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VOLUME IV, ISSUE TEN THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1994 TWENTY PAGES Univ. of Georgia wins Spong Tournament By STEPHEN T. KING the Western District of Virginia; A team from the University Samuel W. Phillips, Chief of Georgia and another from the Executive of the Fourth Circuit University ofCincinnati took the Court of Appeals; Norman K. podium Saturday afternoon in Moon, Chief Judge of the the Moot Court room at Virginia Court of Appeals; Marshall-W)the. They were the Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Senior finalists in the Twenty-Third District Judge for the Eastern Annual William B. Spong, Jr. District of Virginia; and James Invitational Moot Court C. Cacheris of the Eastern Tournament. District of Virginia. The finalists faced the The Spong Tournament is a penetrating queries of seven "unique tournament,' according distinguished federal and state to Matt Holloran, Chief Justice judges: Harry L. Carrico, Chief of the Moot Court Board. "The Justice of the Virginia Supreme Tournament is judged nearly Court; HeruyB. Whiting,Justice Former M-W Dean William B. Spong (I) rewards U. of Georgia -staffphoto of the Virginia Supreme Court; winners Edward Burch, Ginger Patton-Schmitt and Ceasar Mitchell See SPONG, page 12 James C. Turk, Chief Judge of Law grad challenges Virginia Board of Bar Examiners By PAULA HANNAFORD law in Virginia without answering the Virginia Attorney General's office, stated the senior attorney representing Clark, Alleging that questions on the Board's inquiries. Additionally, Clark is that the Board is confident ofits prospects hopes to have the case resolved before the Character and Fitness portion of the seeking a declaration that the Board's for winning the suit. "The issue in this deadline for submitting applications for Virginia Board of Bar Examiners' questions violate the ADA and an case," said Lucyk, "is not whether the the July bar examination. application violate her rights under the injunction barring the Board from asking Board can make inquiries into an "None of the facts are in dispute," Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), other applicants about their mental health applicant's mental health history. The Glasberg stated. "We are hoping to get a Julie Ann Clark filed a complaint against histories. The Virginia ACLU and the issue is how far into the past the Board summary judgment on this case before the Board in U.S. District Court on Feb. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law can inquire." The Board' s inquiries the mass admissions for the Virginia Bar 23. are representing Clark in the suit. Similar "strike a reasonable balance" between begin." The suit alleges that the Board's suits are pending in Connecticut, Texas protecting the privacy of the applicants He also advised bar applicants who questions about past mental health and Florida. and protecting the general public, said are concerned about answering the counseling constitute impermissible The Board has not yet answered the Lucyk. discrimination under the ADA because complaint. However, the Board's legal Clark's attorneys are equally confident See INVASIVE, page 20 they do not relate to her fitness to practice representative, Gregory Lucyk of the about winning the case. Victor Glasberg, law. Clark a 1993 graduate of George Mason University Law School, refused to Seventeen new courses added for 1994-95 answer the Board's inquiries concerning BY SHELLEY EVANS Accounting for Lawyers, Admiralty, and University School of Law. Professor her mental health history. Threatened At last, M-W students can all stop Insurance. Sherri Johnson ofCornell University will with a temporary restraining order, the griping about the staleness of the Currently four visiting faculty have teach courses offered in the spring, as yet Board permitted Clark to take the bar curriculum. A total of 17 new courses been announced thus far for next year. to be announced. Urbonya and Gardner examination on Feb. 22 and 23 , but has will be offered in 1994-95. Professor Kathryn R. Urbonya of Georgia will teach in the fall; Frisch will be visiting refused to process her application for The courses include: Women and the State University College of Law will teach for the entire term. admittance to the bar until she completely Law, Corporate Practice Clinic, Directed Con Law I and Federal Courts. Professor Acting Associate Dean Jayne Barnard answers the Board's inquiries. Reading, General Mediation, Family James AI Gardner from Western New credited Dean Krattenmaker for the new The inquiries require applicants to Mediation, Domestic Relations Practice, England College School of Law will teach additions to the curriculum and the faculty disclose whether they have ever been Disabilil) Law, Municipal Finance and Con Law I and E,l dence. Contracts II, in the upcoming year. " Dean addicted to or treated for use of any drug, Urban Development, Law Office Sales, Payment Systems. and Seminar in Krattenmaker was very supportive and including alcohol, whether they have Management, Case Preparation and Pre­ Commercial Law will be taught by received counseling for any mental. Trial Discovery. International Professor David Frisch of Widener See COURSES, page 20 emotional or nervous disorder in the past Conunercial Law, Internati nal Trade fiye years, and whether they have been Law, Supreme Court Seminar, - Inside this issue h spitalized for any mental, emotional or Telecommunications Regulation, Special • Racism in death penalty Students di scover ew job nervous disorder in the past five years. Problems in Criminal Justice. Special sentencing. Page 3. searching strategies,. Page 5. Problems in C mmercial Law. European Assum' ng that she passed the bar Crossfire debates the traditional • Spong inebriate shames school. Legal History and Individual Rights and examination and is othef\\lse qualified, family. Page 9. profession, Page 12. Clark has asked the court to order the the Supreme Court in the 20th Century. I r, . ''':; IT" t i 9 - 'i 2 ======Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRIAE Out Of Our Heads As yesterday's presentation about the death penalty illustrated, the sentence has resulted in.an egregiously unfair impact on racial minorities. The graphic picturesoflynching, Mrican-American males wearing leather masks while tied to the electric chair and the merciless beating of Rodney King in the film "Double Justice" served to depict the notion that to be a proponent of the death penalty makes one just as guilty ofviolence as the executioner. And the racial bias which permeates the system regarding the decision of who will be sentenced to die and who will be spared, continues to highlight the unconstitutionality ofcapital punishment. The statistics quoted in the film do not lie. Justice . Thurgood Marshall noted that of the 455 men executed for rape, 405 were African-American. This is appalling to anyone who cries for "justice" whenever a crime occurs. For these figures cry out the fact that the real perpetrators ofthese crimes remain free while race determines who is charged and sentenced. But as if putting people to death is not bad enough, the Virginia Senate debates today a measure that would allow families of murder victims to witness the execution of condemned prisoners. Opinion about this bill is divided as to whether such an From the Editor's Desk • • • allowance would help victims' families heal or simply allow them the satisfaction that comes with vengeance. Kudos go out to Julie Ann professional assistance to these nation to pry into sensitive as­ In essence, what this bill does is glorify the death penalty Clark for taking on the Virginia types ofsituations is one which a pects of applicants' lives. The and play on the public's sense of outrage over violent crime. Board ofBar Examiners and their fairly substantial number of Board is undeterred by the argu­ It would not serve as a deterrent to other possible offenders, over-zealous inquiries in the new people take advantage ofat some ment that people suffering from nor, obviously, would it have any rehabilitative effect. The Character and Fitness applica­ time in their lives. The vast severe mental or emotional dis­ sole purpose of the measure is to provide a statutory right for tion. Although any number of majority of people who avail orders are rarely able to survive people to "get off' on watching another's death. the Board's questions deserve to themselves of professional the rigors of three years of Jaw As Del. William P. Robinson, Jr. (D-Norfolk) said, "The be challenged, those regarding counseling find the experience school. The Board makes no next thing they'll want to do is pull the switch." Since the applicants' mental health his­ to be tremendously beneficial. attempt to limit its inquiries to lethal injection bill passed the Assembly last week, maybe tory are by far the most obnox­ Only in very rare instances does whether an applicant's mental they'll get to actually thrust in the needle. ious intrusion on personal pri­ the counseling experience even or emotional status functionally This measure basically returns Virginia to the days of vacy. temporarily affect a person's impairs his or her present ability public hangings. Or should I say "lynchings." People choose to seek coun­ ability to function in his or her to practice law. The state's penal system should concentrate on prevention, seling for many reasons. Some daily life. And when the If the only objection to the rehabilitation and deterrence, and not involve itselfin revenge. seek guidance with career and particular issue which prompted Board's questions about appli­ other lifestyle changes. Some the individual to seek counseling cants' past encounters with men­ are experiencing difficulties with has been adequately resolved, tal health professionals was the personal relationships. Others most persons invariably move annoyance of having to recall THE AMICUS CURIAE are trying to come to grips with on in their lives better able to the relevant names, dates, and trauma inflicted during encoun­ confront the daily problems and places of treatment, most appli­ Marshall-Wythe School of Law terswith abusive parents, spouses dilemmas of life. cants would merely complain "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of or significant others. And some Unfortunately, the antiquated about the lack of any productive student news and opinion" simply want to understand why concept that persons who seek purpose for the questions. How­ they sometimes experience anxi­ such assistance are somehow ever, requiring applicants to Editor: Leeanne Morris ety and depression for no appar­ "emotionally unstable" contin­ dredge up the personal and pain­ Managing Editors: Paula Hannaford, Shelley Evans ent reason. All of these reasons ues unabated. However, it ap­ ful times of their lives for the Production Editor: Debbi Holmes are common to people trying to pears that the Board has swal­ Board's inspection has at least Assistant Editor: Stephen T. King work out the inevitable prob­ lowed this notion hook, line and three significant consequences. Business Manager: Janet Breckenridge lems of living life in the latter sinker. The broad scope of its News Reporters: Features Reporters: half of the 20th century. investigations demonstrates con­ See WHAT?, page 8 John Crouch Eleanor Bordeaux The decision to seek clusively the Board's determi- Scott Drabenstadt Caroline Boutwell Marjorie Fichter John Crouch Letter------Nina Hval Marybeth Dingledy To the Editor: long time, but after reading about administration comes down on Stephen Thomas King Mark A. Donald You have been doing such a Maggie I finally forced myselfto you because of this Thatcher Erin Masson Jonathan H. Koenig good job! sit down and do it. thing. Lulit Million Scott Layman The Amicus continues to Keep it up. Let us know ifthe -Keith Finch ('92) Toni Randall Lulit Million amaze me with every issue! I'm Editorial Policy Steven Youngkin going through job interviews The letters and opinion pages of the Amicus Curiae are now, and people sometimes ask Sports Gurus: Alan Duckworth, Bill Madigan dedicated to all student opinion regardless of form or content. me about the newspaper because Photographer: Peter Owen Opinion articles are not edited for content, only spell checked. I have it on my resume. I can't Production Assistant: John Crouch Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinion of tell you how proud I am to be Business Assistant: Doug Miller the newspaper or its staff. AIl letters to the Editor should be able to describe the work you're Cartoonists: John Davidson, Dan Jordan, Jack Mackerel, submitted by 5 p.m., Wednesday. doing. Jeff Regner We cannot print a letter \\ithout confirmation of the author's I also wanted to let you know Midwestern Correspondent: David Ziemer name. We rnay, however, withhold the name on request. how happy I am that you've Renaissance Man: Daryl Taylor Letters over 500 words may be returned to the writer with a continued to send me copies. and John Davidson as Jack Ryan request that they be edited for the sake of space. I've been planning to write for a Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE 3 Rev. Al Sharpto.n ~peaks in honor of Black History Month By SHELLEY EVANS History Month is not only for The Reverend Ai Sharpton blacks but is an "inspiration to brought his inspirational and all not to have a reoccurrence of . motivational presentation to those struggles." William & Mary's University Sharpton answered a Center on Feb. 25 in honor of question that was probably on Black History Month. manypeople'sminds: Why have In sharp contrast to his media him speak at a college? Sharpton image of a few years ago in New answered, "It seems strange that York as a rabble-rouser, people don't want people who Sharpton began by stating that it are involved to speak for is "not my desire to come and trY themselves. . . . It seems more to make anyone have a positive likely to bring in an academic to or a negative opinion of me. I analyze me rather than to bring hope at the end of the evening, in the primary source." we understand each other." . So here was the primary Anyone who attended in source who was present at hopes that Sharpton would create Bensonhurst and Crown Heights, media bites by offending Brooklyn and who stood by everyone was quite disappointed. Tawana Brawley, informing us Sharpton came to sedate that "we are the most educated Williamsburg, Virginia (as but have not defined what we opposed to Williamsburg, will do with this advantage: Brooklyn) in an attempt to ignite People with less education were The Rev. Al Sharpton inspires W &M students at his Feb. 25 presentation -staff photo a fire under our seats, to call our able to make alliances with others honoring Black history month. generation to action by dealing and to make changes. Today we with and changing current social are less able to get along and He informed us that we need to preached Sharpton. He fears some ofthe statutory rights given policies. make a social movement." He define our generation. He that the progress of the 1960s to slaves in 1896. Black History Month is a bellowed at us in prose that we reminded African-Americans of defined by King and Malcolm Some of the signs of the end time, preached Sharpton, that live "with the illusion of the history of protest and change X, the 1970s represented by Carl of the second reconstruction African-Americans need to talk individualism and still don't get that is starting to revert. Stokes, the 1980s aligned by period Sharpton sees are Shaw v. about a glorious continuation of along." "The history of our people is Mandela and Jackson is in our struggle. And, he said, it is It appeared to be Sharpton's based on sound analysis and danger ofbeing rescinded just as See SHARPTON, page 18 important to note that Black goal to challenge the audience. action and not being critics," Plessy v. Ferguson rescinded Frank to be keynote speaker at Bill ofRights Symposium By SCOTf DRABENSTADT However, there are some new twists to (2L), in discussing the reasoning behind between Remo Simpson, a gay father, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) this year's Symposium that make it dif­ the move, said, "By moving it over to the and Margaret Simpson, a straight mother. will deliver the keynote address at the ferent from those of the past. Taking main campus we hope to draw more Arguing for the petitioner Mr. Simpso fifth annual Institute of Bill of Rights advantage of the opening of the new people from the College and the commu­ will be the team of Kenya Parrish (IL) Law's Student Division Symposium on University Center, student organizers nity. With this topic, it seems very appro­ andJimCady(IL). WendellPai(IL)and March 