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MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW America's First Law School

VOLUME V, ISSUE TWO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1994 SIXTEEN PAGES SBA funds cut, Moot Court loses 40 percent By Doug Miller Cox downplayed the overall Despite a $2 rise in student budget reduction, pointing out fees, the SBA budget was cut that the law school still receives more than 10 percent this year to more than its share of student fee $22,118. The largest cut was in revenue. "The total budget for the Moot Court budget, which student groups was $175, 158 and accounts for more than 40% of we received about 12 percent of total SBA funding. "The Moot that," he said. In contrast, the Court program receives more law school represents less than funding than any student group, 10 percent of the total student other than student government," population at the college. said SBA Treasurer Mike Cox The final budget was distrib­ (3L). The program's budget has uted last week after individual been under fire for the last few meetings with student group years by undergraduates who leaders. According to Cox, the -staffphoIo question such a large expendi­ meetings were necessary despite Courtroom 21 is in a major upheaval. Changes include a raised floor to run cable underneath, a ture on a group which benefits a sim ilar round of meetings held door for access to jury boxes, a·wheelchair entrance, and computers with CD-ROM capability. only a limited number of stu­ See CUTS on 16 Work is scheduled for completion this week. dents. 20 adjuncts hold forth; permanent faculty to grow soon- By Stephen Thomas King hopes to develop lasting relationships with · lation," said Dean Barnard, that the school the law school. According to Barnard, the Marshall-Wythe is experiencing an the new adjuncts. Part of the motive be- hires with "discretion but enthusiasm." lack of office space is responsible in part influx of new adjuncts and visiting pro­ hind hiring them was an attempt to offer On a related note, Krattenmaker and for holding back substantial new faculty fessors this year. There are approximately new courses. They are "teaching courses Barnard both mentioned that the perm a­ hirings. by and large that it's good for adjuncts to nent faculty at M-W will be expanding in 20 new professors at the school, either for See BIOGRAPHIES on 6 one of the two semesters, or in some be teaching," Krattenmaker added. the near future. Krattenmaker said they instances for the whole year. Seventeen In many cases, the adjuncts will fill expect "modest expansion" over the next Inside of the new faculty members will be teach­ upper-level niches that are not within the three to five years, with a net increase of SBA aspires to Booze and Cruise 3 ing academic courses, while three-­ expertise of the permanent faculty. They perhaps three professors. Krattenmaker Va. Bar defies U.S. Justice Dept. 4 Bonnie Jones, Michael McGinty, and will fill specialty areas where the perm a- indicated that there are presently two un­ NAACP chapter formed here 5 Theophlise Twitty--are teaching legal nent faculty are not qualified, not inter- filled faculty slots, one as a result of M-W is an ugly place in many ways 7 skills. ested, or simply do not have the time to Margaret Spencer'sjudicial appointment Welcome South feeds us well 10 Dean Thomas Krattenmaker said he teach. The adjuncts are "a source ofjubi- and one new position recently granted to New & Different Events Calendar 14 ~~------~------. Party training, glib RAs

~:::\ \ ,:: '~ .irk "babied" plexer.s By Sarah Newman occurs when there is a group of \ ~ Graduate housing residents eight or more people in an apart­ .. ~, familiar with the complex may ment (not including the have noticed a few changes from apartment's residents) that are previous years. While some of together for any purpose, with or these changes have helped to without alcohol present. In or­ improve student life, others have der to entertain these guests left residents unhappy. within W&M's rules, the apart­ The main concern of resi­ ment residents are required to dents seems to be the College's obtain a party permit. This per­ party policy. While the policy mit must be filed the Tuesday itself has not changed from pre­ prior to the "party" and signed vious years, this year the Resi­ by both Jerry Roder, Area Direc­ dence Life staff has made more tor for the Outer Limits, and Ken ofan effort to make people aware Smith, Vice President of Student of the rules and procedures. Affairs/Student Activities. The policy at issue regulates Another criteria for the per­ student gatherings held in Col­ mit is a "party manager.' The lege housing, including the graduate complex. A "party" See PLEX on 16 2 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE Out Of Our Heads

Journalists by nature are Bill of Rights zealots--especially regarding the First Amendment. Our raison d 'etre is inexorably grounded in the proposition that the freedom to communicate information, and to express ideas and opinions, is a fundamental characteristic of human nature and a necessary component of a HELP WANTED free society. And as law students at W&M --the alma mater of many ofthe individuals who first articulated this freedom in terms of an OCPP: ASSISTANT DEAN individual legal right guaranteed by the Constitution--it is par­ NOTE: MUST BE M-W ticularly difficult to formulate a coherent argument that this freedom should not extend to individuals advertising the sale of GRADUATEOR3L fiream1s on the walls of the law school. Just a few weeks of legal education are usually sufficient to instill in us a single automatic response to every question of public consequence we confront: is it legally permissible? And after three long years of indoctrination in law, we risk losing the ability to evaluate our actions according to any criteria other than OCPP 's new slogan is, "Ifwe can 't find you work, we'll hire J ou or y our money back! " , legality. We succumb to an overw'helming urge to justify 'behavior in tern1S of legal rights--as if the existence of a right requires its exercise under any and all circumstances. From the Editor's Desk • • • None of us on the staff of the Amicus Curiae would hesitate One question the fall semes­ students in the Graduate Com­ experiences Murphy's law re­ to zealously protect an individual's rights of free speech--even ter has broughtto mind after two plex are only now, a month after garding things going wrong that those exercised for the purpose of selling firearn1s in the halls of years in Williamsburg, is why the fust day of classes, receiving can go wrong and maybe that is the law school. Nevertheless, the fact that one has a legally does the College act like the stu­ individual mail boxes rather than the answer. This is a large, com­ recognized right to use the walls ofM-Was a bulletin board for dent body is not coming back? It sharing mail boxes as they have plex institution with thousands selling shotguns should not imply that one should, in fact, may seem like a strange inquiry, in the past? The only answer is of concerns each year, of which engage in this activity. We shou ld not forget that our actions can but not if you think about it. To that no one thinks we're coming only a few of the students are be jlldged by standards other than law. borrow the phrasing of a popular back. Someone is in major de­ aware and even fewer ponder at song over this past nial. all. So there is no fmger-point­ summer... Why is it that when a Of course, these concerns ing or blame for the odd happen­ student who lives in the Gradu­ have been introduced as a hu­ ings listed above (and more) ate Complex asks for voice mail morous line of questioning, but which occur at the beginning of THE AMICUS CURIAE during the first week of classes, this denial is really quite frustrat­ every fall semester. Of course, s/he is told that the voice mail ing for the students. The begin­ the excuses may not matter and Marshall-Wythe School of Law will not be ready for pick-up ning of classes is stressful perhaps are self-evident to the P. O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 (804) 221-3279 until tomorrow? Why is it that enough, especially for the I Ls College. Financial Aid does not have all who have no idea of what the So let the College be "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" of the checks in by the second next three years will bring, with­ forwamed to avoid any confu­ week of school? Why is it that out being perplexed about pass­ sion: M-W and W&M students Editor: Shelley Evans the passwords for long-distance words necessary to call home or will be away from Williamsburg Managing Editor: Paula Hannaford calls are not ready by the time mail box numbers. during the summer, but come Production Editor: John Crouch Add-Drop ends? Why is it that Everyone understands and August, we' ll be back! Assistant Managing Editor: Stephen T. King Business Manager: Nicole Dumangane Letters To the Editors: better. A student referendum in admirably reflects the self-po­ the late spring