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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Archive at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Alledger by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Client Co_unciling ChaIDpions: Tan and Well Rested by Jan McNitt on that for the next round and -"simulcast" of the competition fi­ to recognize those who are good On a sunny Sunday afternoon really try to wow the judges nals broadcast to room 411. at it, and promote the view that while the rest of us were study­ although, we sometimes ended After being declared the win­ a balance between analytical and ing, four 1-L's were vying for the up doing worse on techniques we ners, Waxman commented, "Say other lawyering skills is impor­ championship in the 12th BCLS had done well on before.'' we were tan and well-rested. tant to being an effective practi­ Client Counseling Competition. The techniques of Waxman [David] Letterman says that's tioner," Smith said. Winners Michael Waxman and BCLS's record at Regional Lawrence Jacobson, who said competitions has been strong, they originally entered the con­ and the team usually gets to the test "on a goof," will represent regional finals, Smith said. the law school at the Regional The Moot Court and Mock Tri­ competition in March at the al teams have done somewhat University of Bridgeport, Con­ better in inter-school competition necticut. Winners of the twelve but when you consider that for regional competitions will go on Client Counseling our tradition­ to the National finals at the ally 1-L team can face 2-L and University of Baltimore School 3-L teams from other schools, . of Law, March 30 - April 1, 1989. Smith said. "They have done This is the 21st year of the really well." American Bar Association spon­ No allowance is made during sored activity. The competition is Larry Jacobson (left) and Michael Waxman (right) are the winners of the regional competition for the funded by the ABA 's Law Stu­ this year's Client Counseling Competition. level of the student. A first year dent and Young Lawyer division. student may be at a slight disad­ "We found the critique [of the vantage due to knowing less law, judges'] very helpful," Waxman and Jacobson, along with how to reply when interviewed." Smith observed. "That is less of said. "After each round we would runners-up Alison Kaminski and Dean Robert H. Smith, will act an issue than the fact that a first change our strategy according to Leonard L. Spada, could be ob­ as the winning team's coach for year student has only simulation the judges comments. If we were served not only by the judges but the regionals. weak in an area we'd concentrate to whoever cared to watch a "Oral competitions are a way (continued on page 3) The Honorable Barbara Dortch: BCLS Alumna 1st Black Woman Appointed to Mass. Superior Court

By Mike Klein pointed to the small number of to find them and encourage She described opportunities Because of her ''appeal,'' Judge minorities as a factor in making them." that students could pursue in the Barbara Dortch will soon be th~ transition from Brandeis "I'm not saying that is not state judicial system. "Last year changing venue. The 197 4 alum­ University, where she was a po­ happening," Dortch continued. we were looking for Boston Col­ na of Boston College Law School litics major, to BCLS a difficult The judge keeps in touch with lege students to work in the will be sworn in as a state Superi­ one. "Law school was more com­ BCLS's recruitment efforts courts. We didn't have a full-time or Court judge on February 22, petitive and rigid compared to through the Black Alumni clerk until last June, and we becoming the first black woman being an undergraduate, when Network. hired some students from North­ to be named to that court. the only one you were competing As a result of her nomination eastern who received grants from Dortch has served the last five against was yourself. I can't say to the Superior Court and her their school to work year-round." years on the bench.of the Boston that law school was harder be­ status as the highest-ranking Although funding is not always Municipal Court, the largest dis­ cause there were fewer minori­ black woman among the state's available for clerks, "If a student trict court in Massachusetts. ties, but if there were a larger judges, Dortch hopes that law can afford to work for $200 a Dortch looks forward to the number, the atmosphere might students, particularly minorities, week or less, it's a marvelous ex­ promotion, saying, "This is not have been more comfortable," will be inspired to practice pub­ perience," she said. "They can something I was determined to she said. lic interest law. "I hope they are get a practical look at courts and do, but it is a natural progression The Memphis native chose encouraged to pursue public in­ work closely with judges, who after · five years. The Superior BCLS largely because of the at­ terest at its highest level," she are a collegial group." Court is an arena that has- more tractive three-year scholarship it said. "I hear that law students significant cases [than the dis­ offered. "The scholarship was don't want to pursue public in­ trict court], · and they can set persuasive, and being recruited terest law- it doesn't pay the big Students interested in such po­ precedent for the Common­ made me feel good," Dortch ex- money··or have the prestige of sitions for the summer can con­ wealth.'' , plained. "The school was offering practicing in a large private firm. tact Judge Sally Kelly, the hiring It might be heartening to learn the kind of assistant that minori­ But judging has its rewards. To coordinator for Boston Municipal that the judge setting that prece­ ties needed, and it was nice to move up one step means to me Court. If no positions are availa­ dent described her first year of see. It was an incentive that ad­ that I've been rewarded. Stu­ ble in Boston, other courts which law school as "a shock, although ded to BC's reputation as a good dents can see that and be en­ serve large areas, such as Cam­ less of a shock than it might have school.'' couraged," she said. bridge, might have openings. been at some other law schools in The recruitment of minority Dortch herself will probably the area. First year was hard," students is something that Dortch spent much of her own serve o:qe of the larger superior she said. "After first year, I be­ Dortch thinks must be intensi­ career in the public sector. After