14, 2007: Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center Village Scavenger Hunt assemble on 6th Ave. from Spring St. to 11am to 5:30pm. October 19th, 2007-January 13th, 2008 Oct.26th-28th,2007 21st St. from 7-10 p.m. Unable to make it This free celebration features more than From its start in 1974, the Big Apple If you have good walking shoes and a keen down to the parade? NY 1 Television will be 100 of New York City's arts and cultural Circus has been dedicated to preserving sense of adventure, a haunted tour of Green• broadcasting the parade from 8-9:30 p.m. organizations. The more than 100 arts the tradition of classical circus. The circus wich Village may be up your alley. This scav• organizations in attendance will have exhi• presents acrobats, clowns and animals in a enger hunt showcases the history of Green• Blood Manor Haunted House bitions and programs, in addition to lots of thrilling and welcoming way as it gives wich Village, complete with "ghosts" of the 542 West 27th Street & hands-on activities. Live performances will spectators an intimate experience. The big past, as you pass through a variety of build• October 5-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-31, 2007 take place on 2 stages throughout the top sets up a tent in Damrosch Park, ings and burial plots. as well as the stories Blood Manor is 5,000 square feet of sheer weekend that everyone can enjoy. behind Lincoln Center, which seats 1900 that lie buried within. Tickets are required terror. The Manor's labyrinth includes 11 CultureFEAST is a major part of the event in a full circle around a center ring. Tickets for the tour and cost $26.50 per person. themed rooms and NYC's only haunted 3-D as a variety of New York City's finest res• for the various performances start at $28. For more information, call 877-946-4868. maze, where guests receive 3-D glasses to taurants showcase their food on-site. view frightening images of demons, mon• NYC Horror Film Festival New York's Village sters and ghouls. Blood Manor is meant to NYC Spa Week Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St) Halloween Parade be intense and scary, so the faint of heart Various Locations October 17th-October 21st, 2007 Sixth Avenue I October 31st, 2007 beware. Tickets are $20 if purchased in October 15th-October 21st, 2007 America's largest genre film festival rolls Whether you knew it or not, the Big Apple advance, $25 at the door, or $30 for express In mid-October, more than 80 Manhattan out five days of fiendish frolic onscreen. is home to the world's largest and, argu• entry. It is recommended that tickets be spas (as well as spas in Brooklyn, Queens, The Horrorfest's mission is to support ably, most famous Halloween parade. Sixth purchased in advance to avoid waiting in Long Island, and Westchester) are offering independent horror, thriller, and sci-fi Avenue comes to life with creepy critters, long lines. To purchase tickets or find out spa treatments for just $50 each. You can filmmakers. Horrorfest holds contests for ghouls, goblins, witches and warlocks as the more information, visit www. bloodmanor. choose from massages, facials, manicures, best trailers and films to be screened dur- parade makes its way. The parade begins com or call 212-290-2825.

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Tuesday, October 2 Is Parliament likely to pass the bill Art Exhibits Music Advanced Techniques in Professional by the end of the year? W,:hat are American Museum of Natural History 10/10: P.J. Harvey@ Beacon Theater Development: Part 1 some of the implications for legal Undersea Oasis: An enthralling exhibi• 10/11: Alex English@ Hiro Ballroom This program is designed to teach practice in the United States and tion of the brilliant color photographs by you how to target, approach and culti• other countries? Lord Kingsland will underwater photographer Idell Conaway. Moby DJ Set, The Juan Maclean vate professional relationships. It is discuss these and other questions. SonicVision: The American Museum of 10/16-10/21: John Scofield Trio@ for students willing to commit to 4:30pm-6:00pm in the Natural History, in: collaboration with The Blue Note all five sessions. Each session is Wellington Conference Center Moby, is launching' a groundbreaking 10/17 & 10/18: Bruce Springsteen @ designed to be interactive, and to digitally animated : alternative music MSG & The E Street Band build on exercises that you undertake Tuesday, October 16th show called SonicVision. in the week prior. Jurisdiction to decide Jurisdiction www.amnh.org 10/20: Bill Bragg@ The Concert Hall 12:50pm, room B400; 5:00pm, in Commercial Arbitration The Brooklyn Museum of Art (@ N.Y.S.E.C.) roomA600 Professor Wil1iam W. Park-who rs Brushed With Light: American Landscape 10/22-10/23, 10/26-10/28: one of the most well-known and Watercolors. Infinite Island: Contemporary Morrissey @ Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday, October 4th respected international arbitrators• Caribbean Art. www.brooklynart.org will address both the timing and 10/23: Alicia Keys@ Spotlight.Live Reforming Legal Services Museum of Modem Art the binding character of jurisdictional in the United Kingdom Lost Vanguard: Soviet Modernist Archi• 10/30 & 10/31: The Black Crowes, rulings that affect the very legitimacy The British government has taken steps tecture 1922-1932. www.moma.org Also Patti Smith @ United Palace which culminated in a movement to of private dispute resolution. Taking a check out Morna's P.S.l Contemporary 10/31 & 11/2: The Police @ MSG comparative approach that draws on reform the rules governing legal ser• Art Center. www.psl.org vices. Last year, it presented to several legal systems, the lecture will Check out the Knitting Factory, Parliament reform proposals in the suggest a.paradigm attempting to balance Whitney Museum of American Art right around the corner from NYLS. Legal Services Bill. What is the arbitral efficiency against the needs of Modernisms: a presentation of works http://-WWW.knittingfactory.com. status of the Legal Services Bill? procedural integrity. from the collection, looks mainly at art• And don't miss The Smoke Fairies Which proposals have gained support 4:30pm-6:00pm in the Wellington ists working in the first half of the 20th and which have attracted controversy? Conference Center century. www.whitney.org (UK) and The Drinkers Themselves.

Legal Trivia Provide the name of a 1994 Missouri case discussing whether a cordless telephone conversation is an oral communication. Entertainment Trivia Name the five original MTV VJ's.