overwhelmingly licing role of the Bar in the pro­ The Sept. 9 edition of The approved the changes. Is all this fession we are training to enter. News Reporters: Features Reporters: Flat Hat (W&M undergraduate hard work on the new Honor For the moment, I feel uncom­ Jason Aldrich Ted Atkinson newspaper) featured a story on Code to become moot? The fortable seeing the Freshman Carolyn Boutwell Eleanor Bordeaux revisions to the Honor Code. The events of late fall of last year class having twice as many rep­ John Crouch Alan Duckworth Graduate Student Association, in showed that the current Honor resentatives on the Honor Coun­ Marybeth Dingledy Scott Layman a largely ceremonial vote, ap- System works and with the new cil as the Law School. Traci Ellis Lori Petruzzelli proved a plan to eventually merge reforms the system should work For the moment, I do not Mike Grable Monica Thurmond the undergraduate and graduate better. know the position of our Honor Michael Homans Kimberly Tolhurst Honor Councils. The proposed For the moment, I like having Council on "Super-Council" or Henry Jardine Sherman Toppin plan shows one law student rep- the Honor Code, which as a law even who represents the Law Stephen T. King Steven Y oungkin resentative out of the 15 mem- student I abide by, administered School on this issue. Until more Martha McGlothlin bers of the proposed "Super- by my peers. I like the interac­ illforrnation about "Super-Coun­ Doug Miller Council." tive role the administration plays cil" is released to the Law School, Sarah Newman Last year, the Law School in supporting the Honor Code. whoever represents Marshall­ Tim Singhel Honor code was revised for the The self-policing Law School Wythe on this issue should take a Jonathan Sheldon Editorial Policy neutral stance on the implemen­ Jennifer Tosini The letters and opinion pages of the Amicus Curiae are tation of the new code. The dedicated to all student opinion regardless of form or content. presumption favors the current We reserve the right to edit for spelling and grammar, but not system that was approved by stu­ content. dent referendum only four Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinion of months ago. The independence Sports Gurus: Alan Duckworth, Alexandra Silva the newspaper or its staff. All letters to the Editor should be of the Marshall-Wythe Honor Photographers: Peter Owen, Stephanie Lewis submitted by 5 p.m.on the Wednesday prior to publication. Code should not be signed away Production Assistants: JoniMcCray, Monica Thurmond, Steven We cannot print a letter without confirmation of the author's by our representatives. A change Youngkin, Angel Lyon name. We may, however, withhold the name on request. this mementous requires at the Cartoonists: Dan Jordan, Jack Mackerel Letters over 500 words may be returned to the writer with a least a student referendum. re,quest that they be edited for the sake of space. Spelling Assistance: Night staff, Motel 6 on Richmond Road --Ramsey Taylor (2L) , . .. ~ '. '" . , '" I I'

Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE 3 Justice Dept. careers await By Mike'Grable typically means fighting racial gerryman­ Alumni Steve Mulroy '89, Gretchen dering against minorities, investigating Wolfmger '84, and Ed Passarelli '76 suspicious election methods, and oppos­ working as U.S . Department of Justic~ ing voter intimidation tactics. (DOJ) attorneys returned to the law school In describing a successful Civil Rights on Sept. 8 to share their views of DOJ Division employment application, Mulroy practice opportunities and hiring policies. emphasized that need to show a "sincere Approximately 40 students attended the commitment to enforcing civil rights law." panel discussion, which was sponsored He also noted that applicants who have by the Office of Career Planning and worked with the Civil Rights Division in Placement. the past have an advantage, and he en­ Dean Robert Kaplan welcomed the couraged any 1Ls or 2Ls who are inter­ panel and announced that applications for ested in working for the Division to apply DOJ's Summer Program for 2Ls and for unpaid or work-study summer posi­ Honor Program for 3Ls are available in tions. OCPP. Applications must be received by Ed Passarelli promises that those look­ the DOJ in Washington, D.C. by 4 p.m. on ing for trial work will "find it at the very Friday, Sept. 23 . Kaplan reminded the beginning" in DOJ's Environment and students not to overestimate the imp'or­ Natural Resources Division. The growth tance oflaw school grades in the applica­ ofthis division has mirrored the explosive tion review process. growth of environmental law in general "While grades are factored into this practice. process, DOJ looks at a lot more than "[Division head] Lois Schiffer sees grades," Kaplan said. "This is not just lip herself as the environmental litigator for Steve Mulroy, right, speaks to a potential DOJ attorney. -staffphoto service." the United States .. . both offensive and Mulroy works in the Civil Rights Di­ defensive,' Passarelli said. ever your interests, Passarelli said an ap­ 1800 applicants. vision headed by DeVal Patrick. Until Passarelli said that Superfund litiga- plicant should not reject an offer which Having handled three trials in five recently, the division had been without a . tion is the fastest-growing field in the falls outside of the applicant's specific years, Wolfmgersaid she does not believe leader due to Lani Guinier's forced with­ enforcement section, and noted that the area of interest. the Criminal Division to be litigation­ drawal. Patrick was confirmed only two Environment and Natural Resources Di­ "There is mobility within the Depart­ intensive, and recommended that students months ago, but Mulroy believes that the vision handles many of its own criminal ment once you're in the Department, and who want extensive litigation experience focus of the Division under Patrick is matters rather than referring them to the especially within litigation sections," consider working in a U.S. Attorney's already taking shape. Criminal Division. Passarelli said: office. "It will be a more activist, aggressive For those who are more interested in WolfmgerisatrialattomeywithDOJ's Echoing Passarelli' s comments on enforcement of civil rights laws ... a policy than the courtroom, Passarelli rec­ Criminal Division. She said that, due to a mobility, Wolfinger spoke about her marked departure from the last 12 years," ommended the Policy, Legislation, and recently-lifted hiring freeze in the Crimi­ Division 's rotational program, under Mulroy said. Special Litigation Section, which directs nal Division, the Honor Program has been which Honor Program participants will The Voting Rights Section to which the Division's legislative program, in­ the only entree into the Division and re­ split time among a primary program, a Mulroy is assigned focuses on enforce­ cluding monitoring, commenting on, and mains fiercely competitive. Last year, secondary program, and a U.S. Attorney's ment of the Voting Rights Act. This testifying about federal legislation. What- five attorneys were chosen from a pool of Office in the Washington, D.C. area. Will trial teams go the way of the hula-hoop? By Henry Jardine or Alexandria. It is organized by current M-W students, the Team This past summer, the SBA plan to address the SBA's con­ The SBA will cease funding the Young Texas Lawyers and is was under the auspices of a stu­ informed Lederer that its by-laws cerns. the Trial Team unless students considered to be excellent expe­ dent chapter of the Association would not allow continued fund­ SBA PresidentJulie'Patterson are included in its leadership hi­ rience for aspiring trial lawyers. of Trial Lawyers of America ing unless the Trial Team be­ (3L) said that the SBA will dis­ erarchy. Long under the direc­ On the basis of case packets and (ATLA). Atthattime,theATLA came a student run organization cuss some of the suggestions of­ tion of Professor Fred Lederer, directions provided, the teams students selected Team members with selection open to a wider fered by Rotter at their next bud­ the Trial Team is one of the most do what all good lawyers do -- with the input ofthe Trial Advo­ numberofstudents. Apparently, geting meeting. Rotter is con­ venerable organizations at M­ argue. cacy professors. The A TLA there was some ill feeling cre­ cerned that time may be short as W. Without SBA funding, it The SBA specifically ob­ chapter has since folded, and ated by this declaration, but competitions begin in the Spring would face an uncertain future. jected to and refused to endorse Lederer and Professor John Jonathan Rotter (3L) Lederer's and preparation time is crucial. The Trial Team, similar to the means by which Team mem­ Tucker have been selecting eli­ Teaching Assistant, says some Rotter has already submitted the Moot Court, competes in com­ bers are selected. Years ago, gible 3Ls from their Trial Advo­ ~fthe initial animosity has been required applications for the oom­ . petitions held in either Richmond before the collective memory of cacy classes. resolved. Rotter is