courts. "Newer judges are usual­ gan to like it. In second and third fied. "It is important for law handling the foreign distribution ly put in the larger courts, so I '11 years, the teaching style became schools to make an all-out effort. contracts for a Memphis record­ probably be in Suffolk County," more relaxed, and the students I understand that fewer minori­ ing company, she later worked she said. She begins her new post were treated more like ·adults." ty students now are applying to with the legal staff of the U.S. February 27. The Socratic Method wasn't undergraduate and graduate Department of the Interior, the the only thing Dortch had to get schools than in the '70's. This is Massachusetts Bay Transporta­ used to. She was one of only 12 troubling. To get those interest­ tion Authority, and the Mas­ blacks in a class of 200, and she ed in law to apply, it's important sachusetts Port Authority. Page 2 I ALLEDGER / Fel;>ruary 23, 1989 A Firsthand Review of the 1st Year Curriculunt By Mark Cohen morning in Barry Pavillion. Here The course met four times a her. We have had a couple of Many second and third year we would listen to Dean DiLuna week. It was taught by Brodin . months off until our future in­ students have expressed curiou­ talk about 16th century law or (Section 1) and Bloom (Section 2). terests in this course vests in late sity and confusion about the new Dean Smith (who some claim is To tell you the truth, I'm still not February when it restarts. We first year curriculum. This is the evil mastermind behind the sure which professor I had. will then meet three times a week probably because the curriculum new curriculum) tell jokes about Contracts (Torts) began in Sep­ in this course until May. is curiously confusing. the Red Sox. Every once in a tember and ended in February as LR& W follows exactly the We members of the first year while, someone from Admissions well. These courses were sup­ same schedual as Property. It is class at BCLS (affectionately would come in, tell us how good posed to meet four times a week, now a year long course. That's referred to as " lLs") have just our class' statistics were, tell us but Contracts became renowned right, we first-years get twice the finished taking our final exams in how many people were in the for meeting five and sometimes fun as previous years with no ex­ two "year long" courses, have class, and ask us if we were all six times a week. None of us will tra cost! completed one semester long sure we actually wanted to be complain about this, however, es­ Finally, Introduction to Law­ course, have just started one there. pecially since our exams remain yering and Professional Ethics semester and one "year long" In the afternoons we broke as of yet uncorrected. As many (I.L.P.R. M.F.P. with Flouride) is course and will soon resume two down into smaller sections of 30 Section 1 students observed: only a semester long course other "year long" courses which or so and discussed cases which "We can never have enough of which goes from January to we haven't had since December. we had read in the handy dandy Professor Katz! " Meanwhile, May. After all, they don't want It all started last September Fundamentals Supplement, Section 2 was learning to twist, BCLS students to be too ethical. when BCLS introduced lLs to which the bookstore happily contort, and distort torts. There are many rumors as to law school with a course which provided us with (for an exhorbi­ In January, Section 1 started how this new curriculum began ran for several days entitled ant fee) . Learning that the book­ Torts and Section 2 began Con­ (e.g. a dice game in Dean Smith's "Fundamentals of Law School." store charges a lot of money for tracts. These "full year" courses office, an attempt by Admissions During this course first years a little merchandise was proba­ will meet three times a week for to cut down our class size, a com­ learned everything they never bly the most valuable lesson one 75 minutes a day until May. puter error, etc.) None of these wanted to know about law could learn in Fundamentals. Constitutional law was a nor­ can be substantiated. For now I school. The main objective of this In any case, having been ex­ mal one semester course that be­ suppose we first years will have course was to teach first years to posed to the fundamentals, we gan in September and ended in to accept the school's explana­ think like law students. By the were randomly divided into two December. Many still claim the tion that the reason for the end of a few days, most of us had sections, aptly named Section 1 exam in this course violated the change is to break up the exams only thoughts of getting out of and Section 2. Section 1 had Con­ provision of the Constitution and make things easier on us. I this course. It is only now that tracts and Section 2 had Torts, which protects citizens from guess it just goes to show how we realize that this is exactly the but in all other respects our cur­ "Cruel and unusual punish­ much more we first-years still way that law students think. riculum was the same. ment." have to learn. . . . During this course, the entire Civil Procedure began in Sep­ Property began in September first year class would meet in the tember and ended February 8th. and the midterm was in Decem- POKEY'S PLAYHOUSE Howdy! I hope you all enjoyed cuse to take a break from the catch a quick glimpse of that new for example, have young chil­ your Valentine's Day. Valen­ thankless _task of baby-sitting salad emporium before it mys­ dren. In fact, have you seen the tine's Day at BCLS just isn't the little brats. Well, unfor­ teriously disappeared? Never pitch being made by the univer­ quite the same as it was back in tunately, those days are gone underestimate the power of a pe­ sity's child care program for the the good old days of elementary forever, and it was class as usual tition. Remember that petition babes of these students? Appar­ school. Remember those little here at BCLS last Tuesday. I started by first-years from Sec­ ently, the BC Child Care Center cards, the heart-shaped candies, guess professors here just don't tion I last semester, in which has all the amenities, but the tu­ and the impromptu parties that have that party spirit (though they demanded a salad bar? Well, ition is a bit steep. My sugges­ your overwrought teachers were they are overwrought, and law the administration caved into the tion to students and faculty with .all too happy to throw? Any ex- students are little brats).,~The