24. This year's Symposium, titled, have moved the Symposium from the law priate to do." Ramsey Taylor (IL) will represent the "Gays, Lesbians, and the Meaning of school for the first time and will be hold­ The Symposium will begin at 6 p.m. respondent. The panel ofjudges hearing Family," promises to be every bit as con­ ing it in the Commonwealth Auditorium with the traditional moot court case. On troversial and thought-provoking as pre­ of the University Center. The main orga­ the docket will be Simpson v. Simpson, a See RIGHTS, page 20 vious years' symposia. nizer of the Symposium, Clay Batchelor child custody battle in the state ofShadwell Who lives, who dies: Race remains a factor in capital cases By SHELLEY EVANS fendant is 5 times as likely; and in Mary­ and the beating of Rodney King in 1991. but at the beginning of Deans' campaign The student chapter of the American land, the defendant is 7.3 times as likely Like the lynch mob, the perpetrators in in the 1970s, the death penalty was not Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the to wind up on death row. These figures the King case did not fear reprisals and, even a part of party platforms. Even NAACP co-sponsored a film entitled reflect a double standard ofjustice in the initially, were acquitted. conservatives opposed it as putting too "Double Justice" and a presentation by charging, sentencing and imposition of Deans has wor.ked for the abolition of much power in the hands of the govern­ Marie Deans, President of Murder Vic­ the death penalty. the death penalty for 20 years. Her in­ ment. Reagan's advocacy of the death tims' Families for Reconciliation, in a From the Slave Codes, which were volvement initiated with basic moral 0b­ penalty, which he ironically equated \\ith searing attack on the death penalty held based as much on the race of the defen­ jections but, following the murder of her compassion, was responsible for the is­ on March 3 '- dant as on the victim, to the 14th Amend­ mother-in-law in 1970, shifted to a study sue, along with abortion, becoming a The film dramatically depicted the ment, which the of the effect of ex­ litmus test for the courts. racial bias that still affects the disburse­ Supreme Court has ecutions. Deans Deans described two similar cases ment of the death penalty in the United refused to enforce informed us that involving confessions by African-Ameri­ States. The statistics were staggering. Of effectively, African­ "studies have con­ cans. Despite inconsistencies in physical the over 250,000 people currently on· Americans remain firmed that in order evidence, motive, intent, sequence and death row, 40 percent are African-Ameri­ undervalued in the for deterrence to eyen type of crime, death sentences were can; more than 80 percent of African­ criminal justice sys­ work, people must imposed in both cases because, Deans Americans were executed in cases in tem both as victims identify with the explained, the death penalty "perverts which the victims were white. and defendants. person being ex­ our sense ofjustice ." Deans has worked Throughout the United States, race is One of the · high­ ecuted, but in with many condemned people of color pervasive in the imposition of the death lights ofthe film was America we identify and witnessed numerous executions, and penalty. For example, in Florida if the the stark compari- with the execu- she therefore "knows who the victims [on defendant is an African-American and son of the domi- tioner." death row] were and why they kill, but the victim is white, the death penalty is nance of lynchings It may be dif­ still doesn't know who we [as a society] 3.4 times as likely; in Mississippi, a de- from 1889 to 1932 ---....- - ficult to imagine, are and why we kill." 4 . . Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRw: Dutch ambassador to the U.S. profiles three avenues for development of NATO . By NINA HVAL membership. According to de Winston 'Churchill is noted Szeged, in reaction to the insta­ --~~------as saying, "Whenever a diplo-' billty around NATO territory mat speaks he is always poised particularly to the east, NATO between a platitude and ' an in- . shilled its focus in 1991 from discretion. " . deterrence and defense to pro- Quite to the CQntraiy;· H. E. motion of stability. . AdriaanJac6bovits'de Szeged, . At a meeting in January, the Netherlands' Ambassaaorto NATO defined three new direc~ the United 'States, treated mem- ,tions for itself, or as de Szeged be~s Of the' W &M comniuruty called them, three roads ahead: and honored guests to an orga- . to move eastWard, to establish a niz-ed and' persuasive lecture o'n -. new balanCe based on a stronger the' challenges thai face 'NA TO European ' pillar, arid to make ahd the' three' new ditections if plans for military alliances' out­ plans to take in the 21 st c~n!ury. side of its ' territory to promote . "Tli~ lecture, titled, "Partner- humanitarian and peace-keep­ srupForPeaee-Whlc-hPartnerS? ing efforts. what Peace?"\vas sponSored by De Szeged defin~ these di­ tlle Thomas' Jefferson Progi-ani . rections" as partnerships for inPublicPolicy. PresidentTimo- peaCe: a partnership with East­ Netherlands Ambassador Adriaan Jacobovitis de Szeged ootlines -staff photo thy Suillvan iritroduced de "em Europe; a partnership in the NATO's new directions. Szeged, 'agradua:te of the Uni-' . North Atlantic Alliance between eventual membership in NATO. ticipation. First, a country must the road to membership in NATO . versitY of Leyden Law School ' the United States and Europe; Two principles of the program, accept the framework document if, over time, they prove their and former Dutch Ambassador . and a partnership for peacemak­ non-discrimination and differ­ requiring a commitment to dedication to NATO ideals. to the U.N. and NATO, as one of ing and humanitarian efforts entiation, guarantee equal treat­ democratic government and in­ Commenting on the recent the most respected ambassadors outside NATO borders. The ment among non-member coun­ ternationallaw norms, transpar­ media attention on the newly in Washington, D .C. Judging challenge ahead is to use politi­ tries while giving each country ency in defense planning, and assertive Russia, de Szeged said fromhiswell-conceivedthoughts cal and military means to move the flexibility to negotiate with democratic control of the mili­ that Russia still views NATO as on international security through NATO in these three directions. NATO the terms under which it tary. the enemy organization and he NATO, this reputation is well The first road ahead, build- will eventually join the Alliance. Second, the country must cre­ feels it will be a while before earned. ing a partnership with Eastern As part of the implementa­ ate a prl!Sentation document that Russia joins the Partnership for In 1949, the task of NATO Europe, i~ the goal of the Part­ tion procesS, NAto sends out explains how it will comply with Peace Program, and "at least one was broadly defined as protect- nership for Peace program; that representatives to explain the the framework document re­ genetation's time before it is ing its members; promoting sta- is, to create an evolutionary pro­ program to non-member coun­ quirements. So far, nine coun­ bility within its territory, and cess leading interested and dedi­ tries; bringing with them two tries have joined the Partnership See NATO, page 5 enhancing the defense of its cated countries to inclusion and requirements for program par- for Peace Program, and are on Mary & William address conference of national groups By MARJORIE FICHTER for the upcoming year, including creating with an academic symposium titled, The papers presented during the and ERIN MASSON a network to enable women to learn from "Solidarity, Inclusion, and symposium will be printed in the Fall Ten members ofthe Mary and William and support one another, developing law Representation: Tensions and Possibilities 1994 issue of the Virginia Journal of Feminist Law Society attended the school educational programs on gender Within Contemporary Feminism." Social Policy and the Law. inaugural National Women Law Students' issues, and instituting a national moot The first panel dealt with many issues A third panel was held Saturday, and Association (NWLSA) conference. court competition. such as the lesbian perspective, the addressed "Gender Bias Faced by Law Students from thirty-five law schools The NWLSA will also coordinate problem ofessentialist, biological claims Women." The panelists were attorneys attended the conference titled, "Women activities ofjournals dealing with gender that pervade feminism, and gender with law firms and public interest in Law: Cooperating for Change," which issues, create sources of information on stereotypes. employers as well as a professor. The was held at the University of Virginia' public interest women's advocacy A paper on the inherent difficulty of main theme of these discussions was the Feb. 18-20. positions and opportunities for pro bono separating race and gender from the importance of women supporting one At the conference, students testified to work, and attempt to strengthen the perspective of a black woman was also another and networking in the legal the ABA Commission on Women in the feminist perspective in law schools. presented. Multi-culturalism and the profession. Profession, heard academic presentations Elections for NWLSA's executive importance of remembering one's past One woman focused on the and created the NWLSA. board were also held on Saturday. The perspectives and experiences after inhospitable nature ofthe legal profession On Friday, Feb. 18, the ABA officers of the organization are women becoming a lawyer was the topic ofanother and its intolerable working conditions. Commission on Women in the Profession from Boston College, University of paper. Another attorney discussed the disparity heard testimony on the experiences of Georgia, University of Wisconsin, The second panel, called "Feminist in courtroom treatment of women and female law students. M-W students Erin Syracuse University and the University of Legal Method," was held Friday afternoon men, while another woman focussed on Masson and Jean King (2Ls) testified Virginia. Other board members include and discussed such issues as the need to the connection between law and politics before the Commission about classroom representatives from New Mexico and address the female perspective in the as a way to advance women in the dynamics, the curriculum, the new California. William and Mary is teaching of the law through casebooks profession. Journal of Women and the Law, women represented on the board by Erin Masson and classroom discussion. The last panel was called, "Public in leadership positions, the impact of who is coordinating the national moot A study on women's law journals is Service by Law Women." One woman se:>.:ual violence, the image of attorneys court competition. being conducted by one professor to find suggested that people working in law and suggestions for continuing legal The NWLSA is divided into 15 out the difficulties and strategies used to firms interested it) public service become education programs. Their presentation circuits. M-W's circuit includes Virginia, publish such journals. very involved in pro bono work. Another was well received by the Commission. West Virginia, North Carolina, and South The difference between mercy and woman discussed the importance of On Saturday, Feb. 19, conference Carolina. The circuit will meet before justice and the need for both within the fellowships to explore the public interest participants edited and amended the May 1 to plan activities for next year as legal system was also addresSed. In arena. Though a fellowship is not a job, Constitution and Bylaws for the NWLSA. well as elect circuit officers. addition, the importance of feminist it would help develop contacts and allow Many exciting projects are planned The conference began Friday morning lawmaking was discussed. exploration of the public interest market. Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuR1AE======5 Finding the right job for you: pro offers strategies By PAULA HANNAFORD to the students of the respective schools. practicing legal jobs that have attracted description of job-seekiog strategies for The adage that practicing law will The career planning directors of the attorneys and law students. law students seeking non-traditional prepare you for whatever career you wish four Virginia law schools were familiar Many of the positions she described positions. The techniques most conunonly to pursue is the greatest myth surrounding with Arron's work and agreed to sponsor were tangentially related to the practice used by law students to find jobs, such as the legal profession, according to the workshop a part of a collaborative of law, such as providing legal services conducting libraly researchand reviewing nationally renowned career consultant venture for their respective students. "It and products to practicing attorneys. A job announcements, are generally the least Deborah L. Anon. would have been financially unfeasible to number of other jobs, however, were.less effective, she said. "In fact, practicing law will sometimes have the program at any single school," obviously related to the law, including The most effective technique, Arron take people further away from their long­ said Kaplan. Arron, a former practicing free-lance writing, government and maintained, is to network with people term career goals," she cautioned. attorney and the author of Running from corporate compliance officers, and fund­ that the student has known while acting Anon discussed alternative career the Law and What Can You Do With a raising coordinators. in a leadership capacity. For example, options, perSonal assessment techniques, Law Degree?, has been counseling During the second session, Arron chairing fundraising or political and job search strategies with about 200 lawyers and law students on career introduced workshop participants to a campaigns, working on community or Virginia law students at a wortcsbop development since 1985. number of exercises designed to identify public interest projects, and public conducted at the University ofRichmond Duringtbeaftemoon woIkshop, Anon each person's professional strengths and speaking or writing activities is a good on Feb. 26. explained that there are two types ofjob accomplisbments. "Employers want to way ofcommunicating both professional The presentation, entitled "Job­ seekers--tbose that try to fit themselves hire people with credentials," she said, competence and interest to potential Finding Success Inside, Outside, and into a job opening without evaluating "but grades are often the least important employers. Around the Law," was a cooperative whether they have an interest in the job, criteria." Feedback from workshop participants venture arranged by the career placement and those that carefully consider their Instead, she explained, employers are was generally good, according to Kaplan. offices of the W&:M, University of own credentials and interests and then impressed by three qualities in job Most of the students that Kaplan talked Richmond, University of Virginia and look for jobs that suit their needs. The applicants: a senseofhonesty and personal with after the presentation·indicated that Washington &: Lee law schools. former, she said, generally are either integrity, a forward-looking vision, and Anon's lecture had "re-energized them" According to Associate Dean and unsuccessful in theirjob seaICh or unhappy the enthusiasm and passion they bring to for the job-search process. According to Office ofCareer Planning and Placement with their ultimate results. . the job. "People don't care what you Kaplan. Anon had remarked that the Director Robert Kaplan. the joint law­ The afternoon workshop consisted of know until they know how much you workshop had been "one of the most school woIkshop was arranged as a means three sessions. In the first, Anon gave a care," she reminded the audience. participatory audiences" that she had of expanding career placement services brief overview of the types of non- Arron concluded the workshop with a addressed. BLSA discusses African-American family By TONI M. RANDALL Ito, buttressing his position said. takes a whole village to raise a session along with a reception Is there something inherently with statistics, said today's Emphasizing the strength of child," Miller surmised a return followed the panelists' unique about the African­ situation is partly a consequence the African-American family . of the homogeneous community . presentations. Topics ranged American familial structure'? If of increased educational both historically and presently, as an extended family would from the effect of integration on not, then