working petition. Rotter said he hopes closely with SBA Treasurer Mike there will be a team when the To fall or not to "F all from Grace ?" Cox (3 L) to develop a workable competition begins. By Martha McGlothlin . the standard $10-$12 for a boat ternative of"costumes on a boat!" The SBA's Social Commit­ dance, which would be a 24 hour In lieu of the "costumes on a Campaign Update tee recently conducted an infor­ cruise with an open bar, light boat" party (which is nonethe­ By Stephen Thomas King porters will shift over to the mal survey to deteim'ine whether hors d'oeuvres, a d.j . and buses less an innovative idea!), the so­ Labor Day marked the tra­ Democratic nominee. to stay with the law school's long to and from Norfolk. cial committee plans to hold a ditional start of the political The campaign has been tradition of the fall semi-formal StUdents also were asked to traditional "Fall From Grace" on campaign season in Virginia. marked by divisions along ra­ on-campus "Fall From Grace" choose between this .boat dance Oct. 22 at the new University Not two weeks after it .. had cial and geographic lines. Over or go with a totally different idea, and a Halloween party, in the Center, unless the committee can started, the field narrowed to the last few weeks, the media a "Booze Cruise & Dance." event that Halloween weekend negotiate with the boat folks and three as independent candidate has publicized the battle for Of the 114 students who re­ were the only weekend an event drive the cost way down. The Douglas Wilder armounced last endorsements from black po­ sponded to the survey, an over­ such as "Fall From Grace" could committee is still looking into Thursday that he was drop­ litical and religious leaders in whelming 87 people were in fa- ' be held. Of the 114 students who the possibility of a "Booze ping out of the race. Many Virginia. Virginia's only black vor of a boat dance; 27 were not responded, 73 people preferred Cruise" (in the form of an infor­ political observers view congressman, Bobby Scott, in favor. Of those 87, 82 said the boat dance; 34 were not in mal party, rather than a dance)-­ Wilder's withdrawal as a boon came out in support of Robb,- for incumbent Sen. Charles they would be willing to pay a favor; 5 were undecided; and 2 ifnot this semester, maybe next. See SENATE on 16 little extra (up to $5 more than people suggested the unusual al- We ' ll keep you informed. Robb, as most of Wilder' s su - 4 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus Cu!uAE Law Watch By Jonathan Sheldon enth Circuit said. The district may be ligious speech in the workplace. Rep. court found that the subway was a nOD­ Virginia To Discipline Feds redrawn after a hearing next month. (USA Frank Wolfsaid the guidelines could have public forum because its "primary pur­ The Department of Justice issued guide­ Today). been used to ban employees from having pose" is transportation. (New York Law lines allowing its prosecutors to talk to Court Stiffs Bottoms bibles on their desks. (New York Times) . Journal). defendants without asking their lawyers Virginia's Supreme Court refused to speed Judge Takes Charge No Anti-Smoking Messages for permission. This action is prohibited up its review of a lesbian mother's case. Federaljudge Thomas Hogan seized con­ A New York City ordinance requiring by state ethics rules. Virginia BarCounsel. Sharon Bottoms won custody of her son trol of D.C. 's foster care system, threat­ one anti-smoking message for every four Michael Rigsby said the bar will disci­ in the Court of Appeals, but her mother ened to jail welfare department officials, cigarette ads on certain city-licensed prop­ pline any prosecutor who violates its rules. still has the boy, and often disobeys visi­ and approved a last-minute settlemeQt erty was struck down. The Second Cir­ (Virginia Lawyers Weekly). tation orders, while she petitions the Su­ which put the Center for the Study of cuit held that the ordinance was pre­ Right To Warn preme Court to hear her appeal. (Rich­ Social Policy in charge of day-to-day empted by federal tobacco regulations. Allen Young was charged with interfer­ mond Times-Dispatch). enforcement of his orders. (Washington (National Law jou~nal). ing with police when he held up a sign $5 Billion for Alaska Oil Spill Post). Smoking Not A Public Concern warning drivers of a sobriety checkpoint. Exxon must pay Alaska natives $5 billion Get What You Pay For A police officer's complaint to superiors A Virginia court dismissed the charge Or} in punitives for befouling their environ­ Defendant Quintero says he doesn't know about violations ofa workplace anti-smok­ First Amendment grounds. Young re­ ment, an Anchorage federal jury ruled. who was paying his attorney, but he re­ ing ordinance is not protected by the First sponded, "This is great." (Washington (NPR). ceived bad advice when she told him to Amendment, the Seventh Circuit stated. Post). Domestic Violence is Federal Tort pass on a plea bargain. He is to serve two The court found that the officer was "par­ 'Right To Harass The new crime bill makes gerider-moti­ 20-year terms for cocaine dealing. The ticularly sensitive to tobacco smoke" and A buffer zone against protesters outside vated violence a federal civil rights tort. 9th Circuit agreed with Quintero and re­ so was motivated by self-interest and not abortion clinics, and an injunction against Costs and fees can be recovered, and suits versed, citing the possibility that the public welfare. (Lawyers Weekly USA) . unwanted anti-abortion " counseling," can be in state or federal court. (Lawyers unindicted co-conspirators were paying Clintons Disbarred were struck down as unconstitutional by Weekly USA). the tab. (National Law Journal). President Clinton and Hillary Clinton both the Second Circuit. (New York Law Jour­ Slaying Japanese Teen Not Self-Defense Raunchy Report Inadmissible had their licenses to practice revoked by nal). A Baton Rouge judge held Rodney Pea irs The " lurid report" on the Tailhook con­ the Arkansas bar for failing to pay the Crack, Cocaine, It's All The Same liabel for shooting a Japanese student vention was ruled inadmissible in a suit annual $50 dues. (Richmond Times Dis­ The federal sentencing law mandating who mistakenly knocked on his door and against the Las Vegas Hilton because it patch). that crimes involving crack are to be pun­ appeared threatening and bizarre. Peairs was too unreliable. (Richmond Times­ Calling Zhirinovsky "Fascist" is Libel ished 100 times more severely than for had been acquitted of manslaughter. Us­ Dispatch). Former Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar li­ cocaine is "scientifically meaningless," ing a gun requires "extraordinary care," IRA Man Can't Be Extradited beled Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a Moscow said U. S. District Judge j. Owen Forrester, the judge said. (Richmond Times-Dis­ An IRA member who escaped from a court ruled. Evidence included Mein a tough-on-crime Reagan appointee. patch). Belfast prison faces political persecution Kampf Zhirinovsky's The Last Dash Forrester held that the heightened penalty Right To Bible-Thump and thus cannot be extradited, a federal South, and the Encyclopedia of Philoso­ for crack must be ignored. (National Law The House of Representatives req:ntly judge held. (NPR) phy. (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Journal). approved an amendment that will prevent No Begging Reversal: Can't Waive Child Support Racial Gerrymandering the Equal Employment Opportunity Com­ The New York City Transit Authority's Divorcees cannot contract to repay each Georgia cannot hold elections in an inten­ mission from implementing proposed ban on begging on the subways was found other any support a court might award, the tionally Black-majority distrid, the Elev- guidelines that could have suppressed re- constituti.onal by a New York Court. The Virginia Supreme Court said, reversing the Court of Appeals. (Richmond Times­ Dispatch). Meet John Donaldson Cash For AIDS Under ADA By Marybeth Dingledy insurance. During this time, he also taught An employee who claims he was fIred Although most law students come to an undergraduate business law course for because he has AIDS will collect over know him only by taking his much two years. By 1964, Donaldson grew $160,000 in a settlement under the ADA. sought-after Trusts and Estates and Fed­ tired of general practice and took a job (Lawyers Weekly USA). erallncome Tax classes, there is more to with the IRS, pursuing an LL.M. at Koresh Cash John Donaldson than his life at M-W. Georgetown at the same time. Two and Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey While reluctant to talk about his per­ one-half years later, a teaching position Clark said "the money's not the real point" sonal life, Donaldson described a opened up at M-W, and he returned to when he fIled a $900 million claim against time line of events which have shaped Williamsburg. the federal government on behalfof David his career and brought him to the re­ In 1968, he married his wife, Sue, who Koresh' s widow and about 80 