re demands of these young upstarts children is to follow the lead of is, however, one person among us without so much as the forma­ that pioneering child care who will throw a party at the tion of a select ad hoc committee specialist, Frank Upham. Profes­ ALLEDGER drop of a hat for any (or no) rea­ to discuss the matter. But alas, sor Upham is a regular Benjamin Boston College Law School son whatsoever. That person is Section I's victory was short­ Spock. Who needs the BC Child 885 Centre Street none other than our kinder, gen­ lived, for no sooner was the new Care Center and its exorbitant Newton, MA 02159 tler president, Tony Roncalli. For salad bar up and running than rates, asks the professor, when (617) 552-4339 those of you who don't know or another petition was started by for a pittance, you can lure a The Alledger is published every remember Tony, he's the former Section I's health-conscious rival, healthy young law student into other Friday, 12 times per aca­ BC law student presently in Section II. It seems that Section caring for the kiddies7 Just slap demic year, by the students of charge of the LSA. Tony and the II petitioners demanded that the some panelling on those bare con­ Boston College Law School. We LSA recently announced plans to new saladtorium be closed pend­ crete walls, throw down a rug, welcome submissions and con­ sponsor a holiday bash on Tues­ ing installation of a sneeze shield, hook up a toilet, and voila: '' a tributions from all our readers. day, February 21. Now I could per Board of Health ordinances. spacious, furnished basement Manuscripts, newsletters, ads, understand a Valentine's Day The folks at BC Dining Services, apartment," in exchange for notices, etc. should reach us by party, or even a Washington's of course, immediately ac­ which any unwary, unsuspecting 1:00 p.m. the Wednesday im­ Birthday celebration, but the quiesced and have swiftly moved law student would gladly give a mediately preceding the intend­ "holiday" being observed that to bring the salad bar into com­ "couple of afternoons" a week. ed publication date. Copy may night will be the ever-popular pliance. It's worked out well for the Up­ be left at the Alledger office "One Month To Spring." That The Older Students Group hams, who've benefitted from (M201A Stuart Hall), or in our must be one of those new holi­ (now just who qualifies as an this "Nanny and the Professor" mailbox by the other student days Hallmark and FTD have "older" student, anyway?) is set-up for the past four years. mailboxes. schemed up to keep themselves pleased to announce that it has Anyone interested in looking af­ Typesetting and Printing by in business. You know, like lined up George Bums as guest ter the professor's little darlings Citizen Group Publications, 481 Grandmother's Day ... But the . speaker for its year-end Bingo next year should contact 3L Hol­ Harvard St., Brookline, MA strange thing is that when I went bash. The group will also be serv­ ly Ford. Holly can usually be ing a breakfast of dry toast and 02146 down to the bookstore to pick up found at the Newton Highland's STAFF a Happy One Month To Spring prune juice next Wednesday McDonald's. She'll either be in Editor-in-Chief card for my good friend Ken morning at 6:00 a.m. at the New­ the Party Room, on the ...... Deirdre Cunnane Krzewick, the bookstore was tonville Senior Center. All are McDonaldland Playground, or in welcome. Executive Editors fresh out! I wish I wasn't always line waiting for Happy Meals...... Bob Daniszewski the last one to find out about Now dol\'t get me wrong. I do And now, those much­ ...... John Reilly these things. The party, by the understand that some students, anticipated look-a-likes: Editor of Photography way, will be thrown at the Sons especially older students, have ...... Maribeth Petrizzi of Italy hall in Watertown, a real lives outside of law school (take note, first-years). Some students, Staff class joint. Tony actually want­ ...... Paul Nappi ed to book the Snack Bar, but af­ ...... Tommy Shi ter Dean's Prom, the powers that ...... Raul Martinez - be refused. I guess Coquillette ...... Joe Riga really tore the place apart ...... Cecile Garcia (Hey, if it weren't true, we ...... Mary Rose Migliazza couldn't print it!) You know, it's ...... Locke R. McMurray always one bad apple that spoils ...... Melissa Clark it for everyone else. Of course, ...... Karen Mendalka very few people have realized the ...... Maria Baguer extent of the damage, as it's ...... Mike Klein nearly impossible to see the ...... Jan McNitt Snack Bar through the throngs ...... Kevin O'Leary of first-year study groups fever­ ...... John Zajac ishly cramming for February fi­ ...... Mark Cohen nals (February finals??) ...... Chris McCarthy Speaking of the Snack Bar, Movie writer/director Professor George Brown. were any of you lucky enough to Marcel Ophuls Page 3 / ALLEDGER / February 23, 1989

RULE FOURTEEN By Mike Klein B.C. Employees Contemplate Quitting (inspired by Rudyard Kipl(ng 's Gunga Din while studying for the Civil Procedure final exam) Due to "Tuition Tax" By Kevin O'Leary You may brag about your pay into higher tax brackets. When yo-µ work for Ropes and Gray The Boston College Graduate At this point it is difficult to And you're sent to Fenway Park to cheer the Sox on and Undergraduate Schools may ascertain the exact number of But when it comes to "parties" soon feel the effects of a new fed­ employees who will be effected You must "join" them rather smartly eral tax on employee benefits. · by this new policy. Patrice Scott, An' you'll love the proper rule that gets the job done. According to John Burke, Direc­ a · secretary in the English Now in Boston's wint'ry clime, tor of Benefits for Boston Col­ Department, says she knows of When I used to waste my time lege, Section 127 allowed at least ten fellow employees who A-studyin' for tests to make the mean businesses and schools to offer are taking graduate courses. Of all them fed'ral rules tax-free tuition assistance to Kristen Bogden, who works in One that made me feel a fool their employees. The Internal the B.C. Alumni office, believes Was the practice for third parties, Rule 14. Revenue Service has now chosen five out of fourteen employees in It was Rule 14 to tax employees taking courses her office will be. affected. This If you cannot beat 'em, join 'em, Rule 14. in graduate schools. Any full­ new provision is forcing some If the other guy is liable time or part-time Boston College workers to