what forces are opportunities for African­ Battle went on to say that such so1vesomeoftheproblemsfacing the structure of the African­ responsible for what many in Americans since the 1960s. laws did not prevent African- African-American families Americanfiunily to the departure today's society characterize as As they have availed Americans from forming a today. of African-American families the "breakdown" of the African­ themselves of higher education "marital connectedness" by A question-and-answer from the church. American family? and the economic opportunities "jumping the broom." This was These were the questions that necessarily follow, there the method by which enslaved actions could occur only with wrestled with by both panelists have been two consequences. couples formed a union by NATO, from page 4 the authorization of the U.N. and audience members at the One, African-American women literally jumping over a broom Security Council. Black Law Students find that they don't need into the land of holy matrimony. ready to participate in NATO as NATO wants to do more to Association' s (BLSA) panel husbands, and two, when Battle noted that the tradition of a member." tackle the instability and secu­ entitled, "Redefining the Roles educated African-Americans do "jumping the broom" had The second road ahead, build­ rity risks outside its territory. Within the African-American marry, they either have no recently reemerged among ing a new Euro-American alli­ This goal requires a similar ap­ Family" held in the Moot Court children or only one. African-American couples, ance within NATO, requires a proach in which all NATO mem­ Room the evening of Feb. 22 as Ito also ascribed the fact that which in his opinion represented different partnership based on a bers participate rather than label part of M-W's celebration of most African-American families an affirmation of the strength of unified, inner European group. individual instabilities as "Eu­ Black History Month. are headed by single women to the African-American family. Displaying a loyalty to the new ropean" or "American" prob­ The panel, assembled by the decrease in the availability of Following Battle were Leni European community, de Szeged lems. The three roads ahead for BLSA Vice-President, Carla marriageable African-American Sorenson, a W&M Ph.D. stated that the European Union NATO lead to new Eastern Eu­ Archie (2L), was composed of males, citing the large number candidate in American Studies, (EU, formerly called the Euro­ ropean members, a stronger Eu­ four individuals who attributed African-American males and Ingrid Watson-Miller, an pean Community) needs to de­ ropean pillar, and greater over­ the fact that approximately 60 incarcerated. Assistant Professor of Spanish fine itself as a block and can do all world stability. De Szeged percent of today' s African­ The Reverend Michael A. at Hampton University. so by preparing EU points of summed up his speech with a American families are headed Battle, Sr., chaplain and Sorenson emphasized the view to present to the Alliance. few remarks on Bosnia. He by single women to factors professor of philosophy and i rnportance ofAfrican-American With the goal of a common de­ noted that the pressure of U.N. consistent with their own religion at Hampton University, history as found in literature to fense policy, the EU must de­ troops is essential in promoting educational backgrounds. agreed with Ito in regard to the the survival of the African­ velop a .common foreign policy the stability and peace negotia­ Dr. Satoshi Ito, a professor of significant problem the absence American family. "We must that would lead to a unified secu­ tion. De Szeged attributes the sociology at W&M, 'Who received of the African-American male look at who we have been and rity policy as well. Recognizing lower levels of violence to the his Ph.D. in sociology from the poses to the family. However, what those living have observed that this goal requires time to psychological and mitigation University of North Carolina at Battle differed from Ito in his their families do in order to deal de-. elop, de Szeged said that for effects of the UN troops. In Chapel Hill, said there was little assessment of the uniqueness of with present-day problems," now the 12 EU countries rn,ust addition, he expressed satisfac­ substance to the notion that the the African-American family Sorenson noted. agree on a temporary defense tion with the extended success of African-American family was experience. Miller attributed the present policy and seek U.S. support and Sarajevo and hoped to replicate different from its European " The African-American problems within the African­ guidance. the success in other areas. counterpart. "The Black family experience is unlike that of any American family to the The third option for NATO Along with W&M students has tried to structure itself like other ethnic group because they " inculcation of African­ involves a change in its military and faculty, military representa­ other American families, are the only ethnic group in American people with ethnic design, in expanding its peace­ tives from the NATO Supreme therefore cultural differences are history for whom it was illegal to groups whose values were keeping and humanitarian ef­ Allied Command, Atlantic, not the reason for today' s have a family, to marry, and different from their own." forts outside NATO territories. based in Norfolk, were in atten­ differences," he said. create a family structure," Battle Quoting the African adage "It On the political side, such NATO dance at the lecture. 6 Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRw: ---Law Watch Meet John Levy By JOHN CROUCH MUST LOCALIZE JUDGES: A 19 By LULIT MILLION RACIST SENTENCING LAW : The percent Black county with no Blackjudges Born and raised in Washington, mandatory minimum for crack is racist, must end at-large judge elections, said a Professor JohnM Levy received says St. Louis federal judge Clyde Cahill. Chattanoogafederaljudge. (USA Today). o .c., his B.A. in English from New York It's cruel and unusual and has put ' a NO PRIVACY: Drug tests can be forced University. After graduation, Levy generation of black men in prison, says on college athletes because they have a initially did not wish to teach or attend D.C. District Judge Louis Oberdorfer. diminished expectation of privacy and graduate school. Instead, he joined the Ounce for ounce, crack sentences are 100 the NCAA is non-governmental, Peace Corps in Nigeria where he met times those for plain cocaine, which is California's Supreme Court said. (Law his wife, married, and they had their j ust as potent and more unsafe. Week). first child. (Washington Post). STALKER PREY CHARGED: Quan­ Levy counts taking the LSAT in BIG-FIRM RECRUITING UP: The tico Marine prosecutors were criticized Nigeria as one of his most memorable hottest field is corporate law, except in for charging Rayna Ross, who shot a moments. After receiving his · J.D. D. c., where telecommunications, health, stalker who broke into her home with a from Syracuse. Levy was aWarded a and environmental law are burgeoning. bayonet at 3 a.m. RossJaces a life term for fellowship to work at Legal Aid "in (National Law Journal). murder. Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Roanoke. DISCOVERY REFORM DROPPED: Ebert called the killing justifiable, but a " In 1971, Levy started Legal Aid in Most federal courts opted out of new Marine prosecutor called Ross "a spider Richmond where he worked with spontaneous disclosure rules. (National woman" who "lured men into untenable University of Richmond and W&M Law Journal). positions and dumped them.'"' law students. With the help of working and collecting fossils, which GA Y LAW LOOSENED: Britain Cpl. Anthony Goree had just gotten Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va), he to characterize as interest dropped the age of consent for gay males out ofjail from one of his earlier assaults refused an Levy received federal funding to start in archeology because he and his wife, to 18. For lesbians and straights, it is 16. on Ross. He once held her at knife-point the Williamsburg branch of Peninsula collect just for the fun of it. Gay leaders will Euro-sue. (Guardian). all day, threatening murder and suicide. Kaye, Legal Aid. Levy visited W&Min 1976 The mantlepiece in Benet' s GUN BAN ENDS: To settle an NRA She bought a handgun for protection and laterjoined the M-W faculty as the re&1aurant is Levy'sonly commissioned suit, Tombstone, Az., ended its ban on three days before the recent attack. A Director of Clinical Education and work so far. It is done in his favorite bearing arms in public. (Washington waiting period would have left her and Professor of Law. medium. Virginia cedar. "Other than Post). her child helpless, her lawyer said. Levy loves to travel. Last summer that," explained Levy, "I make 'feely RIGHT TO BREATHE: A hospital (Washington Post). he ventured to Australia with students fish. '" These are worry beads that one must give ancephalic "Baby K" respiratory TORTURED FILIPINOS: The Marcos on the Summer Abroad Program. rubs to calm one's nerves. support when she needs it, the Fourth estate must pay $ 1.2 billion to over 10,000 When asked about his future plans, "I use it in my teaching in the Legal Circuit said. K. has no higher brain. All Filipino dissidents, a Honolulu jury said. Levy'said, "I haven't decided what 1 Aid Clinic because when students parties except K. and her mother say (USA Today). want to do when I grow up." " inteJView a client, they have a tendency treating her is unethical. (National Law SOVEREIGN IMPUNITY: As a As the Chair of the Legal Panel of not to sustain eye contact. .. The "feely Journal). current head of state, Haitian President the Virginia ACLU , Levy approves all fish" give students something to do BLACKMUN JUMPS SHIP: Justice Jean-Bertrand Aristide escapes U .S. "its cases. The latest case involved Blackmun reversed his 85-year support personal jurisdiction even when sued for with their hands while concentrating for the death penalty. Sentencing re­ eX1.rajudicial murder under the Torture "going after the character and fitness on the actual inteJView. And every mains so "fraught with arbitrariness, dis­ Victims Protection Act, said Brooklyn application of the Vtrginia Bar. We student is given one as a gift upon crimination, caprice and mistake" that it judge Jack Weinstein. (Law Week). have a client who is refusing to answer completingthecourse. A "feelyfish" is must kill some innocent people, he wrote. STINGY STATE: Virginia barmed use questions about substance abuse and located in Levy's office on his desk. therapy." Levy and Kaye enjoy going to "Vague aggravating circumstances" are of its money to put road signs in metric. Chippokes State Parkin Surrey County used to make murders capital, he added, (USA Today). The Aq.U is also counsel for and federal courts now give no "mean­ CHICAGO-STYLE JURISPRUD­ Sharon Bottoms in her case involving to collect fossils. Some of their finds ingful oversight." ENCE: The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court custody by lesbian parents. Her appeal include 5 to 7 million-year-old shark Scoffmg atsomeofBlackmun'stypical of Appea ls is a bunch of white was a rgued on Feb. 16. When and whale teeth that they keep in jars in purple prose, Justice Scalia described a homogeneous dawdling pedants with no "q uestioned about the potential outcome their home. brutal child murder and proclaimed, "How real-life experience who duck judging of the case, Levy commented, "We are The Levys' son Adam works nearby, enviable a quiet death by lethal injection cases' merits, easily led by judicial activist hopeful that the arguments went very for James City County. But Levy's compared with that! " (Washington Post). ideologues who decide cases by "working well. If we win, the question remains "grandbabies'"' are another source of EXECUTION ON TV: Televised backwards" from economic efficiency wbetherthe maternal grandmother will pride. Chelsea will turn 4 in Mar. executions will be more practical than models to sweeping holdings without ever appeal. If she does and the Supreme Z8kary is 13 months old. They are the public hangings, a North Carolina Senate noticing precedent, facts or issues before Court grants the writ. the issue of children of his daughter, Shanti, who committee decided. (USA Today). the court, says an evaluation by the whether being a lesbian is · per se wasbornduring Levy' s stint in Nigeria. ANGELS TROUNCE U.S.: A Hell's Chicago Council of Lawyers. "unfitness" will be argued in the Shanti means "blessing'"' in Edo, the Angels clubhouse is not forfeited to the Chief Judge Richard Posner replied, Virginia Supreme Court. '"' language of a tribe in Nigeria, and U. S., a New York jury said. (National "If[I am in] disagreement with precedent, Levy' s hobbies include wood- " in Sanskrit. Law Journal). or puzzlement at the parties' failure to Mukasey held. (New YorkLawJournal). German employers must give. Germany DEFECTIVE KIDS RETURNED: A explore a particular line of analysis, or FUNNEL HEAD: Calling a policeman charged one Serb, Dusko Tadic, and will Manhattanjustice recognized a "wrongful distress at the lawyers' incompetence, or a "funnel head" who gives Berryville, Va., probably see how he fares before charging adoption" claim. Eight other states allow belief that the proper disposition hinges "a bad name" is not fighting words, said others. (London Times). it. She said adopters may get damages or on an issue not recognized by the parties, a judge there. (Washington Post). 3-STRIKES WORKS; NO CURE­ even return a defective child if an agency I say so." "If that's how they want to STIFF WRISTS: Compaq had no duty ALL: Illinois has had a three-strikes law lied and caused financial damage. (Wall spend their time, it's OK by me," former to warn ofcarpal tunnel syndrome because since 1978. It has put only 92 felons away Street Journal). Chief Judge William Bauer added. it didn't know of the danger, a Houston for life, which shows it may be a deterrent SELF-HELP: Merchants in some D.C. (National Law Journal). jury found in the first keyboard injUI)' and won't strain budgets. The state prison neighborhoods set up shortwave networks INCEST WITH A TWIST: Sex with case. (Wall Street Journal). population has tripled since 1978. to respond to robberies. Many speak no one's adopted child is not incest, South EmNIC CLEANSERS LIVE, WORK Murderers serve an average 5Y2 years; English, so they use codes. One street's Dakota's Supreme Court said. (USA IN GERMANY: Bosnia's Center for the rapists, 3 years. (National Law Journal). network has foiled "dozens of crimes," a Today). Documentation of War and Genocidal TORT IMPLOSION: Tennesseejudges shopkeeper claimed. (Washington Post). HARD DRIVE: Grand juries carmot Crimes asked Germany's Justice Ministry andjuries award far less in damages than INSTANT JAIL: British police are subpoena whole hard drives, which are to prosecute cleansers who live and work they used to, says a Tennessee Judicial catching thieves in "rat trap'"' cars. When like file cabinets, but courts may appoint in Germany. Many have lived there 30 they are started, the doors lock for good experts to do key-word searches, years. They murder during the long See LAW WATCH, page 8 and an alarm sounds. (London Times). Manhattan federal judge Michael vacations and liberal sick leave that all '.' .. '