other spected position he enjoys today, not was widowed during the Vietnam War. people. (National Law Journal). only in the law school, but in the legal She brought two children into the mar­ Prosecutor's Suspension Upheld community as a whole. riage, Ken and Kiki, and they have one Virginia's Supreme Court approved the A lifelong Richmond resident, daughter together, Jennifer. He also has Bar' s suspension ofRichmond prosecutor Donaldson attended University of Rich­ three grandchildren. Joseph Morrissey, who misled a judge mond, graduating with a degree in his­ From 1968-1970, Donaldson held the about parts ofa plea bargain that benefited tory. The following fall, Donaldson position ofAssistant Vice President ofthe attorney. him. (Richmond Times-Dispatch). enrolled at M-W to pursue a higher College of William & Mary. Following, Donaldson is also the chairman of Sperm Fraud calling. he became the Associate Dean of the law the Mandatory Continuing Legal Edu­ FredZain, the West Virginia State Police's As a student, Donaldson was Editor school for two years. He also was elected cation (CLE) Board. In this capacity, Chief of Serology, faked blood, hair, or of the W&M Law Review, Captain of the to the James City County Board of Super­ Donaldson is involved with monitoring semen evidence in every one of 36 cases Moot Court team, and a residence coun­ visors during his tenure as Associate Dean, attorney compliance with the Virginia investigated by the state Supreme Court. selor in Bryan and Yates dormitories. a position he maintained until 1979. Ad­ State Bar' s mandatory CLE requirement Zain participated in over 600 cases. One of his more exciting moments in ditionally, he served as counsel to the In addition, he teaches CLE classes in (Washington Post). Williamsburg came when he dislocated College Endowment Fund for four years. Estate Planning, Elder Law, Taxation State Must Respect Homes, Property his knee while attempting to suppress a Donaldson has extensive involvement and Ethics. Sheriffs need not, and cannot, break into panty raid during a power failure in with the Virginia State Bar. He is on the This semester, students can see houses to do repo men's jobs for them, Bryan. This was the first and last inci­ Executive Committee of the Association, Donaldson in action in Trusts andEs­ Virginia's Supreme Court said. The court dent in his illustrious intramural career. on the Board of Directors of the Estate tates and Federal Income Tax. During also said the state only has 90 days to During his last year at law school, section of the Virginia Bar, and a member the spring, he will impart his wisdom to bring a forfeiture suit after seizing prop­ Donaldson clerked for a local law firm. ofthe Board ofGovernors ofthe State Bar another section ofT & E, and also to the erty. (Richmond Times-Dispatch). He remained with the finn upon his of Trusts and Estates. Currently, he is students who sign up for Family Wealth Sexual Harassment early graduation from M-W, working conducting two law reform studies: one Transactions. He hopes to pick up a A Bennington College professor, fIred for primarily in the area of titles, domestic on the adult guardianship statute and the section of lL Property at some point in relations, business planning, and life other on the abuse of durable power, of the future. See LAW WATCH on 10 THE AMIcus CURIAE News Briefs Monday, September 19, 1994 5

Student Symposium ·to Tackle Religious Right Contemporary African American Art at The Religious Right and its affect on First Amendment religious rights will be the Hampton U. Museum subject of the Bill of Rights Student Symposium, organized by the Student Division This exhibition is titled "Sharing the Dream: Contemporary African American Art. ofM-W's Institute for Bill of Rights Law. Held in late spring, the symposium will be It is composed of a diverse group of artists, including John Bigger, Ran Adams, and planned and run entirely by students. Prominent scholars and public figures, as well Faith Ringgold, whose dreams and works inform and enrich us all. Through Oct. 7. as students, will participate in panel discussions and a mock trial. If you are interested in helping out, contact Peter Owen (2L) or Clay Batchelor (3L). Avalon women's shelter needs volunteers Avalon: A Center for Women and Children will be conducting its fall volunteer NAACP Opens Chapter at W &M training in September. Avalon's objective is to assist survivors of domestic violence The NAACP has opened a new chapter atthe College. W&M has signed up twenty­ and/or sexual assault by providing shelter, a 24-hour helpline, advocacy, information, five members and will apply for a charter from the national office for the NAACP's referrals, and support groups. Volunteers are needed to answer the helpline, provide board of directors for approval, hopefully, in the next three weeks. childcare and transportation, act as court advocates, assist with office duties, and Students interested in participating in the NAACP should attend the next organi­ perform outreach. For information, contact Kate McCord at 258-5022. zational meeting on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7p.m. in the University Center's Tidewater Room. Adult Workshops at Muscarelle Museum Textile printing, plein air drawing, and painting on tin are the adult workshops International Relations Speakers Series Announced offered in the Museum galleries on selected weekend afternoons this fall. After The International Relations Club ofthe College will continue its speaker series with studying origmal examples from the Museum's special exhibitions, participants will a presentation entitled "From the Atlantic to the Pacific: The Power of Revolutionary be given firsthand instruction on specific techniques. Islam." Dr. James Bill of the Government Department will be speaking. Wednesday, You may sign up for more than one workshop. The cost is $ 12/workshop. Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. in Rogers 100. Materials will be provided. To register, please call the Education Office at 221-2703. Career office gets much needed help, seeks Assistant Dean By Jennifer Tosini will continue to counsel students. Kaplan notes that these early efforts profession. However, computer program­ Dean Thomas Krattenmaker an­ Due to the limited space available in are just the beginning. The committee ming, creative uses of technology, and nounced the expansion of the Office of the existing OCPP offices, the office for­ plans to advertise the position in other writing and public speaking are other Career Planning and Placement (OCPP) merly occupied by the Post-Conviction publications in order to spread the word skills that the new job requires. staff on Sept. 7 with the creation of an Assitance Project (PCAP) has been allo­ nationally. Graduating 3Ls who are inter­ The committee will begin reviewing Assistant Dean position for that office. cated for OCPP use effective January ested in applying for the position should applications in mid-October with the goal The new Assistant Dean will report to and 1995. Although Kaplan is not yet sure contact a member of the search commit­ of having the new Assistant Dean in place work closely with current Associate Dean who will go where, he expressed his be­ tee. and ready to assist students during the Robert Kaplan. lief that the extra space is a very good Kaplan described the types of skills spring, 1995 semester. However, Kaplan Although "[f1irst-rate people staff our thing. the search committee is looking for in notes, the most important purpose of the office of Career Planning and Placement, Krattenmaker has appointed a search Assistant Dean candidates. Someone who search is to find the right person for the in my opinion they are too few and committee chaired by Kaplan and con­ has experience in career services is pre­ job. Thus, the January starting date is a stretched too far to provide the kind of sisting of Associate Dean Connie Gallo­ ferred, as is familiarity with the legal goal, and not a deadline. support [M-W students] need today," way, Professor Kay Kindred, and Peter stated Krattenmaker in a memorandum Schiron (2L) to seek qualified candidates announcing the new position. to fill the position. The committee is FILM DEVELOPING Associate Dean Robert Kaplan agreed charged with conducting a national search that for M-W to remain nationally com­ and has already begun advertising in such Second set of prints petitive, additional OCPP staffing was publicatitlns as the National Association necessary. Kaplan stressed that the main of Legal Employers (NALP) bulletin and purpose of hiring a new assistant is to the Chronicles of Higher Education. increase the number of people available OCPP has also sent notices soliciting to assist students with career services. applications to the Career Services de­ Although the new dean will assume part partments of every ABA-accredited law FREE ofKaplan s appointment schedule, Kaplan school in the United States. EVERY WEDNESDAY Ask for ((L ocal Lab " and get Second Set Free along with Low Prices -- when brought in on Wednesday.