take out loans to meet Thank God the rules are pliable employee will now be expected to their usual monthly _expenses. You'll get an IOU through Rule 14. pay a 32.5% tax on each gradu­ Others are planning to cut back ate course they take. A $970 on the number of courses they I sha'n't forgit the night graduate-level class will suffer a are currently taking. Some em­ When I saw no hope in sight 20% federal tax, a 5% State tax ployees are considering whether To follow how indemnity is clean. and a 7.5% F.I.C.A. tax. This will to finish up the year or quit now. I was thinkin', "With no clue be deducted from weekly pay­ There was a general agreement "I'll nbt make Law Review, checks for two consecutive among employees interviewed "And it's all because of no-good Rule 14." months each semester. Further­ that Boston College was going to Then a thought came to my head more, the University will add the lose a lot of support staff. And all that Bob Bloom said full cost of each course to an em­ Clairemarie Fisher, graduate ployee's gross yearly earnings, Made sense despite his diagramming schemes. (continued on page 5) When defendant has to get thus pushing many employees Someone not a party yet Serve a summons and complaint per Rule 14. Client Counseling cont. from p. 1 It was Rule 14 Turn a defense into offense, Rule 14. interviewing experience. The ex­ Judges for the final round were Just call it an impleader perience 2nd and 3rd year stu­ all BCLS alumni: Evelynn Unless a Californian needs 'er dents have with actual clients Swagerty, '84, currently an As­ Then it's just a cross-complaint, is Rule 14. can be a factor." sistant Attorney General of Mas­ Smith will meet with the team, sachusetts in the Consumer I think I've got it straight coach them through practice Protection Division; Shelia ('Though the hour's getting late) rounds and arrange for the team Schwartz, '83, who is a divorce Now I '11 see if I can make this trim and lean: to meet with faculty who have mediator and teaches psy­ The plaintiff, party third, knowledge in the area of law to chodynamics of clients for the Shall have his grievance heard be used at Bridgeport. Mass. Bar Association; and Against the guy who'll pay, says Rule 14. Smith and his research assis­ Christopher Kauders, '81, part­ Now once he's in the suit tant, Erik Kimball, also wrote a ner in an arbitration and media­ New defendant, who's no dupe, sample problem chosen· by the tion franchise, and an appointed Can cross and counterclaim, says Rule 13. ABA and distributed nationally Mediator for the Superior Court. In that rule we will find to competition participants. Kim­ The judges were asked to use If defendant's in a bind ball wrot~Lmas.t of. the problem criteria set by the ABA com­ And must counterclaim of type "compulsory." based on product liability law bined with their own experience 14, now 13! which concerned a scuba diver and judgement in comparing the And don't forget the liberal Rule 18, suffering from eye irritation due student counselors and to assist For even if permissive to toothpaste used to clean the studnts in learning from their Third party'd be remissive his/her scuba mask. The ABA experience. On any given night To not know he could claim all that he's seen. solicited problems from law one set of judges would review school faculty who have partici­ three teams, and pick one to The plaintiff in this mess pated in the competition in the move onto the next round. Can join more claims, oh yes, past. Competitors were evaluated on Pursuant to-you guessed it!-Rule 18. The 55 teams who participated a continuous scale based on their Third defendant newly named were the largest group since effectiveness over ten categories Must fend off any blame BCLS began holding the compe­ including counselor-client inter­ In an answer that must follow Rule 12 (B). tition in 1977, according to.Mary action, team work, and ability at Pease dont forget that you Murray of the Board of Student post-interview evaluation. Must have the right venue Advisors, and everyone who In preparing, the judges And a district court must get its power fairly. signed up was able to participate. viewed an instructional video­ But if there is no dispute BSA faced a crisis due to the tape prepared by the ABA for As when plaintiff brings a suit overwhelming response and had how to evaluate students. All That in this case courts allow for ancillary. to decide whether to limit spaces judges received copies of the con­ Yes, Rule 14! in the competition or try and sultation situation, the rules, con­ Through you, a law suit might just get obscene! stretch school resources, facili- fidential memorandum about the Though I've studied and abused you ties and the energy of those in­ client and a brief memo on the ap­ By the Congress that approved you volved to make room for all those plicable law. I'll never understand you, Rule 14. interested. • Sexual HarrassIDent Policy ID the Works at BCLS By Bob Daniszewski policy with respect to resolving "Law school is hard enough to allegations of harassment. DiLuna said she hopes action isms available to students get through without dealing with A WLC flyer circulated earlier can be taken before the end of the through the university proper are problems of sexism or racism." in the week pointed out that the semester, pointing out that any already equally available to law -Barb Siegel law school has no enforcement proposed modifications must be students. Elements of those mechanism for dealing with cases approved by Boston College's le­ procedures are spelled out in the "But it's great preparation" of sexual, racial, or religious gal co'Unsel. "Boston College Student Guide." -Margot Friedman harassment apart from a · Students attending the meet­ DiLuna acknowledged that The absence of a formalized generally-worded Boston College ing expressed concern that the there has developed over time a BCLS policy to handle harass­ policy statement proscribing law school's concededly informal sense among many that law ment complaints prompted the such conduct. The flyer indicat­ approach to resolving harass­ school-related complaints­ Women's Law Center to call a ed that other university depart­ ment cases is inadequate. Stu­ including those involving meeting of concerned students ments have established their own dents who attended the meeting harassment-should be handled on February 9. , procedures for dealing with inci­ said that the lack of a formal here, rather than through the About 25 persons