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Muscarelle Museum of Art presents Nissan Engel Wanted: anti-North delegates. Deadlines this week & next. Israeli-born international artist Nissan Engel will be paid tribute in a special Several M-W students will be delegates voting for Jim Miller, opponent of exhibition entitled, "Nissan Engel: Nouvelles Dimensions from March 19 to May I senatorial candidate Oliver North in the Virginia Senate race at the State Republican at the Muscarelle Museum. Described in his own words as "abstract lyricism," Convention in Richmond on June 4. Engel's works are carefully composed from line, color and texture, blended with paper Miller isan economics professor at George Mason University who formerly headed scraps, and found objects such as lace, old postcards, and even mineral and organic both the Federal Trade Commission and the executive Office of Management and elements. The artist will give a gallery talk on March 20 at 3 p.m. Budget. Simultaneously, the Museum will also showcase an exhibition, "The Art of the Because Virginia does not have primaries, the only way Virginians can influence Book." the Senate race is to act as delegates. Those registered to voted in Williamsburg must All events are free and open to the public. file as delegates in person by March 7, or postmark their filing certificates by March 3. Students registered in James City County have until March II. Students not yet Cable to arrive in '95 registered to vote here may still register before filing. Graduate Housing and other dormitories will get cable television during the Information on delegate filing requirements is on the College Republicans bulletin summers of 1995 and 19%, Vice Provost Bud Robeson predicted. board. Please direct any questions to the hanging file of Tim Singhel (2L). For In the recent undergraduate Student Association elections, 85 percent voted to information on York County, contact Ben Landon (3L) by hanging file. make cable optional, with only subscribers paying for it. Outraged SA president-elect It is not necessary to be a member of the party you wish to represent as delegate, Greg Werkheiser (class of '%) called the referendum "useless" and "invalid" and or even to support their ideals. vowed to ignore its results. He said voters were not informed that cable would cost subscribers less if others were forced to help pay for it. Smolla to Debate Hate Crimes, Speech "It would be about a couple of bucks more a month" if optional, Robeson Professor Rodney Smolla and Cornell Government Professor Jeremy Rabkin will confirmed. Werkheiser wants all students to get basic services including C-SPAN, debate issues of hate crimes and free speech here on March 23 at 10 a.m. The newly CNN and foreign language channels for $12.50 per semester. Stay tuned. reactivated M -W Chapter of the F edera,list Society will sponsor Rabkin's appearance. Smolla's play to be produced Brahms serenade tonight "The Trial of Oliver Wendell Holmes" by Professor Rod Smolla will be produced The W&M orchestra presents Brahms's Serenade No.1 tonight, Thursday, March on April 4 at 8 p.m. in the Commonwealth Auditorium of the University Center. The 3 at 8 p.m. in Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Admission is free, but for those desiring play is open to the public; admission is free. It is presented by the College and M-W preferential seating, tickets can be picked up at Phi Beta Kappa Hall's ticket window and will be performed by M-W law students. Pete Schiron (IL) is the director. beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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It's a MAD World Columnist slams editrix, law students & the·places they go By M. A. DONALD Country and Western food might parties sore from jostling and people go to Paul's in the first discovered, .law students like Way back in 'aught one prior be. hoarse from yelling. In fact, this place. hormonal undergraduates unable to my matriculation at this But that was then and this is is the very atmosphere I enjoy at First off, the excuses must be to travel more than a mile from particular locale of higher now, and although some haggard Paul's while dining on their fine debunked. Those who would campus show up in the hope that learning I received a thin yellow third years did in fact go to the sandwiches three or four times a claim that the atmosphere at maybe that person came book which purported to describe Green Leafe when I was a first week for lunch. Paul's is somehow "different" shopping too. Nothingelsecould the local offerings in the food year, there can be no doubt that And so once again a line can than at school have never really explain the ritual self-torture of and beverage departments. the reigning champion among be drawn among law students. listened to conversations at either noise, smoke, crowd, and yet While an objective guide law student watering holes is Are you a lunch person or a nite place. Both, of course, revolve more time spent with law would have suffocated under the that den of persnickety person, or a person with an actual completely around what or who students. As a bunch, we're just weight of its "Pancake House" undergraduateness called Paul's. life and more important things a given person is doing. not that neat enough to merit the section, this law student -oriented With frightening regularity, to think and worry about? Since Next to go must be the pa­ extra attention. publication was weighty instead great herds of law students for the Paul's-crazed there is no thetic claim that, "there's no The only other real reason is with establishments where one migrate to the right -hand side of acceptable excuse short ofactual place else to go." That's easy. if one is dragged along with could whet one's whistle while the door, when the winds change marriage or pregnancy, I am There's two places even a drunk someone on that special prowl filling the belly. As W.e. Fields or Thursday night rolls around, constantly required to defend my could hit with a thrown stone mentioned above as bait, so aptly stated, "I hate to eat on whichever comes first. It seems aversion to Paul's, or, more from Paul's front door, and one designated driver or for some an empty stomach." those crazy kids just don't get precisely, to the law student scene can drink and hear oneself think other purpose. All else is excuse And so before I ever set eyes enough of each other since they there. at a variety of local establish­ and rationalization. on my first coloniale touriste, I only spend five days a week in a Rest assured that my aversion ments including 0 ' Callaghan's, Now that the truth is out, the read that the preferred gathering social atmosphere tighter than to nite-Paul's has nothing to do Second Street, Polo Club, and administration should see about spot and watering hole for law on a submarine out for an with the fact that the editor of the Sportsman's. updating that book lest any hot students was called the Green extended cruise. this newspaper long ago smashed This last excuse points to the and bothered future lLs should Leafe. This was after I had gotten This is not meant to denigrate a pilsner glass on my face there, actual reason law students go to go to the 'Leafe by mistake and over the confusion generated by Paul's by any means. Paul's resulting in my bleeding, and Paul's which might be more miss all the fun. Until then, if phrases in the book such as, would be a fine place to go in the the ejection of our entire group. accurately phrased as, "There's you choose to go to Paul's and "C.W. food at C.W. prices." absence of rude drunk teenagers Instead, after being forced to offer no place else to go where there you happen to see a newspaper From my home in Tucson, Az., with fake I.D.s, smoke, and an so many excuses, resulting in might be law students thatI want editor staggering menacing\), I had wondered aloud what ambient volume level that assures much analysis, and deep thought, to sleep with." On the chance toward you wielding stemware, Country and Western prices were that any conversation over 30 I have developed a completely that a chosen one (or handful), duck. [Some people just can't and, more frighteningly, what seconds in length leaves both non-scientific theory of why will make an appearance, or be take a joke-Ed.]

He didn't do it, they added. (Washington only in Catalan, not Spanish, violates the it." (USA Today). LA W WATCH, from page 6 Post). constitution and the Universal Declaration FAT, NOISY, FORGOTTEN AND PREEMPTION PREEMPTED: The of Human Rights, Spain' s Supreme RICH: "Brm," "Huggahugga" and other Council study. Since 1988, the average National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Tribunal held. It said parents have a right distinctive noises of The Fat Boys merit award fell from $79,3 21 to $67,323. Act does not preempt car-safety suits to choose whether their children learn copyright protection, said New York judge Yearly totals fell 30 percent, from using state tort law, the 11 th Circuit held, Spanish or Catalan. (pais). Charles Haight. (Wall Street Journal). $63,700,000 to $44,700,000. (National reversing a 1989 ruling. It cited the SENTENCED TO CHURCH: Born­ GOOD OLD #11: Despite the Indian Law Journal). Supreme Court's holding in Cipollone, again Fort Worth federal judge David Commerce clause, the 11 th Amendment CHIEFS' BEEF: 50 states' chiefjustices the cigarette case, that a statute's express Bellew made a year's weekly churchgoing stops Congress from giving Indian tribes unanimously condemned "indiscriminate preemption clause preempts implied a condition of Emma Jean Oliver's the right to sue states in federal court federalization of crimes" and the U. S. 's preemption theories. (Law Week). probation for not reporting a drug crime. about gambling, the 11 th Circuit said. move to exempt its prosecutors from ethics CHILD SUPPORT FOR ADULTS: When criticized, he replied, "Well, I did (Law J.f eek). rules. (National Law Journal). When one oftheir children turns 18, non­ EPA TOO FAIR: The D.C. Circuit custodial parents cannot reduce 'support sonal trauma they are experiencing. nixed EPA regulations that saved banks payments without getting a court order, WHAT?, from page 3 The most deleterious effect, however, from waste cleanup liability on foreclosed said Wise, Va. judge 1. R. Stump. Ifthe y will be felt by those persons who sought land. The EPA usurped the roles of get the order late, it is not retroactive and The most obvious effect is to generate counseling to resolve extremely painful Congress and the courts, it said. (National they don't even get credit for money they a lot of unnecessary anxiety for appli­ experiences in their lives. Requiring Law Journal). gave directly to the child. (Virginia cants who will justifiably wonder what these people to disclose the circumstances IN THE FLESH: Illinoiscannotletsex­ Lawyers WeekZv). criteria the Board will use to evaluate which prompted them to seek assistance abused children testify by closed-circuit MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME: their mental and emotional fitness. Most in the first place invariably resurrects TV, its Supreme Court held. (USA Today). Texan Allen McDuff, whose .death bar examiners are not qualified mental much of the pain they e"':perienced. Un­ RELIGIOUS PEREMPTORIES: A sentence for three 1966 murders was health experts themselves. Consequently, derstandably, they may fear that they will Boston appeals court reversedFr. Thomas commuted in 1972, has killed twice since any applicant might reasonably believe never be permitted to allow the ghosts of Carleton' s conviction for blocking he was paroled. He received his third that their evaluations will be based on their pasts to die. The Board' s inquiries abortion clinics because prosecutors used death sentence Mar. 1. (USA Today). their personal opinions about whether will yield virtually no relevant informa­ peremptory strikes against jurors with LIFETIME-EARNINGS DAMAGES: the applicant was justified in seeking tion pertaining to applicants' character Catholic-sounding names. (USA Today). Somali JarnaAdawill 's family demanded assistance in the first place. and fitness to practice law. This fact VICTIM IZER WAS VICTIMIZED sixty pregnant camels and a woman to Second, people e>.:pecting to apply to combined .with .the potential for adverse BY SEEING VICTIM VICTIMIZE settle his claim against the U.N:, whose the Virginia bar will think very carefully consequences for many applicants clearly VICTIMS: Michael Gifford shot Florida soldiers killed him when he threw a gre­ before seeking counseling. Many will outweighs any legitimate purpose to the abortionist David Gunn because anti­ nade into a World Food Program office. conclude that the risk of being deemed Board's questions about mental health. abortionists brainwashed and craz¢ him (Guardian). . "unfit ' to practice law is not worth the We all look forward to the news that Julie by showing him fetuses and hateful, blood­ SPAIN CAN'T BAN SPANISH: benefit they might receive from such as­ Clark's suit will invalidate these invasive drenched effigies, his lawyers told jurors. Making all schools in Catalonia teach sistance, thus prolonging whatever per- questions once and for all. Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRw: ======9 Crossfire Families and the law: under whose interpretation? Traditional American families are Real American families are under worth saving. attack from the right and the left. Ms. Hite. She believes that the two­ families would accept that imperfect By Jonathan H. Koenig parent family should no longer be the By John Crouch households and frayed relationships exist, preferred way of ordering society. and, like other existing social ties and One does not need a degree in sociol­ complex institutions, are still valuable As we approach the end of this cen­ ogy to see that junking the two-parent Attempts to define "family" more and should be conserved and respected as tury, feminist researcher Shere Hite asks: family norm, as Ms. Hite proposes, would widely than the nuclear family are greeted long as they cause no actual physical "Is the traditional two-parent family a wreak havoc. The intense bonds created by conservativeS with ridicule and alann. harm. structure worth saving?" After fifteen within a traditional family, because they But do they really want to be saying that The simple fact is that nowadays, as years of research, she concludes that it is have a biological basis, cannot be matched only modern, fortunate, two-parent always, people end up in households with not. . in any other human relationship. Strong families should be protected by-and from­ unrelated people. Others wind up in Hite's findings will be published this family ties encourage numerous virtues. -the government? families that cannot afford, or can't stand, month in a report that is bound to be even They motivate family members to behave After all, the same narrow view of to form a single household. In addition, more controversial than her 1976 study of responsibly, diligently, and selflessly; not families' rights which now lets courts traditional extended families remain female sexuality (dubbed a "masturba­ just towards each other, but towards soci­ break up lesbians' families may nex1 be common, especially among immigrants tion manual" by one critic). The media is ety as a whole. A devoted family member, used against parents who home-school and rural or ex-rural people. Whether already giving considerable attention to in other words, makes a good citizen. their kids, take them to church, or teach these deserve approval is irrelevant, the new Hite Report, sub-titled "Growing Edmund Burke recognized this when them to shoot. compared to the basic question ofwhether Up Under Patriarchy." See Jill Serjeant, he ~Tote: "We begin our public affections Conservatives need to be responsible they will get to raise children without "Hite Brands Traditional Family Repres­ in our families. No cold relation is a and distinguish between those who want legal interference. sive," Reuters Wire Service, Feb. 18, zealous citizen ... To be attached to the protection for the remaining family ties Throughout history, people have often 1994. subdivision, to love the little platoon we within unusual, broken, or extended found themselves in non-nuclear According to Ms. Hite, the traditional belong to in society is the first principle families, and the small, irrelevant minority households and have taken responsibility two-parent family is inherently "repres­ (the germ as it were) ofpublic affections." who think all families are obsolete and for each other's welfare. There have sive" and "poisoned by gender inequal­ Not surprisingly, when the wisdom of oppressive. always been single parents, and they have ity." Indeed, the traditional family that thousands of years is ignored and the The latter view is merely a potential made do, with help from relatives and "little platoon" of the family is broken threat to families. It would destroy the apart, we see increases in crime, poverty, transmission of civilization's values if it "One does not need a de­ and despair. were widely acted upon by teachers, social "Extended families pro­ gree in sociology to see Millions of Americans, including a workers and judges. But right now the vide.•• strength, good number who would describe them­ numbers ofdiehard socialists, ultra-rad­ not con­ that junking the 2-parent selves as feminists, believe that the tradi­ feminists, and unscorched commune:.. fusion. They are confus­ family norm ..