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lrLJtesclaa" Is \lhllcl ~i~llt: <)/ ~I() Tille Vecd 13 LI,es <) / ~7 VCI!'t" befu-e & (lftu tile (Jill Massey's I13I()sS()ITIS /~vili ()()ct()l"s/ CI"CIU-er­ sll()w" st(l("till~ CIt 1l1)1TI Camera Shop 11()/ ()4- VClZU- f)()sse M7 PRrnCE GEORGE STREET WILLIAMSBURG, VA. • PHONE 229-3181 Green Leafe Cafe· 220-3405 6 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE ACLU update: family strippers, drug search cases approved By Mike Grable rights. crimination suit in Virginia This resulted in both parents cases: The Virginia ACLU will rep- Police Drug Search Challenged courts. being added to the national reg- . Following a letter from the resent the manager of the only Atthemeeting, the legal panel In Chevy Chase, a white- istry of child abusers, and has Virginia ACLU to the Manassas county fair strip-tease show in also voted to represent a woman owned bank in the Washington, complicated the father's govern- city attorney, his office coordi­ the state, the chapter's legal panel who was forced to consent to a D.C. area was found to have en- ment security clearance. It may nated negotiations between pro­ decided at its quarterly meeting car search based on marijuana gaged in "red-lining," the racially cost him his job. The case is on choice and anti-abortion protest­ on Thursday, Sept. 8. Gary legalization bumper stickers and discriminatory practice ofavoid- appeal within DSS, hQwever, and ors which resolved a conflict over Wayne Housel and all four of his other counter-cultural adorn- ing minority neighborhoods and the consensus of the panel was sidewalk protest space. dancers, including his wife, were ments. During a routine traffic minority home loan borrowers. that their involvement would not . Charges against a man who arrested for violating a stop for speeding, a county Chevy Chase turned on the fact be likely to expedite the process held a sign.warning drivers ofa Shenandoah County indecent sheriffs deputy mentioned the that, ofthe bank's 92 branches in at this point. "Sobriety Checkpoint Ahead" exposure ordinance prohibiting stickers and threatened her with D.C. and suburban Maryland, not Other Issues Considered were dismissed on First Amend- "obscene performances." arrest unless she consented to a one was located in a black-ma- The panel chose not to bring ment grounds. The ACLU filed ''I'm just a simple man that police dog's drug search. jority census tract. suitatthistimeagainstfourmem- the man's brief arguing for dis- believes in my rightto do things," After initially refusing, the The ACLU is considering bers of the Accomack County missal. Housel told the Richmond Times- woman allowed the search. No acting in conjunction with Hous- Board of Directors who distrib- . In the Bottoms v. Bottoms f)ispatch. "You can go to the illegal drugs were found . The ing Opportunities Made Equal uted $3,850 in taxpayer funds to child custody case, the ACLU beach and see as much as we're entire stop, including the search, (HOME) of Richmond to bring a various churches. The money has filed a Motion to Expedite showing." lasted 45 minutes. The ACLU similar suit in Virginia. came from discretionary ac- with the Virginia Supreme Court, The formerly all-nude show, intends to file a complaint alleg- Court-Ordered Marital Sepa- counts whose original purpose which is deciding whetherto hear a part of the fair for at least 21 ing violations of the woman's ration: A Possible Future Case was to provide money for drairi- Kay Bottoms' appeal. [Motion years, was changed to include g- rights under the First and Fourth The panel declined to become age improvements in Accomack denied, page 4--eds.} Kay sued strings and pasties for the first Amendments. involved in a case where the Vir- County. The legal panel decided for custody of her grandson, al- time this year. A group known as Housing Discrimination Case ginia Department of Social Ser- that the best approach to this leging that her daughter, Sharon, Shenandoah Citizens Against under Consideration vices (DSS) concluded that the situation would be a letter to the was an unfit mother due to her Pornography has been highly Encouraged by the recent vic- tension between an anorexic attorney general expressing the lesbianism. Virginia's Court of critic~l of the show this year, and tory by the U.S. Department of girl's parents was a contributing ACLU's support for a full inves- Appeals found Sharon to be a fit ACLU of Virginia Executive Justice's Civil Rights Division factor in her anorexia. Based on tigation of this potential misuse parent and ordered the boy re­ Director Kent Willis character- in United States v. Chevy Chase, that finding, DSS ordered the of public funds. turned to her earlier this sum­ i,zed the arrests as an example of the ACLU legal panel decided to parents to separate and found ACLU Legal Director Steve mer, but Kay has kept custody the Religious Right's efforts to further investigate the feasibility them guilty of "High Risk Men- Pershing provided the following while the Virginia Supreme censor constitutionally-protected of bringing a federal housing dis- tal Neglect." updates on previously discussed Court considers her appeal. M-W library becomes a virile powerhouse of technology By Jason Aldrich photocopier in the basement. access to the sources they need without Treaty index will be included in the up- The law library underwent several Law Librarian Jim Heller also pro- having to sort through those volumes on grade. changes this past summer, and more im- vided some details on the expansion of the shelves. Another, more long-term goal for im­ provements are in store for the fall semes- the library's CD-ROM network, which is The expansion of the network should proving library services is currently un­ ter. located on the main floor of the library be taking place in the next couple of der campus wide consideration. LION, Firstly, the college picked up the tab near the circulation desk. CD-ROMs are weeks. Another CD-ROM tower (which the college's on-line library system is this summer for 25 new 486 PCs. Twenty similar to regular CDs except they con- holds about twenty CDs) will be added to generally considered to be non-user of these were placed in the computer lab tain text which can be displayed on a the two the library already has in use. A friendly and may be upgraded or even and the remaining five are located in computer screen and subsequently printed wide range of materials fromjoumal and replaced. However, Heller said that this individual study rooms. Students will also out. Their main advantage is that dozens treaty indexes to various U.S. govern- project is still in the planning stage~ and find three new laser printers, five new dot of volumes worth ofmaterial can be placed ment publications will become available. too early to predict when any changes will matrix printers in the lab, and a new on a single disc, which gives students Heller specifically mentioned that a U.S. be made. Adjuncts, visitors are the order ofthe day By Stephen Thomas King -B-I-O-G-RAP---H-IE-S-f-r-o-m--l------John G. Iezzi, President ofIezzi Management Group Richmond, will be teaching Municipal Finance and of Richmond and former manager at McGuire, Woods, Urban Development in the spring. Adj un ct Professo rs Battle and Boothe, teaches Law Office Managementthis David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning histo- Isabell H. AtLee, partner with Hall, Fox, AtLee semester. rian, will be the James Pinckney Harrison Professor and Robinson, P.c., in Newport News, will be John O'Grady, partner with McGuire, Woods, Battle of Hi story in the 1994-95 academic year. He will be teaching Domestic Relations Practice in the spring. and Boothe in Richmond, teaches Estate Planning in the teaching Individual Rights and Supreme Court Semi- Thomas Cook, currently on the faculty at Regent LL.M. program this fall. nar in the fall. University School of Law, is teaching a graduate tax Anne Gordon Greever, partner with Hunton and Visiting Professors course in Exempt Organizations. Wi lliams in Richmond, will be teaching the Disability David Frisch, visiting professor from Widener Dorothy 1. Della Noce, formerly a special educa- Law Seminar in the spring. University School of Law, is teaching Sales and tion teacher and divorce lawyer and now a mediator John Y. Richardson, partner with Williams, Kelly Special Problems in Commercial Law in the fall and tind trainer with the Dispute Resolution Center in and Greer in Norfolk, teaches Case Preparation and Pre- Payment Systems and Contracts in the spring. Richmond, teaches General Mediation this semes- Trial Discovery this semester. James A. Gardner, visiting professor from West­ ter, and Family Mediation in the spring. John Tucker, a retired lawyer, is self-employed as a em New England School of Law, teaches Constitu- Keith Fogg, District Counsel in the Richmond freelance writer and consultant. He is teaching Trial tional Law and Evidence