attended the "~ dents of harassment. procedure equates with a lack of lesser-understood main campus meeting, including Dean of Stu­ Dean DiLuna said that a com­ cohesiveness and deprives the procedures for dispute adjudi­ dents Lisa DiLuna and represen­ mittee to look into the law law school community an oppor­ cation. · tatives of several student school's current practice and tunity to detect and act upon Whether that should change­ organizations. Organizers said make recommendations for patterns of harassing behavior._ and if so, in what way- will de­ the dual purposes of the meeting changes has been organized. The Although she indicated her pend largely on what the commit­ were to raise awareness of the committee is comprised ' of personal inclination to formalize tee recommends, DiLuna problem of sexual harassment on faculty, staff, administrators, enforcement procedures at concluded. campus and to brainstorm on and representatives from at least BCLS, Dean DiLuna pointed out ways to modify current BCLS eight student organizations. that any and all _such mechan- Page 4 / ALLEDGER / February 23, 1989 ______....;.. ______,____ , ______,

Black History Month: A 'Iribute to Black Poets

LITANY TO THE KEEPERS OF THE DREAM Introduction: We have a dream Ain't gonna let nobody tum me 'round, tw;n me 'round, tum me 'rou?~• That today is the day that all men & women will see the light of truth ain't gonna let nobody tum me 'round, Im gonna keep on a walkm, the light of justice, the light of freedom keep on talkin', marchin' on to freedom land. We have a dream Such was the battle cry of the 1960s in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jack­ Our day has come son, Mississippi, and in Little Rock, Arkansa_s. _T~e struggle for equal­ It has come on the tide of a new birth ity, the struggle for dignity, the struggle for civil nghts moved through And a new understanding the country. Tht:i bombs, the hoses, the dogs, the beatings and the · A new realization that we as a people can no longer afford marches were the tools and the consequences of the fight for human to sit back and watch while the majority of Black people are rights. no better off economically today than· they were twenty years ago / As we celebrate Black History Month this year we remember; We have a dream That here today in this year Emmit Till, Tommy Lee Carter, James Chaney, l'._1edgar Evers, Mal­ Black people will celebrate the end of a century of living colm X., Martin Luther King Jr. and others who died that we may en­ in darkness, unaware of our beginnings, and provide joy a piece of the American Dream. the light of education to our Black minds . Education to include the great kings and queens of Africa February is the month designated to celebrate the contribu~ions ~f And the great Kings and Queens of Mississippi Black Americans to the United States and the World. While this From Mansa Mussa to Malcolm X, celebration on a yearly basis serves as a marker i~ the minds of Bl_ack From Cleopatra to Fannie Lou Hamer to Winnie Mandela, Americans it should mark the minds of all Americans. The contribu­ From Shaka and Hannibal to Medgar Evers and Martin Luther tions of Bl~ck Americans extend far beyond athletics and music long King Jr. considered primary areas of Black excellence. On t~e contrary, B~a~ks Now is the time to rekindle the flames of pride and dignity have achieved significantly in the fields of Architecture, Medicine, ignited in the sixties, dampened in the seventies and only awaiting Science Politics, Literature, and Engineering. a spark in the eighties in order to bum brightly on through the Each' day we are reminded of some of the con~ributions of Bla~k nineties Americans. Some of these reminders are: the stop light, the cotton gm, A change is coming today here in America the engine self-lubricating cup (th~s cup is _respo?sible for the phrase "the real McCoy" referring to engmes bearmg this cup), the shoe last­ We have a dream ing machine (this machine revolutionized the shoe industry), the steam That here is the place and now is the time boiler, and the air brake. Each of these items were invented by Black To stand up straight, walk tall, speak loud, and act just plain Americans. And the list goes on. crazy Crazy about the realization of dreams past The Students of BALSA offer the following works by Black Poets as Crazy about being proud lasting tribute to Black History Month. Crazy about being Black Crazy about being re-educated Crazy about being economically self-sufficient For the children . . . Crazy about a new freedom FALLING STARS Freedom from the-chains of apathy Freedom from the bonds of poverty Ah, my beautiful black (and brown and red) babies, Freedom from the attempted destruction of the Black family perhaps you can tell me how and Freedom from our own complacency . with what do you catch a falling star? Oh Freedom Oh Freedom Oh Freedom is just around the corner Because it is up to us to make the dreams of the Martin Luther King's Do you poison and destroy their bodies and Malcolm X's become living realities before they can even come? Or, say they cannot be educated, We have a dream when they have barely begun? And America you'd better watch out Because we are no longer blinded by the rays of pacification Do you take away their mothers' love America watch out and replace it with a check? Because we have a new sense of pride in ourselves Do you twist the meanings of paternity and fatherhood America watch out into a huge nasty cobweb of disrespect? Beacuse we can no longer ask you to ask South Africa to free Nel­ son Mandela Do you point them toward the top of the mountain America watch out and then refuse to supply the steps? Because we in~ist that you tell them to free Mandela Do you command t):i.em to observe strict codes of morality America watch out that you yourself have not kept? . Because we demand that you work hard to end apartheid in South Africa Do you, maybe as a parent, And end modified segregation here in America allow them to run relatively unsupervised and free? I feel a change coming on Do you also watch as an innocent game of ho~scotch . ? America watch out becomes target practice for a Saturday evemng shooting spree. Because we ARE the dream Coming Alive Do you just write them off and out of your lives, muttering that the whole generation is lost? . . . David Brian Williams Or worse yet, do you shrug your silk-covered shoulders m resignation, 1/5/86 and count their deaths as an unfortunate, but necessary cost?