• would tional two-parent family is not just a good dwellers who would willingly denounce ing only to bureaucrats." wreak havoc." idea but an institution ordained by God. families are shrinking fast as reality This probably seems quaint to Ms. Hite, intrudes on them. who says in her report that the model of A more immediate danger is the neighbors. Though it is far from ideal, Hite constructs from her survey data is a the holy family (Jesus, Mary & Joseph) is reigning upper-middle-class belief that there is nothing unprecedented about, for terrifying place. In it, she tells us, "fa­ "an essentially repressive one, teaching only nuclear families are functional or example, a child being raised by two thers [are] in terror lesttheynotbe 'manly' authoritarian psychological patterns and worth saving. This is embodied in legal women, and there is no reason a lesbian's ... mothers [are] in terror lest they be a belief in the unchanging rightness of doctrines that promote "intact family child would know more about his parents' beaten in their own bedrooms and ridi­ male power." Ms. Hite's comments re­ units" by encouraging stepparent adoption love life than any other child. culed by their children . . . and children veal an appalling and unfortunate lack of even at the cost ofcutting ties with natural Likewise, there have always been [are1 in terror ofbeing forced to do things religious understanding. For Christian parents, disfavoring and often outlawing people who have had to raise other against their will." women and men, true "power" and "au­ open adoption, and discouraging people's children. Until this century, it Exactly how Ms. Hite manipulates thority" are achieved by submitting to visitation as "disruptive" when natural has not been thought necessary to make data to arrive at this incredibly dark view God's will. The Virgin Mary is "blessed parents have been inattentive or them hostile to ties between the child and of the traditional family will not be known among women" because, like Jesus, she incapacitated. the natural parents. In Mr. Koenig's until the full report is released. Her embodies this paradoxical notion of I don't know what exactly is example of Joseph's family, and for survey methodology, however, has been power. conservative about such views, except millions of exchanged and apprenticed criticized in the past. Ms. Hite evidently believes that any that conservatives seem to favor them. children, guardians who acted in the place Common sense tells us that Ms. Hite's collection of people who share their lives Indeed, they embody the classic error of of unavailable natural parents had no anti-family rhetoric exaggerates the "re­ intimately should qualify as a "family," utopian socialism-they destroy imperfect, need to bolster their authority by pressive" aspects of the traditional two­ regardless of gender, sexual preference, existing families in the faith that they can pretending to be natural parents. Jesus' parent family and ignores the benefits of or (lack of) blood relationship. She ar­ be fully replaced by artificial, ideal open adoption was disruptive, but not to conventional family arrangements. Ad­ gues that the absence of a traditional families. his adoptive family. mittedly, there are abusive fathers and father-figure, if anything, would prob­ Right away, conservatives should The preference for cutting all non­ husbands who give the traditional family ably benefit most children in their devel­ know something is wrong when they hear nuclear ties is both pseudo-scientific and a bad name. Tyrlmnical patriarchs are opment. Ms. Hite hails the "gentler and themselves using such a ridiculously over-sentimental. It assumes children will the exception rather than the rule, how­ more diverse family system that seems to pseudo-scientific social-engineering term be confused by knowing their natural ever, and they are rightly condemned by . be arising" and says that it is a sign, not as "family unit" in place of"f amily. " The parents and their guardians, as ifchildren a society that has moved to criminalize of societal decay, but of "a new, more term is used precisely because it means were born with the exclusively nuclear marital rape and child abuse. Less physi­ open and tolerant society." Ironically, something different from "family." It is family pre-programmed into them. It cal forms of"repression," including rigid Ms. Hite speaks of tolerance while con­ the mere nucleus of a family, shorn like also assumes that parents who are too notions ofsex roles and child-rearing, are demning traditional mores in the harsh­ Samson of the strength-giving strands young or irresponsible to raise their increasingly a phenomenon of the past. est possible terms. One suspects that she linking it ~o a continuing ex1ended family children are so psychologically fragile In short, although the family today does not believe in tolerance at all, but in and to important members who live under that they are better off forgetting they could be much stronger, it isa remarkably the "enforced diversity" favored by politi- separate roofs. It is small and simple ever had them. resilient institution that has adapted fairly enough for the modern stat to well to modern sensibilities. This evolu­ See NUKE' EM, page 20 comprehend and utilize. See NO NUKES, page 16 tionary process is not good enough for A genuinely conservative view of 10 ======Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuluAE Ask Mr. Smart Guy r This Episode: "Law Student Spring Break Options~' Dear Mr. Smart Guy: dialect, and not actual transfered A I went to the dinner date knowledge. Let's say you had auction and saw that someone gone to The University to study L was bought for 60 hours of law. There you would have not indentured servitude. What only picked up quaint €. exactly does 60 hours of colloquialisms such as "ya' ll" , indentured servitude entail? but also a deeply-held yet S -A Big Fan mistaken beliefthat other people are actually dazzled and Dear Fan: entertained by stories ofyour life With the Thirteenth in Charlottesville. F Amendment no longer what it The mind naturally gravitates once was, the sky seems to be the towards the southern accent. It R limit. The purchaser ofthe $3.00 flows more smoothly over the · an hour labor was Joan Kane, brain, rolls more easily off the o teaching assistant to none other tongue. It requires the least than the nefarious Fred Lederer. amount of effort. Others are too M Mr. Smart Guy suspects that Fred hard to maintain. The New York used Joan as a proxy, and plans accent can never be whispered to have slave Ted Atkinson give and tends to incite riots or Courtroom 21 a good dusting gangland slayings. M over. Given Ted's intellect and The shrill accent of physical fitness, however, it's a Minnesota and Wisconsin feeds o safe bet that he won't be asked to off cheese and beer, a lethal do anything challenging, such combination in crowded o as alphabetizing files or lifting elevators. toner cartridges. Sun and peroxide, when r mixed incorrectly, produces the Dear Smartie Boy: valley accent of Californians. I had wonderful professors But the slow southern drawl last term: Spencer, Felton, is fueled by iced tea and wide -H Donaldson and Douglas. And smiles. Kicking the habit is my senior partner is a local difficult. Your only hope is to I boy who knows ev'ry swamp completely immerse yourself in an' crick an' holler from here a Pennsylvania dialect once l to the Chickahominy. The again. Let your tongue play over problem is, I now talk so funny a cheese steak to warmup. Watch L that nobody back home in Rocky twice daily. Take plenty Pennsylvania can understand oflron. Spend the break hanging me, and so interviews aren't out on the Turnpike. In no time going well. What shall I do? you'll be speaking like Matt Where shall I go? Whitworth. -A Man Without a Country Dear Mr. Smart Guy: I have done? time practicing typing skills on Dear Mr. Smart Guy: When the power went out -IL their disabled keyboards. Dear Rust-Belt Refugee: "What rough beast, its hour yesterday I was at a loss. I Those bent on conferencing Tomorrow is another day. come 'round at last, slouches mean, I've been praying for Dear Loser: coagulated in the stairwells, Bear in mind that the slight towards Bethlehem to be snow and class cancellation all The great power outage of where light conditions were the accent you've developed is bourn?~ semester. But when the '94 provided all sorts of best. something that seems to develop -Anonymous moment finally arrived, all I opportunities for the more And of course SmolIa' s Con in non-southerners subtly and could think of was how creative members ofM-W. Law class never even noticed the mysteriously, like Legionnaire's Dear Anonymous: unimpressive I was going to be Students eagerly awaiting the darkness descending over most Disease. Fortunately your That would be the Sales in class if I couldn't brief my return ofpower to the law library of the school since Rod's tie was infection is limited only to Midterm. cases beforehand. What should computer lab wisely used their more than adequate illumination. Natural Law by Jack Mackerel

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Josh Sacks David Whitted Tom Joss Charles Griffith 12 ======Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus ~ Bloomingdale v. Willis Excerpts from the Answer of the Defendant (Reported in the Defender, Studio City, California) Denials: B PAULA BANNAFORD .. '. behavior but kwiDdividualS X Defendant denies that he said to Plaintiff "I'm glad to see you answered to your name of YMost of weekeDd's of asshole," and alleges that in truth and in fact, Defendant said to Plaiiltiff"I'm glad to see you last app~ . ~ extent his Spong Toui'nament ~vities : .. .' . cimduCtuntil~l answered to your name of asshole, asshole." egregaous .-'.... Affirmative Defenses: . went off without a hitCa the banquet. CoJiSequeritly:· , However, the awardsbanciuet . action was at the . n. Defendant did not intend, nor were his remarks understood by Plaintiff nor any other person, no taken _following the toUrnament to actions. to mean that Plaintiff in truth and in fact is a void surrounded by a sphincter muscle. . . . waS · . banquet Curtail his HUn truth and in fact Plaintiff is an "asshole." partiallymarredbythecooduct Pettit expressed concern of J. Michael Echevarria. the over the iIicident because of faculty advisor for the the possible deleterious SouthwesternUniverSilyDlOOt consequences for · the court team. According to reputation ofthe Tournament. Tournament Justi~ Pat Pettit "We do not want to develop a . (3L), Echevarria apparently reputation for allowing began drinking {)ff-campus inappropriate or abusive and arrived at the reception behavior at the Tournament, extremely intoxicated: or to permit this behavior to Echevarria was seen at affect the participation of the various times during the judges," he said. evening loudly reciting According to Acting Dean English prose and singing Paul Marcus, Echevarria Sinatra's version ofNew York, called him at home on Feb. 27 New York from the Wren to apologize for his conduct. Building main stairway, Leigh Taylor, the dean of breaking glassware, urinating Southwestern University Law from the steps of the Wren School, also called Marcus to Building, and generally express apologies on behalfof engaging in loud and the school. disruptive behavior, according Marcus stated that he to eye-witnesses. expects to receive a letter from Bernard Bowman, the Taylor shortly to formally -staff photo From left: VTLA's Ted Allen, Pat Pettit (3L), Chief Justice Harry Wren Buildingcarctaker, also apologize for the incident and Carrico, and Dean Paul Marcus at tbe Spong Tournament. . reported to Tournament to offer to pay for the cost of This year's case, TheMagiv. funding cuts were motivated by Administrative Justice Mark repairing the Wren building SPONG, from page 1 Coker State University, was poor management, and not by . Short (3L) thatEchevarria was window. No estimate of the written by Mark Capron (3L). the "offensive" content of the responsible for breaking a costofrepairswasaVailableas entirely by state and federal The mythical Coker State publication. window in the Wren building's of yesterday. judges from the preliminary University started the trouble Marshall-Wythe'sownMoot first-floor bathroollL . • ···· ·Maicus alsO Staied thai he rounds on through. As far as I when it cut funding to a student- Court team has experienced some Bowman commented that Will write to the judges and know, there is no other run publication called the Magi. modest success in tournaments he. had never seen such other Tournament guests to tournament in the country with The university also prohibited over the past couple ofweekends. behaviorby any W&.Mstudent apologize for any offense they these kinds ofjudges." Holloran its distribution in dormitories 3Ls Kathy Philpott and Dave or visitor to the Wren Building may have taken as a result of also emphasizes that the and classrooms. Many in the Pfefferkorn reached the in.his nine years at William & . Echevarria's behavior. . Tournament is "run very well," university community perceived semifinals at Duke University. Mary. Because Echevarria Was a attracting participants from as theMagi as religiously offensive. 3LsCurtSpearandKeithMarino A number of individUals, faculty adVisor, and not a far as California. This year 20 Consequently, the issue on advanced to the quarterfinals at including Bowman, · several member of the participating schools participated in the two- appeal was whether the Pace University. 3Ls Laurie Moot Court Board members, team, the Southwestern moot day Tournament, with about 60 university's actions were an Hartman, Jennifer Ramey and Tournament participants. and . court team · will not be individual participants. In the infringement oftheMagi's First Jeff McMahon got through the others; observed isolated prohibited from participating end, the team from Georgia Amendment rights. The preliminary rounds at Fordham incidents of Echevarria's in future Tournaments. . prevailed. university insisted that the University. r---~:I:'----I r---;;m-----I r---ri::----I r---~::----l When he's not busy I Aquiet, unassuming law stu- I Dave continues to adjust to I I Although always a presence spreading his wealth around, Ident by day, Tom's de- I life at M-W, even as a 3L I I in the back row of any class, Charles likes to hang out I meanor changes drastically I Living undercover as just a I I no one notiCed Sacks was with Jerry and the Boys. It . when there's a guitar in his I regular law student after I I practicing his' guitar. The seems that the Dead have hands. He is convinced that I being the "Daddy Mac" of I I humming was erroheously asked Charles to be their he really was Jimi Hendrixin I Hampton University and I I attributed to talking. · personal representative a previous life. I back-up vocalist 0'1 The I I It has been suggested that after graduation. After a rousing rendition : Bodyguard soundtrack has I I the guitar, · named "lynda" "I'm really excited that of 'Crosstown Traffic,' Tom ~en difficult for Dave who I I holds some secret powers Jerry has a.uthorized me to admitted that he h~s always I j~st wants to be loved for: : for Sacks. It can produce a ~me up w~th a ~Ol: new dream~~ofbecoml~gaper- I himself. I I high pitched note that hne of bow ties for him, says sonallnJury lawyer-m order I I I causes law Review and Charles. to redress problems caused I I I Moot Court opponents to •_------_.1 •by__ Confusi______on Corner. .1 I.. ______.1I ..I withdraw__ -- in terror-----.1 . THE AMIcus CuluAE Thursday, March 3, 1994 13