in the fall. . office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS, will be Advocacy this fall and next spring. Sheri Lynn Johnson, visiting professor from teaching Bankruptcy Tax in the LL.M. program in Thomas B. Shuttleworth, II, partnerwith Shuttleworth, Cornell University Law School, will be teaching the spring. Ruloff, Giordano and Kahle, P.c. in Virginia Beach, will Constitutional Law in the spring. Carter Gunn, member ofthe fIrm of Vandeventer, be teaching Case Preparation and Pre-Trial Discovery in Kathryn Urbonya, visiting professor from Geor- Black, Meredith and Martin in Norfolk, teaches the spring. gia State University School of Law, teaches Consti- Admiralty this semester. Mary Jo White, partner with Hunton and Williams in tutional Law and Federal Courts in the fall. THE AMIcus CURIAE Featured Commentary Monday, September 19, 1994 7 3L sits in the forbidden skybox, surveys the wreckage that is Marshall-Wythe architecture, mulls transfer to Gonzaga being inspired and enlightened. I feel like Lincoln's Inn ," which appears to be an doned permanently. The lobby looks fine Michael Homans I'm repeating a slow-motion waltz in enormou , splendorous reading room at first. but it ontains M-\ ' s strangest "Gone With the Wind." somewhere in England. The gothic arches, architectural enigma: the funky pseudo­ "Life is painting a picture. not doing a I am sure that other 3Ls share this chandeliers, tall windows and long bean1s skylight which looks up to that weird SUlTI." fee ling. of sunlight depicted in the painting are second-floor patio room. --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. At first I was at a loss to explain this totally lacking at M-\\'. I went up to that room for the first time Remember your senior year in high lack of motivation, joy and enlighten­ Instead, M-W feels like a government last w ek, for this story. Irs bizarre. school or college? The power, the glory. ment as a 3L. Was it the missing Marriott office building out near the mall, or an Sitting there, under the biue sky and sur­ the euphoria, the idiocy? cart? The new dean? Hangover? No. o. elementary school constructed during a rounded b faculty offices, leaves you I expected the third year of law school No. year of severe budget constraints. It is the feeling kind of itchy and craving a smoke. to be the same, but, so far, I've been This otherwise perfect institution has proverbial horse-can1el, designed by com­ Professor Glenn E. Coven has an of­ disappointed. Instead of floating around only one fl aw. as far as I can see: the lack mittee. fice outside this econd-floor patio. He the halls in a perpetual state of glee and of an awe-inspiring structure--a painting­ The ceilings are as low as Scalia's said few people ever ve nture there. and knocking books out of ILs' hands, I feel -to spark our dim legal minds. forehead. the windows are few, and the described it as 'stra-a-a-a-a-ange." like I'm on a bizarre LSD trip . The halls Like St. Paul, I was knocked from my design is void of imagination. The lec­ "It's kind of hard to understand what are like caves, filled chest-deep w ith horse and saw the light last week when I ture rooms are OK. except for the blank was going on in the architect' s mind, if chocolate pudd ing, as a strobe light flashes noticed a new painting hanging in the television screens and the broken seats-­ there was an)thing.'· Coven said. Ex­ images of eager, drooling I Ls. Instead of library. The illustration shows" ew Hall. both ofwhich apparently have been aban- actly. But wait, some say there is a redeem­ ing architectural space at M-W. It' s the 11eet John Tucker magnificent Courtroom 21 (trumpets By Marybeth Dingledy Tucker held many j obs. He worked as a blare). This is a decent room, with its When Margaret Spencer departed waiter in the college dining halls, as the wood paneling, geodesic li ghted ceiling from the law school last summer, sev­ business manager of a jazz band, directed (ri ght out of "Logan s Run") and wrap­ eral fall classes were left without teach­ programs at the college radio station, around seating. But the typical student ers. Stepping into one of these vacan­ trimmed trees, sold cars, and even worked spends li ttle time in th is holy shrine, which cies was John Tucker, who has taken in a steel mill. By 1958, he left blue-collar reportedly has more computers than all of over her criminal trial advocacy class employment to work at the law firm of Regent Law School. and brought into it some civil aspects of Jenner & Block in Chicago. In 1967, he Anyway, the point of ali this is that M­ his own. became partner a position he held until he W lacks a truly great interior ·space. It Tucker is not a stranger to M-W. In left the firm in 1988. For the last three heeds a reading room like 'the one pic­ addition to teaching a section of Trial years of his employment, he commuted tured in "New Hall, Lincoln s Inn." One Advocacy here last spring, he is the between Williamsburg and Chicago. with vaulted ceilings, huge windows husband of Vice Dean Jayne Barnard. As an attorney in Chicago, Tucker leaded glass, chandeliers, polished wood As a member of the National Institute of worked exclusively as a litigator, han­ surfaces character, etc. If this OTHER­ Trial Advocacy, he has taught advocacy . dling many high pUblicity cases. He con­ WISE PERFECT school is ever expanded, skills to lawyers all over the country. In siders Clark v. Universal Builders, the I beg of the administration to include · some respects, he enjoys this work even leading civil rights case of its time in A self-proclaimed "knee-jerk lib­ some glorious, bodacious architecture. more than instructing practicing attor­ Chicago, his most interesting case. He eral," Tucker has a strong interest in People tell me "this is a state school,' neys, because students have yet to pick also argued Elrod v. Burns before the U.S. urban problems, although he does not and therefore can' t afford such extrava­ up bad habits. Supreme Court which resulted in a ruling have as much time to devote to these gances. Pshaw. The undergraduate cam­ As Tucker was growing up in Chi­ that the "patronage system" was a viola­ problems as he would like. He has pus has an architectural integrity and qual­ cago, he had no aspirations toward en­ tion of the first amendment. founded a charitable corporation whose ity totally lacking at M-W. Other state tering law, although his father was a Tucker and Barnard, who also worked purpose is to involve undergraduates in schools across the nation have libraries lawyer. Instead, Tucker envisioned a at Jenner & Block, were married in 1983. public service. that inspire awe and enlightenment. Some career in advertising or sales. By the fall He has four children and six grandchil­ Now retired from practice, Tucker is ofthe nation's best architecture is embod­ of his senior year at Princeton, however, dren from his first marriage. His daughter an avid fisherman and bird hunter. He ied in public buildings. Should we settle he had become disillusioned with big Katie works as a political consultant in lives on the Chickahominy Ri er with for less? corporations. He took the LSATs in the Chicago; Cynthia, also in Chicago, is a Barnard, two cats and three dogs, Hell no! Yet we continue to toil here­ fall of 1954, scored very well, and after computer programmer; Laura works as Jezebel, Jackson, and Gypsy. In his --the oppressed masses, robbed of our 31;., receiving several scholarship offers, de­ the Divisional Chief for Women' s Affairs spare time, he writes political and legal glory! Our only retreat from this architec­ cided to enter the University of Michi­ at the Illinois Attorney General's Office; related articles, and is currently work­ tural wasteland is a venture outside to the gan Law School. Michael works in Colorado for the U.S. ing on a non-fiction book about an old courtyard--what an irony. We deserve During both college and law school, Department ofFish and Wildlife. . Virginia murder case. better! We' re wallowing in a cave full of • chocolate pudding, strobe lights flashing, Will maln campus take over the honor system? itching and smoking, and sitting on bro­ ken chairs. By Paula Hannaford tive Honor Codes and Councils. Bissonette said that he has not undertaken I say we shouldn' t take it any longer! Rumors of the imminent creation of a No specific proposals for integrating any systemic survey of student opinion Let' s torch this place and start from university-wide Honor System are pre­ the Honor Systems were considered at the and did not know whether M-W students scrat.ch! mature, says M-W Judicial Council Chief meeting, said Bissonette. Instead, Sullivan had a consensus opinion in favor or op­ Or let' s form a committee and study Justice Matthew Bissonette (3L). wanted to "bounce ideas off people." The posed to such a move. He also expressed the issue. '. Bissonette was one of several graduate W&M administration' s interest in inves­ a preference to