Oh, precious, vibrant, intelligent, beautiful black (and brown and red) babies, perhaps you should tell me now CERTAIN PEOPLE AND FOLKS With what do you catch a falling star? - People who constantly give V. Hamilton never seem to know when enough is enough. Folks who are motivated to strive, stubbornly refuse to capitulate- just because things get tougn.

Betrayal People who have heart enough to love, often times get kicked in the teeth. I thought He walked with us Folks who stand up for their faith, But we really walked alone stubbornly refuse to be shook from their beliefs. I thought He loved us But no one loved us but ourselves People who have ·chosen to live, never seem to fear or worry- about I thought He would come back for us whatever is to come But I knew he would only be back for them Folks who dare to try, stubbornly keep their eyes on the prize For they, not us, are His. 'til the race is done. JEM V. Hamilton Page 5 / ALLEDQER / February 23, 1989

IS THIS A PROTEST POEM

Hell no we won't go Shame Go where You poison our water Injustice in South Africa, what does it mean? You toxify our air War in South Africa- HATE in South Africa You rip off our land Can't vote in South Africa On the other hand ., It means- Shame in South Africa. You say give me your tired your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free NCR And bring in riotous criminals While refusing honest, hungry Haitians It sounds like a contradiction to me You nurse the rich oil emperor And reject the ailing Black King You take in Russian ballet dancers and violin players and Russian Writers too America you even get animals from the damn Russian zoo You send tons of grain to feed our enemy While babies in this country are starving LEE AND MOLLY Does that make sense to you You say get an education and a higher educatiQn too LEE and MOLLY Then you cut the funds when we do what you told us to White guy in love with black beauty Policemen can brutalize and ravish and kill LEE. and MOLLY And the chances of equal justice are nonexistent or nil White guy in love with black beauty Unemployment is only 7% this month 7% of who, 7% of what Mama don't like that 7% hungry, 7% hurting, 7% of 200 million is 14 million though she know they might be free Oh excuse me, do you think this is a protest poem? Daddy got drunk one day You're damn right it is He beat the hell out of poor old Lee

David Brian Williams LEE and MOLLY 10/21/88 white guy in love with black beauty LEE and MOLLY A white guy in love with black beauty Mama don't wan't that WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD (RALLY ROUND) Why should they hide to share strong moments? Rally round the flag these days men have no boundries · Rally round the red, gold, black and green So whether you care or whether you won't tell you what · Marcus say sir Marcus say they have something a lot don't Red for the blood they are not just good friends That flowed like the river Marcus say sir Marcus say LEE and MOLLY Green for the land Africa A white guy in love with black beauty Marcus say LEE and MOLLY Yellow for the Gold that they stole a white guy in love with black beauty Marcus say But life is not like that Black for the people it was looted from What are dreams if they can't be They took us away captivity captivity · Love can't hurt you Required from us a song There's more to know than you can see Right now man say repatriate repatriate The vibes so strong they had to go along (all the way) I and I patience have now long time gone She gave the sign so he crossed the line Fathers mothers sons daughters every one Now they kn.ow they can't bargain with tribulation · Four hundred million strong But there's still things in life you just can't resist now Ethiopia stretch forth her hand Can't resist now: this is it! Africans closer to God we can In our hearts is Mount Zion LEE and MOLLY Now you seek the lion White guy in lo.ve with blac:ki beauty LEE and MOLLY How can we sing in a strange land White guy in love with black beauty, black beauty Don't want to sing in a strange land no Liberation true democracy All your teaching who One God one aim one destiny is who they should scorn remember this Remember when we use to dress like kings Passion insist they must be born C~nqueror of land conqueror of seas Let them grow, grow & grow Civilization far inoved from caves Yes just remember this Oppressor man live deh Let the whole wide world know I curse the day They're not just, not just good friends The day they made us SLAVES I say LEE and MOLLY Rally round the flag White guy in love with black beauty Red gold black and green LEE and MOLLY A bright shining star- Africa A white guy in love with black beauty Catch star liner right now- Africa But mama don't like that A history no more a mystery-Africa though she knows they must be free Climb the heights of humanity daddy got drunk one day Rally come rally rally rally come rally. he beat the hell out of poor old LEE . . - Steel Pulse -Z. MARLEY