Music for the Masses Madigan quits; replacements promise diverse selection By ELEANOR BORDEAUX ture from their harder-edged al- vocals are a powerful contrast to have for all AlC fans. plays bass and electric guitar on and SCOTT LAYMAN bums and instead seems to be an the accompanying violins. the CD, creates stunningly me- It's the end of an era. The experiment in combining vari- "Nutshell," the best cut, is a Artist: Matthew Sweet lodic material. Although Sweet former colUllUl, "It's Only Rock ousstylesofmusic, rangingfrom semi-ballad with acoustic gui- Title: Altered Beast is often categorized as "alterna- and Roll," has gone the way of thejazzy "Swing on This" to the tars; harmonies and the band's Released last summer, this tive," a more clarifying sub-Ia- vinyl. In its place is "Music for RE.M.-ish "No Excuses." introspective and gloomy lyrics. gemfromMatthewSweetseems bel might be "guitar pop." the Masses" which will be de- Ifyou are picking up AlC for "Don't Follow" is embarrass- to have gone unnoticed. This is best described as high­ voted to anything that you call the first time, give the first song, inglyawful. The song starts out However,if you enjoyed his last soaring harmonies combined music. If you would like a par- "Rotten Apple" a few listens bearable but then it picks up CD, Girlfriend, you shoulddefi- with crisp guitar. A '70s anal­ ticular CD reviewed, please con- before passjng judgment. The speed and ends up sounding like nitely pick this up. ogy would be early Cheap Trick; tact Eleanor Bordeaux or Scott words are difficult to understand country meets Guns and Roses. Sweet is a master at concoct- a more recent one would be the Layman (2Ls) by hanging file. and sound more like moaning "Whale & Wasp" is a haunting ing bittersweet songs concern- Smithereens. than actual singing (thank good- instrumental that makes great ing relationships. He writes Stand-out cuts on this CD . Artist: AJice in Chains ness forlyric sheets). However, use ofviolins and electric guitar. about honesty ("The Ugly include "Reaching Out," "Fall­ Title: Jar of Flies loyal followers will appreciate Overall, Jar of Flies has Truth"), potential loss ("Life ing," and "Knowing People." Seattle-based Alice in Chains "Rotten Apple," as well as "I something for the uninitiated without You"), and his bad luck There are only a few weak tracks, (Ale) has recently released this Stay Away," as more reminis- AlC listener because it lacks the in relationships ("Devil with the like "Dinosaur Act" and "Ugly seven-songEP which entered the cent of music from their previ- rawness ofprevious releases and Green Eyes"). Truth Rock." As a whole, A/­ charts at number one. The EP, ous CD entitled Dirt. On the thus is a great primer for the But the real strength of the tered Beast is extremely strong, their fourth release, is a depar- lattertrack,LayneStaley'sharsh curious. But it is also a must- CD is its music. Sweet, who and is highly recommended. Williams to blame for mediocre Summer and Smoke By STEVEN YOUNGKIN tion? Considering the actors were ham­ tive purpose. At moments, it detracted form. When there are so many other I walked out ofW&M's production of pered by the script, they were good over­ from, rather than enhanced, the play. plays that could have been chosen (a Summer and Smoke perplexed, asking all. As the central character, Heather While I know it is neither the fault of number ofthem by Tennessee Williams), myself, "What is my job here?" When I Williams' role as Alma Winemiller came the students nor the faculty that the script I'd have to hope that perhaps next time review movies, it's easy. My job is to across as suprisinglyunimpressive. Mill­ for Summer and Smoke bordered on me­ they will be more careful and not assume comment on all of the relevant aspects of ers failed in exhibiting the change in her diocre, I do have to hold them responsible that just because an artist wrote some­ the movie-whether it is acting, direct­ character over the course of the play. At for choosing this particular story to per- thing, it is therefore artistic. ing, writing--and expound on whether the beginning, she is supposed to be an they either helped or hindered the work. angelic, nervously happy girl afraid to I can comment on any aspect that had a experience life. By the end of the story, bearing on the overall production. . she is supposed to be a more sullen and II In the case of a college theatrical realistic woman. But Miller's perfor­ production, my job is less clear. Granted, mance didn't reflect this transformation. I should comment on the acting, direct­ Without any apparent change, the audi­ ing and set design. These were created by ence is aware that she has become a students who had control over the effect. different person only because the script But what about the script? The students informs them. made no contribution and did not influ­ Much more impressive was Donald J. encethefinal result in anyway. Somaybe Bledsoe as Dr. "Johnny" Buchanan, Jr. I shouldn't talk about it. But if it was a He was also required to show the variance major cause of the overall quality of the in character, this time from a roguish play, it should be mentioned, especially fratboy to a more mature, responsible when the actors' performances were lim­ adult. Bledsoe managed to convey this by ited by it. subtly changing how he stood and sat and Frankly, Summer and Smoke is just slightly altering his voice. not that good of a play. Tennessee Will­ As for the rest of the cast, the quality Portrait Studio iams has produced more than a few clas­ of their performances were directly pro­ sics for the theater (Cat on a Hot Tin portional to the amount of time they had Roof,A Streetcar Named DeSire, and The on stage. Because they were all essen­ Tuesdays and Saturdays Rose Tattoo among others). But Summer tially caricatures rather than characters, and Smoke is a much lesser work. none cameoifas overly impressive, though are W&M discount days!! This play was one of Williams' earli­ some of the actors (such as Shannon -- FREE doubles or FREE film-- est ideas and his inexperience is evident. Fisher as the childlike Mrs. Winemiller) There is next to no plot, only "events" fared better than others. necessary to move the production along. Finally, the set appeared to be need­ Even with crying, screaming and heart­ lesslyartistic. Granted, it stuck strictly to + Full-service Portrait Studio felt speeches, there is never an honest Williams' stage directions, but that is no emotion shown on the stage. The people excuse. In the earlier production of Into + Special Events Photography in the play are portrayed more as symbols the Woods~ the director varied at many + Instant Photos for Passports and Applications than as characters. Because Williams moments from the exact script and made never attempts to breathe life into char­ some delightfully original alterations that 431 Prince George Street acters like Alma Winemiller and Dr. helped to improve the overall work. Di­ John Buchanan, Jr., they remain merely rector Louis Catron could have done the (across from Baskin Robbins) sketches. same thing here. The set had a constant And what about the actual produc- background of clouds with no real narra- 229-3001 14 Thursday, March 3,1994 THE AMIcus ~ Cinema Cynicism Reality Bites has enough cheese to be a cult favorite By STEVEN YOUNGKIN thing straight on. By covering refuses to work for a living. Childress, Stiller and Ryder. rienced of her costars because The scene that best describes their problems over with an arti­ Into this quartet enters Childress, through her quirky her style is the most polished Reality Bites occurs about half­ ficial reality, they can better dis­ Mic~el (Ben Stiller, the direc­ dialogue and plot developments, and the most professional. She way through. A girl who is tance themselves from that and tor) who is an executive at "In sets a tone of off-kiltered reality. is required to carry the movie fearfully awaiting the results of any pain that might result Your Face Television" (the film's The characters are aU believable and to be the film's moral center her AIDS test (Janeane Garofalo) It is in the characters that the equivalent to MTV). Soon after but shown in a humorously dis­ as well as a goofy contribution. confesses her fears to the main movie's real strength lies. The meeting Lelainne, Michael falls torted fashion. She carries all of these tasks off character (Winona Ryder). Her plot is rather unorginal and quite for her and Lelainne is now tom In addition, Stiller displays a with ease. biggest worry, she says, is that predictable. The story centers between Michael and Troy. definite gift for directing. Stiller Atthe end ofthe movie, Stiller she is going to wind up like the around Lelainne (Ryder), who's As I said before, while the got his start on Fox's much too shows what Reality Biles could character onMelrose Place who the valedictorian of her college plot is rather routine, the charac­ short-lived The Ben Stiller Show have been. In a vicious takeoff dies of AIDS. After consolling class. After graduation she be­ ters are not In most movies, last season. That show consisted on MTV's The Real World, he her, Ryder looks up mistfully comes an assistant to a cheesy Troy would be the nicer of the .of a collection of sketches and replays part of the film's and comments profoundly morning talk show host (John two guys and Michael would be razor-sharp parodies; that same storyline, only this time with the "Melrose Place isagoodshow." Mahoney ofTY's Frasier). But vain and conceited with his style exists in Reality Biles. In­ parody taking the subject and As exemplified in this scene, like the rest of her friends, she money as his only appeal. The stead of concentrating on the characters way too seriously. the characters in the fUm are a hates her job. She would prefer reverse occurs here. plot, he shrewdly uses it as an Fortunately Stiller didn't group of people who can only to be an "artist" and spends her While Troy is not entirely excuse to string a bunch of set make that mistake. While he relate to reality through pop cul­ free time making a documentary unlikeable, he is so caught up pieces together. Because of the does treat the characters with tural references. Throughout the about her roommates. with himSelf that he is meaner fast-paced style he uses, the some respect, he Wisely shows movie there are references to Her roommates include towards Lelainne than Michael. movie is over before the audi­ them for what they really are-a everything from Good Times to Garofolo, who works at the Gap That makes the competition more ence realizes it. group of vacuous airheads con­ the 7 -11 Big Gulp to Coco Puffs. and lives perpetually in the '70s, interesting since the audience Finally, Winona Ryder de­ vinced that their problems are While these characters have se­ Steve Zahn as a quiet person ends up rooting for both charac­ serves special mention. While the most serious ones in the rious problems at times trying to find himself, and Ethan ters. she has been in a number of world. It's that tone that turns (possibilty of AIDS, unemploy­ Hawk as Troy, Lelainne' s philo­ Credit for the overall quality movies, this is her first star- Reality Biles from a cheesy melo­ ment, sexual identity), it is im­ sophical friendlboyfriend who of the movie belongs to three making performance. It is easy drama to what it aimed to be, a possible for them to look at any- takes pride in the fact that he people--screenwriter Helen to see that she is the most expe- cult favorite. Grown-ups' view of the circus: less magic, more talent By MARYBETH DlNGLEDY friends, the remainder of our group excit­ though one person commented that it entourage are terrified of clowns, and no and CAROLINE BOUTWELL edly entered the Coliseum. must have been "amateur night at the one can actually pinpoint why. At one Last weekend, seven 2Ls drove up to The last time any of us had attended circus," the several failings of the per­ point, a clown climbed into the audience Richmond to see The Greatest Show on the circus was almost 20 years ago, and formers simply served as a reminder that to hug a woman, and we couid only be Earth-tbeRiogling Brothers and Barnum our collective memories recalled a lion no one is perfect, even those people who thankful that we were not sitting in the and Bailey Circus. tamer sticking his head into a lion's perform for a living. Whether balancing front row! . The evening began with a bang, liter­ mouth, the ever-popular clown car, and two people on their heads as they ~a1ked Despite our fears, the clowns were ally, as the transmission on one of our what seemed to be thousands of animals. across a tightrope or hanging upside down funny as always, and we were pleased to cars broke down within sight of the Rich­ We remembered the circus as being al­ on a trapeze and catching a person who find that the clown car and clowns squirt­ mond Coliseum. As a result of this most like magic, dazzling and enthral­ has just completed three flips, the per­ ing one another with large seltzer bottles unfortunate incident, one of our number ling the entire audience. formers demonstrated incredible strength are still focal points of the show. spent the evening waiting for a tow truck Watching the circus through adult and skill. The circus would not be complete and riding with the driver back to eyes, however, was a completely new The animals are probably the most without junk food and souvenirs. We ate Williamsburg. However, in spite of the experience: the sense of magic was re­ popular part of the circus. The animal cotton candy, soft pretzels and sno-cones, car trouble, as well as an overwhelming placed with an appreciation of the preci­ repertoire included dogs, horses, el­ and most of gained that happy stomach fear of clowns shared by several of our sion and talents of the performers. AJ- ephants, bears, and of course, lions. Un­ ache feeling that is part of the required fortunately, the consensus among the circus experience. The souvenirs were a group was that the latter were a disap­ big improvement on those sold when we pointment. We all wanted the tamer to were children. The big seller of the place his head in the lion's mouth and evening was a plastic gold-toned sword, have the lions jump through flaming similar to the one used by He-Man, but hoops. Instead, the act consisted largely with an added improvement: the sword of the lions sitting and jumping on com­ contained a flashing light. When the mand. house lights went down, the kids in the The animal acts also caused a bit of audience waved their swords, creating a concern to our group, as the politically nice cosmic-like effect. correct 90s have made us painfully aware The overall impact the circus had on of the potential for the misuse and abuse us is that we know now that our lives of animals. Some of our group wanted to warrant a career change. We aU want to scream out "set the animals free! " as the be the human cannonball. It was so whole idea of bears riding horses goes amazing--the cannon was double­ ~ entirely against nature. The ring master barrelled, and two men in Evel Kinevel­ Late Night (10-2) Sandwiches & Burgers Just 2.95 quelled our fears somewhat by aBIlounc­ like jumpsuits were shot out with a bang Dine In Or Take Out ing that Ringling Brothers takes good and landed safely in a huge net. care of their animals. This did little to And, if this career does not work out, . ~ alleviate our collective guilt. However, we have already experienced the joy of a New Daily Menu on the whole, the animal acts were pretty clown car. After the circus, the remain­ . ~ cool. ing six members of our group piled into a 20% DISCOunt On Food For Grad Students Next to the animals, clowns are the hatchback for the trip back to most popular symbol of the circus. They Williamsburg, all happy and laughing, . ~ Green Leafe Cafe • 220-3405 are also the most disturbing part of the just like our clown counterparts at the circus. As mentioned, several of our circus. Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE A\.ficuS CURIAE ======15 A musical celebration of Black history from BLSA By LULIT MILLION (2L) on the acoustic guitar, Jamal Jones divorces, weddings, funerals, and bar been rapping since the age of 7. After The Black Law Student Association's (a senior at W&M) a.k.a. "Mellow mitzvahs because that's where the money " graduation,hewillventuretoAtlantain (BLSA) featured annual music Yellow" (rapper), and Grant Wright (a is." hopes of becoming a worldwide star in celebration, entitled, 'The History ofBlack senior at Petersburg High School) on All of the performers have been the near future. At 17 years of age, Music: A Musical Celebration," was held piano. involved in music for many years. Whitted Wright has played the piano for six years Feb. 28 in the Atrium of Trinkle Hall, in The night ended with "Abu Bakar & has been singing for 10 years for various and will compete at the National the Campus Center. The Magic Riddem Band," which groups, talent shows, and in the gospel Federation of Student Musicians in Five groups performed for BLSA' s included the 3L all-star crew Tom Joss choir at Hampton University. Sacks Colonial Heights. culminating event in honor of Black (guitar), Russ Adams (guitar), and Chet credits his sister, a semi-professional The musical selections included "Fire History Month. This year's celebration Nunoo-Quarcoo (percussion) as well as musician, for inspiring him to begin and Rain" by James Taylor (Sacks), prominently displayed R&B, gospel,jazz, non-law students Curtis Duncan (bass), playing the guitar as a youngster. "Always and Forever" and "Precious rap, and reggae. Erik Anderson (vocals), Raymond Tomer Joss received his first guitar at the age Lord" (Whitted), "Midnight Blue Master of Ceremonies Daryl Taylor (vocals/keyboard), Cara (tambourine), of 10 and has been jamming ever since. Menagerie" and "Together Forever" (lL), one of the event's organizers, and Tommy Revere (drums). Adams has been playing the guitar for six (White), Bob Marley's "Redemption graciously introduced the talented The band has been playing together years. Nunoo-Quarcoorequiresnofurther Song," "War," and "I Shot the Sheriff," performers onto the stage. since last year. Nunoo-Quarcoo said, introduction, having played with law JimiHendrix's"KisstheSky,"andJames The performers included David "It's been dormant and we just woke up school bands since his first year. Brown's "I Feel Good" (Abu Bakar & Whitted (3L) singing gospel, Josh Sacks again. We are always open to play for Jones, originally from Philadelphia. has The Magic Riddem Band).