wait until a specific pro­ and undergrad representatives invited by tigating a unified Honor System appears posal on the future ofthe graduate schools' W&M President Timothy Sullivan on to stem from the trend toward more inte­ Honor Codes is offered before articulat­ NEWS FLASH Sept. 13 to gauge student opinion about gration of the whole college community. ing an opinion on behalf of the M-W Marriott food cart returns consolidating the various schools' respec- Asked about law students' reactions, Judicial Council. today, with a new menu 8 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMICUS CURIAE Crossfire Marshall~ Wythe School of Law and Fireartns Etnporium? Bill ofRights aside, gun sales at Scrawler is ubase" and Ujuvenile; " M- Ware wrong. ad is free speech, like a car ad was passed in response to the assassina­ must be respected. This issue goes be­ tions of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Presi­ yond the protection accorded commercial Caroline Boutwell dent John F. Kennedy. Timothy M. Singhel speech and cuts to the heart of the liberty It is embarrassing that Congress' only interest. A majority of the -notices posted response to our gun culture is the Brady What has happened to the First Amend­ It is a rather simple issue--one is en- throughout the law school advertise par­ bill, when so much more can and should ment? ties or meetings, but one flyer particularly be done. Handguns are the leading cause I cannot believe that advertising the caught my eye last week: someone is of death for American male teenagers. sale of a simple shotgun has drawn so "Why is (the shotgun) any selling a shotgun at our school. Such an And a recent NBC news broadcast claimed much adverse reaction from some law different from selling... a advertisement is probably permissible that handguns killed 25,000 people in the students. The space it is advertised on is car? The car has at least as under the First Amendment, and gun ad­ United States last year alone. an open student space. I have seen every­ v6cates are supported by their Second The owner of the advertised shotgun thing advertised for sale there from apart­ much potential for killing Amendment right to bear arms. These is free to sell his gun without running a ments, to cars, to books, to student meet­ someone as the gun and is rights, however, fail to pacify the shock I background check on a potential buyer, ings. probably more likely to be felt upon seeing the flyer. In my eyes, the and many gun dealers actually exercise Why not a shotgun? What is so offen­ fl yer represented nothing more than a this same freedom. There is a need for a sive about advertising a gun for sale? involved in a human fatal- symbol of the culture of violence that tighter control on gun licensing, as a Bu­ Why is that any different from selling a I0ty • " pervades our society. reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms refrigerator, or a car? The car has at least According to the Washington Post, statistic claims that more than 270,000 as much potential for killing someone as rifles account for only four percent of Americans have federal licenses to sell the gun and is probably more likely to be titled to one's own political beliefs about homici'des, and shotguns for five percent guns. The government does not have the involved in a human fatality. "God, Guns, and Ollie North." You can of homicides. In comparison, handguns capability to monitor each sale, and the This is not a Second Amendment issue even display your own sign in the law account for 55 percent of all gun-related dealers themselves do not have to un­ except to the extent that an individual's school lobby declaring your beliefs, or deaths. The weapon for sa'le in our school dergo a background check in order to right to possess and sell an unregulated organize a group to publicly espouse your is rnost likely owned by a hunter and not obtain a license. Because of the relative firearm is concerned. The issue is prop­ beliefs (one student group was showing a criminal, and as the statistics show, his ease with which people can· obtain these erly regarded as one ofmutual respect and some true "independence" last week by weapon is less likely to cause harm to licenses, guns continue to be bought and tolerance. forming a club to promote Marshall sold free of regulation. This problem One individual decided to scrawl on Coleman for U.S. Senate). Don t be so obviously flies in the face of the spirit of the unoffensive ad.vertisement, "Welcome juvenile as to deface another's advertise­ " Perhaps the gun flyer all gun control laws, as there is still a to Virginia, Land of God, Guns and Ollie ment. It brings the level of discourse at is a permissible adver­ problem that is not rectified by current North." Not only is this inSUlting to the the law school down to a very base level. gun control legislation. school community's non-atheists, but it There is really nothing more to say. tisement, even when dis­ Someone in the school may be tempted shows that law students can be juvenile Such a topic of limited distinction de­ played in a pu blic school. to purchase the shotgun for personal pro­ despite their alleged "advanced" educa­ serves no more space than this. I could However, the flyer and tection; however, guns do not offer addi­ tion. launch into high-sounding rhetoric about its computer-drawn im­ tional safety and security to their owners. Voltaire said, "I may not agree with the nature of political discourse, the Fed­ Dr. Arthur Kellerman, in Us. News and what you say but I will defend to the death eralist Papers, the free speech movement, age of a shotgun are only World Report (August 15, 1994), states your right to say it." In an open, demo­ and the political correctness movement, symptomatic of the vio­ that guns in the home pose a greater risk cratic society such as ours, the free ex­ but then just about everyone, including lence that occurs on a than benefit. He states that for every case change of ideas (even commercial ones) myself, would have nodded off. daily basis throughout ofgun use for self-protection, there are 43 incidents in which guns are used in sui­ TED from 9 ance to heights achieved only by the this country." cides, homicides, and accidental deaths. Apollo program. Wear a lot of black and He further states that most gun deaths THEM: That's great. Well, you'll be declare in a surly manner, "I didn't want occur during disputes between family hearing from us in two weeks. Thanks for no job no how." Map the routes Dean people than a handgun. For unlike hand­ members, friends and acquaintances. coming in, Danny. Kaplan takes home at night. Come up guns, rifles and shotguns-cannot be easily Rather than providing protection against YOU: That's Ted, sir. with theories about how O.J: was framed. concealed in a book bag or in the glove an intruder into your home, guns often THEM: Whatever. Could you send in LATE OCTOBER: Receive one day a compartment of your car. hurt or kill people you know, including Steve Otero, please? letter inviting you on a call back inter­ Statistics aside, however, this is a gun your children. Kellerman also states the Repeat as necessary. view. Fly or drive to the firm's offices and that is being sold, and I am uneasy with obvious: in a battle with an attacker, the LATE SEPT. TO MID-OCT.: Waitand enjoy the thrills and excitement of being the idea of accepting guns and the vio­ attacker may wrestle your gun away from wait and wait and wait and wait for the asked the same questions you were asked lence they symbolize into my life and into you. In such a situation, a gun will not following form letter: at the on-campus interviews, except over our school. protect you. It may kill you. Dear Mr. STUDENT: and over and over and over all day long by The flyer demonstrates an easy acces­ The NRA, and most likely the person Cindy and I really enjoyed meet­ every member of the firm. At the end of sibility to weapons, especially since much selling this gun, cite the Second Amend­ ing you when we visited UNIVERSITY. the day, smile when the senior partner of the recent gun control legislation ap­ ment and the American public's right to You have excellent credentials and are an says, "Thanks again for coming in, plies only to handguns. Rifles and shot­ bear arms. I believe that the Second extraordinarily unique human being Danny." Reply: "Ted, sir." Pass Steve guns such as the one advertised in our Amendment envisioned an agrarian soci­ whom anyone would wantto hire. Unfor­ Otero on the way out of the door. school are not covered. The Virginia law, ety where militias and private gun owner­ tunately, we interviewed so many stu­ LATE OCTOBER TO MID-NOVEM­ for example, limits a person to one hand­ ship were necessary for national security. dents that met this description, and we are BER: Repeat events oflate September to gun a month. Last year's Brady bill The amendment did not give someone the unable to offer you a position this sum­ mid-October. Every day is like Sunday. imposes a five-day waiting period on hand­ right to kill me in crossfire or to hold a gun mer. Please extend our warmest wishes to Every day is silent,and gray. Brush up on gun purchases and requires a criminal to my head because they want my car. your GIRLFRIEND and your NO chil­ your Spanis~ . Contemplate NAFTA's background check of all potential buyers. The NRA claims that guns don't kill, dren. impact on your chances of getting a job in According to an editorial in the Detroit people do. People do kill, but without the Receive hundreds of letters just like Mexico. Free Press, the Brady bill is the fustmajor guns, the number of killings will substan­ this. Revisit the music of Morrissey and LATE NOVEMBER: Receive an offer gun control bill passed since Congress tially decline. The Smiths. Stick pins in your arms and from Zed's Legal Services and Auto Re­ banned the mail-order sales ofrifles, shot­ See BOUTWELL on 16 read a lot of Sylvia Plath poetry. Use this pair. Feel vastly relieved yet somehow guns and ammunition in 1968. That bill opportunity to build your alcohol toler- vaguely dissatisfied. Monday, September 19. 