Tax and Employee Benefits Mr. Burke, there will be a letter be before those programs are according to their job scale; Cont. from p. 3 sent from the Comptroller's threatened, as well as tuition­ hence, an employee who makes secretary in the History Depart­ office to employees outlining the remission benefits for the chil­ $12,000 a year will not have to ment, predicted that it will be new policy. As of press date, dren of staff. She also wonders pay the same rate as a $30,000 a difficult for Boston College to at­ however, it has still not been how single parents raising chil­ year employee. Further, many tract quality employees at below­ sent. Similarly, two years ago, dren can ever hope to better employees wished that the tax market salaries without the tui­ employees received no notice themselves given such obstacles. could be spread out over the year tion remission benefits." that Boston College was taxing Other Universities around the instead of a two-month period. Although no one blames the the "spouse tuition remission Boston area and the nation are Mr. Burke adds that if an em­ Boston College Administration program" until employees struggling to conform to the new ployee can prove that his or her for this tax policy, there was -opened up their paychecks to tax while hoping to attract wor­ class is "job-related," then it is some surprise of how slowly the find a huge chunk taken out. kers in jobs that are traditional­ by law exempt from the tax. news of this new tax has come to Mr. Burke cites the Federal ly low-paying for college However, it does not s()em likely the employees. Although the budget deficit as one reason why graduates. that this exemption will help Staff Advisory Senate was told this educational benefit is being To compensate for this loss of many employees. by the Benefits Office of these taxed. At this point, there are no benefits, Ms. Bogden believes new tax developments in mid­ plans to tax employees taking that Boston College should build J anuary, there was no official no­ undergraduate or evening some partial reimbursement into tice sent out before or during courses but many employees like the system. Another alternative course registration. According to Ms. Scott wonder how long it will is to work on taxing employees PIEPER NEW YORK lrAR 1'EVIEW,S one dayse~inar will be offered 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Marjorie Sherman Lisa DiLuna, Dean Joe Kim, 2L I close my eyes and imagine I grab my mouse and have a I strangle short law students. I return to nature. how peaceful life would be Mac Attack! without students. Legal Eagles Soar AbOve Competitors by Chris McCarthy have challenged several Zambo­ there- he's going to barrel into supportive. Distraught with what she perceived to be an un­ Last year, they were pathetic ni drivers to fights to amuse the boards at full speed and get cellar-dwellers. This year, they're themselves. Wide-eyed, stick­ himself killed,'' Willing said after fair call in the loss to Harvard, also pathetic, but so is the rest of swinging instigator Ollie Ames he combined with brother Robin Mary Elizabeth ("Beth") Taylor the league, thus the BCLS hock­ and his delirious protege, Chris for a five-goal outing against the threw a chicken at the ref. . ey team, the Legal Eagles, have Caperton, have also been provok­ hapless New England School of The season's success has soared to a 5-1 mark by terroriz­ ing incidents for no apparent rea­ Optometry. brought one casualty. Mike Hart­ ing third-rate opponents. son. "I taught him everything he Resnicoff has gone on a two­ nett, and aging 3L, has said he may go into retirement and begin Chuck "Ringer" Willing knows," said a deviously beam- goal scoring spree and says em­ summed up the secret of the ing Ames. . · · phatically, "I like to run up the a coaching career. Huffing and puffing after a futile effort in the teams newly-found success. "We With wins coming easily, inter­ score on weak teams. It builds Harvard game, he said. "These like the agressive, chippy style of nal team dissention may be the character." (That's the BCLS play. And I personally am not biggest problem confronting self­ spirit, Davey.) kids have too much energy for afraid of taking retaliation appointed ringleader/provacteur The vocal BCLS booster con­ me. I'm getting a little old for penalties." Dennis "Snooks': McKenna. The tingent _has been wonderfully this stuff." The team leadership lies in the wisecracking McKenna had to hands of the fearsome 3Ls. Paul skip a game in East Boston "be­ MOVIE REVIEW: The Fly II"A Horror-" "Rock'em, sock'em" Desjourdy, cause when I was a Hyde Park a strapping, scrappy forward, youth gang leader, I beat the hell By Paul A. Nappi was that the horror aspects of emphasized the effectiveness of out of lots of Eastie rink rats. Like Father, like son. Well, not the picture were merely secon­ intimidation. "I like to see fear in They're out to get me." (Hey, really. The Fly II tracks the life dary to Cronenberg' s plot. In fact, The Fly was not even a hor­ their eyes. I'm the type of guy Dennis, so are we.) McKenna has of Seth Brundle's mutated off­ who'll take a needless, thought­ also had his hand full keeping ice­ spring in this sequel to David ror movie by conventional stan­ less, ill-timed penalty just for the time evenly distributed. Last Cronenberg's outstanding 1986 dards. The Fly was a tragic love hell of it." Unfortunately, Paul's year, he had to quell a near-riot remake of The Fly. Only this story in which the young scien­ tist, Seth Brundle, carelessly zeal has led him to spear his own when an icetime quarrel escalat­ time around, David Cronenberg teammates if they don't pass him ed. Early this year, he tried death is sadly absent and has turned teleported himself with a fly in the puck. threats. They worked ok, butnow over his chair to newcomer­ the telepod chamber, and con­ Edmund P. "Big Ed" Hurley, he's found something even bet­ director Chris W alas, whose pri­ tracted a genetically disfiguring a no-nonsense powerhouse who ter. The other night was a perfect or credits include the elaborate, "disease." In the course of his has a reputation for ferocious example. and often gory, special effects of physical disintegration, Brun­ stickwork in the