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Mon -Sat l1am - 2am Late Night Grill Sundays 4pm -2am 220-2286 & Munchies Till ~40 Second S.t. • Williamsburg 1:15 am 16 ======Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRw: They still made many positive mother's parents would not have nothing to live up to and no everyday life, and vice-versa. NO NUKES, from page 9 contributions to their children's known their parents, source of values except for People who end up in court, as lives, and provided a much­ grandparentsor aunts. The hard­ popular culture and the they cannot get along, are not Ex1ended families provide needed, up-close example of the working, responsible cousins, government. And that, I fear, is necessarily representative of cJli1dren with strengths, not consequencesofirresponsibility. unclesandhalf-sisterswhoraised an accurate description of too those who work things out aJRfusion. They are confusing And there were always plenty of my grandparents and helped many modem Americans. without litigating. Open only to bureaucrats and social people within the family to raise other family members Many courts and legislatures­ adoption is no flaky experiment; ...ms. I know this because I providethe children with homes, would have been strangers to us. -and a good many conservative it is far older than modem, _brought up in such a family, discipline, and a good example. All of us would have little students here-treat non-nuclear hermeticalJy-sealed adoption. ill a Kigllborbood where such If my extended family had idea ofwhowe were or where we families and open adoptions as To accept families as they are fwplies were common. ever ended up in court with a had come from. Instead of experimental, soexceptional that is not to do them some kind of lAc IIIOSt big families, mine judge who believed in "intact fiercely independent Czecho­ the law should disregard them. favor, to endorse or even to Mditswcak links: irresponsible family units, " it would have been Choctaw-Irish-American What isforgotten is that adoption toleratethem. Rather, itissimpJy peapIc who died young or lived chopped up into little lapsed-Methodist Recovering itselfis an exuaordinary response the minimum duty of anyone _1IappiIy. They were poor disconnected pieces. My aunt Texans, we would just be ill­ to the problems of family who attempts to assert judicial paIS, bat that did not make and uncle's grandchildren would tempered funny-looking people breakup, and what is exceptional or legislative control over the dlcwlde famiJy grind to a balt be cut off from them. My from the middle ofnowhere with in court may be normal in family unit.

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Thursday, March 3 Friday, March 11 Town & Gown Luncheon: Campus Center ballroom, 12:15 p.m. Opera: Virginia Opera with Peter Mark as general director, performing Don Commonwealth Center seminar: "The Southern Way of Death," Charles R Giovanni, Carpenter Center. . Wilson, U. of Mississippi professor of history and southern studies, Botetourt Deadline: To mail in delegate filing papers to be a James City County delegate Theatre, Swem Library, 5 p.m. to the state Republican convention.

Women's Basketball: vs. Old Dominion University, William and Mary Halll Testing: MPRE Test, applications are located on the handout shelves in the 7:30 p.m. . library. .' Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Norfolk Spring Break!!!!! Scope. . Glasnost: Gorbachev replaces Chernenko (1985). Deadline: To mail in delegate filing papers to be a Williamsburg delegate to the Airball! Airball! First public game of basketbat I (1892). state Republican convention, March 3 is the postmark deadline. However, they may be delivered in person to Wythe Davis by March 7. . Saturday, March 12 Bar Review: Place TBA. Music: George Winston; Carpenter Center: Music: Brahms's serenade No.1, 8 p.m. in Phi Beta Kappa Hall, William and • Spring Break!!!!! Mary Orchestra. Tickets are free and may be picked up at PBK Hall's ticket window starting at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 13 Music: Quiet Riot, Wicker's. · Spring Break ends. Oh Say Can You See: Star Spangled Banner officially becomes U.S. national anthem (1931). Monday, March 14 Time magazine publishes first issue (1923). 'Welcome Back from Spring Break.. .• Happy Birthday: Albert Einstein (1879). Friday, March 4 Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Norfolk Tuesday, March 15 Scope. Family Entertainment: Harlem Globetrotters, Richmond Coliseum, Time TBA. Music: Marshall Tucker Band, Flood Zone, Richmond. • Et tu Brutus? Julius Ceasar assassinated in Roman Senate (44). Music: Delbert McClinton, Mosque. Spring Break!!!!!! Law Review write-on competition begins. Wednesday, March 16 These truths: Congress declares first U.S. Constitution to be in effect (1789). Amicus meeting: 6 p.m. at The Library, across from Dunkin' Donuts on TJ: Thomas Jefferson first President i~ugurated in Washington, D.C. (1801). Richmond Road . • Black history: First U.S. Black newspaper, Freedom Journal, N.Y. (1827). Saturday, March 5 . . Thought for Today: I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. Family Entertainment J.q~gliJ1g IUothers & .Barpum &~Circus,J~.olk . " -' -Happy Birthday: James MadisOn (1751): .. ' . Scope. . Spring Break!!! !! Thursday, March 17 • Winston Churchill: Iron Curtain speech (1946). St. Patrick's Day!!!! Bar Review: Place TBA. Sunday, March 6 • Amicus tenet: Pres. Theodore Roosevelt first uses term "muckraker" (1906). Family Entertainment: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Norfolk Scope. Friday, March 18 Concert: Vienna Choir Boys, Carpenter Center. • Racing: U.S. Hot Rod Thunder Nationals, Richmond Coliseum. Spring Break!!!!! Greatest Show On Earth: Barnum & Bailey opens in Madison Square Garden • Remember: Alamo falls (1836) (1881). Black history: Dred Scott decision rendered (1857) • Movies: Short Cuts, Williamsburg Theatre, 8 p.m., through March 24.

Monday, March 7 Saturday, March 19 Spring Break!!!!!! Racing: U.S. Hot Rod Thunder Nationals, Richmond Coliseum. Deadline: To mail deliver delegate filing papers to be a Williamsburg delegate • Feel Lucky? Nevada legalizes gambling (1931). to the state Republican convention. They must be delivered in.perSon to Wythe Davis by March 7 if not mailed by March 3. Sunday, March 20 • And That's The Way It Is: Cronkite's last CBS anchor appearance (1981). • Thought for Today: Things To Do Today: 1) Get up, 2) Survive, and 3) Go to bed. • Black history: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin published (1852). Tuesday, March 8 • Spring Break!!!!! Monday, March 21 • Wrong Move: First U.S. forces arrive in Vietnam (1965). • Black history: Martin Luther King, Jr. starts march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. (1965). Wednesday, March 9 Opera: Virginia Opera with Peter Mark as general director, performing Don Tuesday, March 22 Giovanni, Carpenter Center. • Rock and Roll born: Beatles first album release (1963). Spring Break!!!!! Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas, 6:30 p.m. at the Williamsburg Theater • Ironclads: Monitor and Merrimac battle in Hampton Roads (1862). on D.O.G. Street

Thursday, March 10 Wedn~sday, March 23 Opera: Virginia Opera with Peter Mark as general director, performing Don Explorers: Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast (1806). Giovanni, Carpenter Center. Debate: Professor Rodney Smolla and Cornell law professor Jeremy Rabkin Spring Break!!!!! debate hate crimes and free speech at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the M-W chapter of Hello? First telephone call by Alexander Graham Bell (1876). the Federalist Society and organized by Jonathan Koenig.

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A Duck Out of Water U.S. loses gold in figure skating, but Kerrigan rakes it in By ALAN DUCKWORTH from "free" countries picked PRO BASKETBALL . . . The isn't? Theflrstroundpickshould . he signed a $250,000 minor Well, my editor has decided Kerrigan. While I saw both rou­ trading deadline passed and un­ be a good selection, given how league contract with the Brew­ to get one last issue out before tines and preferred Kerrigan, that like last year, several teams made the Hornets are playing. ers. So he took much less money, spring break, so I am forced to was just a subjective preference. trades to try and improve their Luc Longley to the Bulls for with none of it guaranteed to try and squeeze more proverbial Baiul was every bit as great and clubs. Here is a quick run down Stacie King. This is a sleeper play in Milwaukee instead of blood from a turnip for sports as a 16-year-old orphan with with winners and losers: trade. Neither player was help­ Los Angeles. news. Currently I am hiding poor practice facilities, she may Danny Manning to the Hawks ing either team. However, the FOOTBALL .. . I promised an from her wrath as I desperately be an even better story. for Dominique Wilkins and a Timberwolves got another ball update on the free agent signings. try and finish this column. I am Now I am done reporting on first-round draft choice. Win­ hog with no concept of team There are none. While not the already a day late and my editor the Olympics and, hopefully, I ner, the Clippers. Both players work or defense. Luc Longley truth. the whole truth. and noth­ swore that ifI was late again, she will never have to mention fig­ will be unrestricted free agents isn't much better defensively, ing but the truth, it's close would Bobbitize me. Sorry, I· ure skating in my column again. at the end of the season. The but his passing skills should fit enough. Eric Kramer and Gene had to get in my first and last If only Tonya and Nancy would Haw~s gave up a future Hall of right in with the Bulls triangle Atkins are the premier players Bobbit joke. Now, here are the just fade away. Famer and their team leader for offense. Plus, he gives them a (so far) to change teams. The Sports. COLLEGE BASKETBALL. an over-rated player who will different look at center than ei­ most interesting occurrence of OLYMPICS ... The Olympics . . The Upset of the Year oc­ leave in several months. Plus, ther of the Bills, Cartwright or the off-season was the signing of are finally over. I am personally curred in College Basketball this Manning doesn't know the Wennington. Advantage, Bulls. Vinny Testaverde by the Browns grateful that they are over, so I past week. After UMass swept Hawks' players or system. The BASEBALL . . . Thank God. to a six-year, $24 million con­ can finally watch Northern Ex­ the Owls by beating Temple at Clippers finally traded Manning Spring training has begun. De­ tract. Did Duck miss something, posure again. But I must talk Temple, Temple Coach John and at least got something for spite the fact that Michael Jor­ or is this the same quarterback about the Olympics. Here are Chaney and UMass Coach John him. dan is trying out for the White who the Bucs happily got rid of? my favorite moments out of the Calipari shook hands. Duck Jeff Hornecek and Sean Sox, I am excited about baseball And now he is the ninth highest Olympics. Actually, Ihavenone. would love to have heard this Green to the Jazz for Jeff Malone season. Next issue; I will give a paid quarterback in the NFL and But here are some of the mo­ conversation. Here is one possi­ and a first-round draft pick. This full preview of the baseball sea­ the man that the Browns will ments that I am told were very bility: trade makes sense for both teams. son. build their franchise around. special. Dan Jansen finally win­ "Congratulations, coach. I The 76ers need to get younger One note by Duck under the Duck recommends that Art ning an Olympic Gold and tak­ am still going to kill you." and more talented to help their heading: Fire your agent, NOW. Modell get professional help, and ing his baby daughter, who is "Thanks, coach. Good luck rebuilding. Malone is now a Last fall, Jady Reed of the Dodg­ soon. named for his late sister, on the getting past my security and rent-a-player. 'he first-round ers turned down a three-year, See you after spring break victory lap. Tommy Moe prov­ avoiding my man, Jimmy the pick is the key to this trade. $7.8millioncontract. Lastweek, and closer to tournament time. ingthatAmericans do know how Nose." Hornecek gives the Jazz the qual­ to ski. ' ~ Alright, see you next year. ity shooting guard they need if And the figure skating. As Maybe." they are going to make a run at everyone knows, neither Tonya What is going on in sports when thetitle. Plus his passing ability or Nancy won the gold. That an incident in the press room is a real plus. .Amicus ·Curiae honor goes to Oksana Baiul of overshadows what was an excit­ Frank Brickowski to the Hor­ 'kIJ,c~Ja,., MIIReJlI6 the Ukraine. Nancy Kerrigan ing game between two top 20 nets for Mike Giminski and a . 6:00 p':1H., lost a close contest to her and teams? I think the NCAA needs first-round pick. How did the . IItu..~ claimed the silver. Here are a a rehab clinic for misbehaving Bucks get the Hornets to make (RicJu",o,J RoaJ, ~ few reflections. First, Duck was coaches. The line forms behind this trade? Granted, Brickowski ~~'~) truly disgusted to see two new Bobby Knight and John Chaney. is better than Giminiski, but who Nancy Kerrigan commercials broadcast prior to Nancy skat­ ing. One was for Reebok, which is particularly amusing given the nature of the footwear and attire worn during her sport's compe­ tition. The second commercial was the ''1' m going to Disney World" commercial which was premature since at the time of the filming Nancy hadn't won anything. Second, if Tonya Harding thought keeping Nancy Kerrigan out of the Olympics would give her a chance at a gold medal, she was deluding herself. While Harding is a very good ~ no«J. oflR/n in Uw ~ f!JJ()/}{ @/foe in ~ fjJ~ skater, Kerrigan, Baiul, and the rest of the skaters in the final 0JtJe f/eaUtIte dw ~ in ~«!tofU3U/n wnd ~tic cI~ ~ wnd draw are all on a higher level. all1fOUIt ~ ~~ (j)uiJt,k/i/ Finally, there have been com­ plaints about Baiul's win over f!iJ'tMlfI in Ud4 adwnd Itecefiue i¥1tee ~~ ~~ Il!atte In Kerrigan, including an absurd Iron Curtain theory based on the uHoclUl with tile /UIItoIut/ie 0/ ~ fact that the .five judges who picked Baiul over Kerrigan were 110 S. Henry St. 253-2206 from the Soviet Bloc but alI those Thursday, March 3,1994 THE AMIcus CuluAE 19 Amicus computer-like rankings . Hoops stay on top; Editrix' s roommate goes for soccer title By BILL MADIGAN have groomed this group of raw recruits been able to regroup enough to win three only 2Ls Gross Misconduct are unde­ BASKETBALL . . . Another regular into a well-oiled hard-court machine. straight They posted thrilling wins in feated. The most disappointing start of season bas come to pass. How the mighty After a couple of slim victories early in the final two weeks: a 66-34 eviction of the season was Don't Call Me Fat's week have fallen and the lowly risen. The the season, the Organs secured a pair of Low Rents and slaughter rule spanking of one disaster at the hands of Lambda Chi playoffs loom large ahead For some, it is double digit wins to finish: a 58-41 Killer Kross Over. Alpha. Despite the strong play ofChrist os their destiny; for others, their final rest­ taming ofthe 2nd East Beasts and a 43-32 In the seven through nine spots are the Badavas "Dabba Do" and Matt "Bath" ing place, a merciful end to a merciless diffusing of the B-Side Bombers. remainder of the teams that went 3-1. · Vroom, Fat was shut out 8-0. season. But before we can write this final Ascending to the number four spot is Crimes Against Nature's only loss came Another game of interest was 3L's chapter, there is one task left to toil over: the last ofthe undefeated teams, Hoops II, at the handsoffellowM-W'sDelk Sox, a Mad Earle's week two loss to those fish the final regular season M-W Intramural featuring the dynamic duo of Kerri game neither team gets tired of talking people, VIMS. Despite having only four Basketball Poll. Gilmore "Than A Feeling" and Ericka about. men for the entire game to play against 1. Hoops "Strada" Swecker that has made the origi­ Juice rebounded from an early loss to VIMS's six+ subs, Earle only lost to the 2. Sleepin'Dogs nal Hoops so successful. Despite having win three straight. (Don't worry. I won't tune of 3~. David Pearson "The Corpo­ 3. Severed Organs the dead weight of a couple of men on the mention that one of those was a win by rate Veil," Doug "Mayor" McPherson, 4. Hoops II team dragging them down, II manhandled forfeit. Your secret's safe with me.) 3L Trevor "Duke Of' Earl, and David "The 5. Bigger Faster Stronger their four opponents by a combined score Co-rec'ers The Lore surprised everyone Dish Ran Away With The" Spooner put 6. Delk Sux of 231-88, which included a 61-19 over­ with their first winning season in the on a defensive show that could only be 7. Crimes Against Nature turning ofThe Lore in their season finale. team's history. It'samazingwhatagood described as awe-inspiring. 