comers, said, "If When McKenna yelled, The Fly and Gremlins. dle' s lover, Veronica, couldn't I get tired, I don't come off the "Change it @#$%:j:&* up!" for The sequel begins with the leave him despite his hideous ap­ ice, I hook people. I trip people. the seventy-seventh time to flam­ birth of Martin Brundle, the son pearance. Cronenberg' s remake I butt-end people. It's not how boyant winger and animated ora­ of the tragic-hero Seth Brundle, injected an element of pathos you play, it's whether you win. tor, the versatile and debonair whose teleportation experiments into the original story's plot and Win. Win. Win. Winning is Meirwyn "Whizzer" Walters, in the first film triggered his bi­ focused on the relationship be­ everything. This is not casual ex­ Walters igomed him. So, McKen­ zarre transformation when a tween Veronica and the sickly · Seth Brundle, who was slowly be­ ercise." [That's the spirit, Ed.] na shouted this stunning ultima­ wayward fly entered the telepor­ Rough-and-tumble blueline be­ tum: "Meirwyn, you either get tation chamber with him causing ing taken over both mentally and hemoth John "Stonewall" Syl­ the hell off the ice now, or I'm go­ the computer to disintegrate physically by his disease. The Fly via, a tall, dark figure with an ing to ask your sister for a date!" both specimens and genetically also reflected Cronenberg's skep­ unsmiling face, explained, "Last Meirwyn had deked the defense · reintigrate them as one. In The ticism of science by demonstrat­ year we gave away too many and was on a breakaway, but he Fly, Brundle's lover, Veronica ing the dark side of technological easy goals. So, I called the team abruptly jammed on the brakes, Quaife, discovered that she was achievements gone awry. together and said: "a cross-ice wheeled around, and made a bee- pregnant and sought an abor­ Although The Fly contained pass in your own end is the same . line for the bench. tion. The genetically disfigured some graphic sciences of vio­ as a bunt with two strikes." [You Another potential source of Brundle, however, prevented her lence, in the traditional, grue­ tell'em, Jack!] trouble is disloyal IL Robert abortion by abducting her to his some style of David Cronenberg, Chris "Tower of Power" "Nudge" Najarian, a barrel­ lab in a futile effort to save him­ the film never lowered itself to Heisenberg, a rangy, angry chested JFK assassination trivia self by -sending her through the the level of the modern slasher youth with blood in his eyes, has buff. "Nudge's" herculean skat­ teleporters so that their genes flick that primarily focuses on shown an amazing ability to ing, stickhandling, and scoring could be fused as one, thus filter­ violence and virtually ignores skate circles around the puck prowess has won him a harem of ing out the mutated genes induc­ plot and characterization. without ever managing to touch doe-eyed admirers who squeal in ing his grotesque metamorph­ The Fly II, directed by FX it. He explained: "I'll never wear glee each time he scores. (Jealous osis. Before Brundle could suc­ man Chris W alas, gets more elbow pads, because the sharp teammates are reportedly schem­ ceed, his lover ended his misery caught up in the special effects crack of bone hitting rib cage car­ ing to maintain him.) and violence than its with a shotgun blast. predecessor. tilage is sweet music to my ears. Hirsute, conniving forward The Fly II, like many sequels, I've always taken particularly in­ Rich "Policeman" Burke has lacks the originality of its pred­ The Fly II is an above average tense pleasure in knocking the shown ~ uncanny ability to ecessor. In both films, the young horror film (unlike the outstand­ wind out of unsuspecting playel'S score. However, for some strange scientists realize that the com­ ing 1986 remake, this is proper­ then watching them writhe in reason, the Policeman also enjoys puter is missing something in the ly classified as a horror film) that pain as I try to conceal my laugh­ heckling fans. translation of organic subjects in falls into the oldest trap in Holly­ ter." (We're glad you're on our Last but not least is the infa­ the teleportation process, thus wood: sequels rarely surpass the side, Chris.) mous "Law Review Crew/Thin producing mutated versions of predecessors. Cronenberg clever­ Other defensemen aren't so se­ Blue Line" trio. Willing has the the original specimen. Like the ly decided to do a remake, which rene. Two cocky young whippers­ misfortune of being on the same dilemma faced by Seth and his does not fall into the same trap nappers, ex-BC luminary Peter line as Dave Resnicoff and Bob offspring Martin in both films, because remakes of horror clas­ "Sniper" Tester and his husky, Troyer. What the line lacks in The Fly II also loses something sics often apply newer film tech­ happy-go-lucky sidekick, Dan firepower, they make up for in in the translation from The Fly, niques and FX to older plots (such as The Invasion of the "Ditso" McKiernan, have al­ brainpower. However, there is leaving a somewhat mutated ver­ Body Snatchers) and John Car­ legedly threatened to leave the trouble in this paradise. "Troyer sion of the original: As an affi­ team unless the caliber of oppo­ has me worried. The way he cionado of sci-fi and horror films, penter's The Thing) providing nents improves dramatically. skates- with arms and skate­ I discovered that what I liked the viewer with a sometimes The two, bored with games, refreshing look at an old story. tipped legs all akimbo out most about Cronenberg' s Fly **½ I .,1 ,.- .: : /' ' . ! / (.... // . •

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