8. Juice Pre-season number one, Bigger Stron­ mascot can do for a team's confidence. OUTDOOR SOCCER ... This season, 9. TheLore ger Faster, backslide into the number five The tenth through twelfth teams were M-W again has a full complement of 10. Court Jestors spot. Despite losing two key players to on the losing end of the regular season. teams. FDS, last year's champs, return to 11. Strict Liabilities early season injuries, Bigger rounded out Despite a year's experience playing to­ represent John and George in the black­ 12. Co-Trouncers the season with two impressive wins. The gether, the Court Jestors could win no and-blue Men's A division. In Men's B, l3.Men's C loss of their big men forced Stronger into more than one game in a division domi­ the reemergence of Will Sue For Food Hoops tenaciously hold on to their a finesse, three guard style ofplay which, nated by the number two ranked Sleepin' (Mach 2) and the formation of the always number one ranking. After another sea­ though a tough adjustment, resulted in a Dogs. The seasons of Strict Liabilities optimistic The Losers promises some son of slaughter, Hoops are the clear slaughter rule victory over Crazy Horse, and Co-Trouncers suggest that maybe the strong wins for some undergraduate favorite to repeat as M-W basketball 73-38 in the third week of the season. ILs should just stick to studying. teams. champs. In their final two contests, they Week four brought them another tri­ Men's C captures the honor of being M-W is most represented in the co-rec outscored their hapless opponents 97-42, umph, as they mowed down the Good Ole the worst team in the law school. Even division, fielding four teams: the domi­ 1.53-44 if you include their last three Boys, .59-42. Led by a quadruple double though they did win one game by forfeit, nant Daisies (don't let the name fool games. (points, steals, rebounds and assists) from C have lobbied heavily to retain their you), bright newcomers The Bashers (you Clawing their way into the number Rodney "Fallen" Archer and all-around basement ranking. For a team that has know they'll be good, because they have two spot, up three from their pre-season solid performances from wily veterans turned losing by the slaughter rule an some spry undergrads on this team), and ranking, are the Sleepin' Dogs. The Dave "Dim" Whitted and Chris Koomey artform, they still have a lot of pride. lL hopefuls Malpractice (were you not Dogs posted a 4-0 record, including a 52- "By Ya, My Lord", Faster looked as if Team captain Brad "Moon Rising" listening when we had this talk about 20 beheading of fellow M-W's Court they had regained the championship form Wagshul has vowed that despite this law-related team names) and The Losers Jestors and a 57-24 exorcism ofthe Satan that brought them the law school tourna­ season's setbacks, C will be back next (co-rec version). Play starts this week. Killers. Despite the overwhelming joy mentcrown. year to try for their perfect 0-4 season. NEXT TIME . . . We'll have playoff (terror) of his recent engagement, Bryan . Plummeting to sixth from their pre­ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ... The results for basketball, regular season Fratkin "Stein" was able to maintain the season number two spot, Delk Sux have Monday after Spring Break there will be rankings for floor hockey, and the results cool and intensity necessary to lead his been unable to overcome the blemish of a a law school three-point shooting contest. from the first couple of weeks of soccer. team into title contention. week one loss. Despite the absence of Keep an eye out on the SBA window for As always, the SBA window has informa­ Another 4-0 team, promising hope for William Harper " 's Ferry" for the year more details. tion for sign-ups for the remaining intra­ the future of M-W basketball, is IL jug­ and the distraction of the rumors that FLOOR HOCKEY .. . After the first mural sports. Team captains, please con­ gernaut Severed Organs. Jeff "Skid" have Jim "The Life Of' O'Brien being two weeks of11oor hockey action, the M­ tinue (start) to drop me scores and high­ Marks and Chris "What Did You" Shea traded to a New York franchise, Sux have W teams are an overall 6-9. Currently, lights from your teams.

remained on the young adults in the SHARPTON, from page 3 audience. Sharpton informed us that the voting You May Be His Only Hope Reno, in which districts are being level is at its lowest now. Sharpton, who cancelled out, the fact that we're building ran an unsuccessful grass-roots campaign jails rather than housing, and the epidemic for the U. S. Senate last year for which he Alan Bukzin has lukemia of violence and crime. According to gained much respect, lectured that "If Sharpton, the difference today is that there's no one to vote for, then run yourself. there is no student movement attempting If we create new choices then we are He needs your help to deal with the inequities of life in the creating black history and not just 1990s. reporting it." Sharpton drew applause and laughter He told the audience not to be caught A bone marrow transplant when he commented, "We spend billions up in black history, but to make black of dollars looking for aliens but don't history. have money for kids in Richmond and Then he seemed to be speaking to the is his only chance for life. Norfolk. Our priorities should be in future lawyers in saying, "life is too short living humans rather than finding out if to just live for yourself; there ought to be The Red Cross is now testing potential bone aliens on Pluto are planning to invade some part of life where you try to cause us .~' and mobilize others to affect the time in marrow donors for matches. But each test Although Sharpton remained aware which we live." costs $60 dollars. Your donations of money of his political agenda in criticizing And that seemed to sum up exactly President Clinton whom he called "the how AI Sharpton has lived his life, by or marrow-are crucial. great savior of liberalism,» the health challenging complacency and asking care issue, and economics, his focus others to do the same. 20 ======Thursday, March 3, 1994 THE AMIcus CuluAE Scott Drabenstadt (2L), who INVASIVE from page 1 is clerking for the Virginia NUKE 'EM, from page 9 ACLU and doing research on :: Jurys.rtag$.€1!~ht ~ E~¢j~8~~: :: , Board's mental health questions Clark's case, stated that a case cally-correct academics. In other V~ii direque5tioitSfrOm : ~ 'A: I'veneter hada~arld : ' to wait until the last possible decided in federal court in New words, what Ms. Rite seeks is ThirdJudicialDistrictofiOwa: ' I've never'been fired. minute before the filing deadline Jersey in October 1993 strongly not tolerance for "alternative Q: Do you ever fix tip things to submit their applications. "If supports Clark's position. In lifestyles," but the obliteration Q: Have yo.u ever served on a or repair things? " . [ Clark] is successful in this case, Medical Society of New Jersey ofdistinctions between right and jury before? . A; Not unlessitD.eedS It ," the Board's questions 'Will be v. Jacobs, an applicant to the wrong and, ultimately, the de­ A: Yes. . Q: I see you are binpJoyed as invalidated," he said Otherwise, state's medical licensing board throning of traditional values. Q: When was that? a maintenance SuPetvisOr. . .. '" bar applicants should just "do requested a . preliminary Ms. Rite, who is 51 years old, . A: ' Seventy years ag(). . . . . A: Yes. I am a maintenance , what they have to do." injunction barring the board from belongs to a generation that .' Q: Wasthata'civilorCriminal sUperviSor, bur l' don't have ' Lucyk explained that the making similar inquiries into the launched an all-out attack on case? ' anyoneto supeMSesilice I'm Board's new Character and applicant's mental health conventional morality in the A. {?) . 'the ' omy one \vho dOes the' Fitness evaluation was history. 1960s. That assault continues Q: I see you are a f3rmer. Will mairitenancl " ..... implemented to correct Drabenstadt explained that today, with Ms. Rite launching you be able to colli:entrate on Q:. Have you ever worked for inconsistencies in its previous although the N.J. court denied salvos from her lofty position as theMdenceorwillyourmind '. a Wnon before? ;.' '., . .' .•. .. -..., methodology. Until last year, the injunction on grounds that an "influential feminist re­ be oot in the field? . A: Yes, I worked. as a union ' the Board relied on character the plaintiff had not proven that searcher." Rite is clothed in A: It'stoocoldfor myniindto member for one day, but I quit evaluations provided by Virginia irreparable hanD would result respectability by the media, al­ be out in the field. because I couldn't work that j udges, law school deans and f rom failure to grant the though she is neither a Ph.D, a Q: Being a fanner, would you slow. professors, and national bar injunction, it concluded that the medical doctor, nor a trained have any problem getting your Q: Have you ever been in­ examiners, Lucyk explained. applicant had a high probability psychologist (she does have a chores done if you were se- volved in a garnishment of "The Board wanted to use a single ofsu cceeding on the merits. The Master's degree from the Uni­ lected as a juror? wages matter? methodology because they were court also explained that versity of Florida). Fortunately, A: No problem. I've got a A: Yes. My hired man's never assured of consistent although asking questions was most Americans do not need an wife to do the chores. wages were garnished once. results under the old system.," not violative of the ADA, any advanced degree of any kind, Q: What do you know about Q: Was there anything about said Lucyk. "It was a difficult supplemental inquiries based on much less fifteen years of re­ blood pressure? that experience that was un­ task for them to vouch for the an applicant's affirmative search, to answer the question A:. Not much. I just know that pleasant? character of bar applicants, response to the questions would "Is the traditional family worth I got it, I guess. A: Not for me! especially if they didn't know constitute invidious saving?" Most Americans in­ Q: Did you serve in the mili- Q: Doyoulikeolderoryounger them well." discrimination under the Act. stinctively say "Yes." tary? grade-school children? A: Yes, in Vietnam for two A: I like the older kids because years in 1962-64. they spill less food on me. RIGHTS, from page 3 Q: Were you an adviser? Q: What do you think of the A: Yes, that's what I was government here? oral arguments will be made up called, but 1 . 1l~ answered A: Not much. 1 was run into of professors and students. any questions. by acity bUs aild a state car;: Next, Congressman Frank . Q: What do you do. in your " Q: Does 'it make, any differ­ will give the keynote address on spare time?ence to you in' tlrlScase.that I ·. the landscape of the law in the A: Work.proseeuted yoU awhile backiri area of gay rights and the family. ., Q: Are you then Self-em-. . anothercase? '.' "Representative Frank is an played? A: Notrea1Iy,' since 1 Wo:n; openly gay politician who has long taken a personal and politi­ cal stance by speaking out on gay ACLU of Virginia Legal Direc­ ofRights Journal. Four partici­ issues. He was our first choice," tor, lead attorney in the Sharon pants on the panel have written said Batchelor. Bottoms lesbian mother custody essays that will be published in A panel discussion and town case. the Journal. The transcript of hall meeting will follow Frank's Moderating the panel discus­ Congressman Frank's address address. Panelists will include sion will be Professor Rod will also be published. Beatrice Dohrn, legal director of Smolla, director of the Institute Journal Editor Katie Horton Lambda Legal Defense and Edu­ of Bill of Rights Law. commented, "The Journal is cation Fund, the oldest and larg­ "The discussion the panel exceptionally happy with the way est lesbian and gay legal organi­ engages in will show the divi­ we've been able to coordinate zation in the U.S.; Joseph sions ofopinion on these issues," things with the Student Division Broadus, constitutional law pro­ said Batchelor. "It will start out and the Symposium planning. fessor at George Mason Univer­ scholarly, but I am not sure how We want to continue this in the Take a study break! sity; Dr. David Flaks, a psy­ it will end up. These are contro­ future." Batchelor echoed chologist and attorney who has versial issues.... I really want to Horton: "It is exciting to be able Call Domino's, relax and enjoy. published and presented studies encourage people to participate to have published articles result­ in the area of lesbian and gay in the discussion. There oUght to ing from the symposium. It is a 229-8885 220-3770 parenting; Herb Titus, former be no problem stirring up dis- good combination and provides Serving William & Mary Serving Colonial Williamsburg professor of law and founding course." documentation for the issues Dean of the School of Law and The other new twist this year raised." Ir------y------~ Sub I Lunch I Public Policy at Regent Univer­ is the link between the Sympo­ The student symposia each I Meal I Special I sity; and Stephen Pershing, sium organization and the Bill year are the result of months of planning and preparation on the 99 General Mediation, Family part ofIaw students. When asked I: $599 : $6 : COURSES, from page 1 Mediation, Domestic Relations why he and others took on the I I I Practice, Disability Law, task, Batchelor said this year's I GET A 12" SUB OF YOUR A MEDIUM 1 TOPPING PIZZA II worked to make it financially Municipal Finance and Urban topic was important in a per­ 'II CHOICE, A BAG OF CHIPS AN D I AN D 2 COK~S OR DIET COKES. II possible. . . . He is really Development, Law Office sonal way for many of those in­ I A COKE OR DIET COKE Offer valid 11 a.m.-4 p.m. I,' committed to using adjuncts Management, Case Preparation volved in its planning. "For us, wisely 'and expanding the and Pre-Trial Discovery. All this is a positive way to raise curriculum whenever we can," other courses will be taught by awareness in the law school and Barnard explained, Courses to either full-time faculty or the the W&M community about gay be taught by adjuncts include visiting professors. and lesbian con~erns,"