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE 9 Stewardess cart, wanton mendacity will get you a job By Ted Atkinson several drafts, panic at the fact that you When asked "What makes-you more quali­ kind of law do you want to practice?," So you want to get a job. You want to can't seem to make 23 years of your life fied to work for us than the other 23 harken back to your research on the areas go out and become a valuable and produc­ stretch out to one page. Embellish the people we've interviewed here today and ' of law which the finn specializes in and tive member of society, benefiting the resume more wildly listing such activi­ the hundreds more we'll interview at other answer accordingly. "I really want to general welfare by aiding those less fortu­ ties as "Executive Director, World Health schools such as Yale and Harvard next push papers around and help defend re­ nate or by contributing to the country' s . Organization" or 'Planner, U.S.-Led In­ week?," internally gauge how long you ally big corporations that inadvertently economy by furthering the creation of vasion of Haiti." State that your name is think it would take for each of them to die kill babies," you will respond. Sum up wealth. Instead, you' going to be a law­ "John Osborn Rehnquist" or "Carey Lee if you were to clutch your hands around your interview in the following manner: yer. What to do now? It seems that there Dershowitz" . their throats and squeeze and squeeze and YOU: ...Andthat'swhyIreallywantto are budding attorneys all around you, Early. Septem ber: Drop resumes like squeeze and squeeze and squeeze. Then work for your frrm . eating up all the jobs and leaving you with silly for on-campus interviews. Craft a meekly say, "I feel that my personal expe­ nothing. Soon you will graduate and you cover letter to be tailored to individual riences set me apart." When asked "What See TED on 8 will starve and you will die. frrms through the p~olific use of merge To avoid such inconvenience, you've codes ("I am extremely interested in work­ Natural Law By Jack Mackerel got to find work. Finding a job is not as ing for {FIELD FIRM NAME}, because much fun as it would seem. You've got to since I was a child 1 have wanted to live in hustle. You've also got to know the {FIELD CITY NAME}. I am also deeply chronology of the employment process. committed to practicing in the area of It's a lot like pledging a fraternity or {FIELD LEGAL PRACTICE} .. ."). Send sorority, except longer, and without all 450 resumes and cover letters bulk rate to the beer and with more hazing. Timing is every organization even remotely legal­ key. related, from Aaron, Aaron & Aaron in Here then, to orient you in the process Butte, Montana to Zed's Legal Services offinding'thatmeal ticket, is a calendar of and Auto Repair in Andalusia, Alabama. events leading to employment. Good Mid-September: Search the on-campus luck, and remember that the early bird interview board hungrily, discovering that gets the big, fatty meal grub. for every interview you have, you are in Summer: Work the summer following the time slot immediately before or im­ your first year at some legal or quasi-legal mediately after Rick Giovanelli or Steve related job. These may include stuffmg Otero. Weep yourself to sleep nightly. envelopes for some Public Interest Group, Late September: Interview on campus. proofreading briefs at a law fum, or, argu­ Wear obligatory charcoal gray/dark blue ably, engaging in "ConsumerfBusiness suit and conservative tie. Feel guilty Risk Management" by warning patrons at because you don't have a Phi Beta Kappa the Mexican restaurant at which you pin on your lapel and didn't bring a flight ... ACfUAU V, YES. WHAf waited tables to "be careful, 'cause these attendant's pull cart to the interview with ·plates are real hot." you. Stand around down in the basement YOU'vE ftARP N',xJJ( us Mid to Late August: Return to school, with your fellow classmates engaging in !:2 ,RUE ... &J( (1':S Na( eager to engage in the part-time search for friendly chit chat while secretly wishing NJ1 WOR5£ 11f1W S{(pJJ) a job. Promise yourself to have resumes they would all come down with cancer (fLAW St.HaJL .... done and get a line on some employers by and die. During actual interview, attempt 'Pi< the end of the frrstweek. Spend that week to sum up, in twenty minutes, who you drinking like a fish. Accomplish nothing. are, what you are looking for, and where Late August: Reaching back to that you want to be in ten years. Employers, ~ "Creative Writing" course you took back looking at you the whole time with steel­ in college, begin fashioning a resume. piercing laser beam eyes and diverting Engage in some innocent puffery, claim­ smiles attempt to jam any coherent ing that you were a member of PSF when thoughts you have with a secret govern­ really you just pumped beer one night at ment scrambling device invented by ex­ the Dinner Date Auction. After reading Nazi scientists hidden in their briefcases. Collect them all! This week: Demi-Gods a/Legal Skills! More clip 'n' save Marshall-Wythe trading cards

BLAKE GUY TONI RUSSO ROBERT KAPLAN CARLA ARCHIE Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMICUS CURIAE 10 Ask Mr. Smart Guy By Ted Atkinson what a parent might say to this She's too old to be beaten and Would you advise this hypo­ The answer is simple. If, Dear Mr. Smart Guy: ind of thing. I couldn't just ask I'm not inclined towards disin­ thetical man to conceal his ut­ hypothetically, you were the I am a twenty-something your mom, so I surveyed a num­ heritance. " ter glee at this appellation and, dean, there are any number of second year law student facing ber ofparenta I-like authority fig­ Mr. Smarr Guy asked Profes­ to preserve his carefully nur­ ways you can express your feel­ a bit of a personal dilemma ures around school (I 'm not mak­ sor Trotter Hardy, a man who tured " 90s guy" image, ex­ ings of raw power. At the next right now. I have recently had ing this up), posing the follow­ comes across both as an author­ press feigned disdain for the administration meeting you m navel pierced as a sign of ing question: What would ou ity figure and a cool guy, like impolitic sexist remark and, could stand on the table and independence and maturity. do if your twenty-something that one dad in the neighborhood further, to tell his hypothetical shout, 'Kaplan, I don't want to Plus, I think Jane on Melrose daughter came home and told who doesn't set a I Op .m. curfew wife that"virile" was undoubt­ hear any more of your bullshit Place had hers pierced, and you that he ha~ had her na el during high school and actually edly a typographical error for excuses about the market! Bot­ that show is just so cool! The pierced? likes the music his kids play. "volatile" or 'vitrioli "? tom line, SIzzle-chest: GET problem is, I don't want my Dean Kranenmaker laughed Hard) had only thi to a : "My --Anonymous THESE PEOPLE JOBS!" or the mom to find out, because then ~ hen asked. saying he would kid hildren have had their ears Dear Anonymous: next time 2L Dan Barnes starts I thinkshe'll be really mad and "'ith her and sa,. "I thought that pierced any number of times .. .! When I found this letter in screaming at an Associate Dean will threaten me with Public was a tuition bill you sent me!" wouid think if s silly that rhey my hanging file. I remembered in her office about grading poli­ Policy school or something. Do Lighting a pipe and becoming had their navel pierced. but they that Dean Krattenmaker was re­ cies burst in, grab him by the you think I can tell her without contemplative. howe er, Dad can do what they want.·· ferred to as a "virile powerhouse collar, and yell, "I'm sick and her getting mad? Krattenmaker said he would be I hope this helps you with of a man" in the la t issue of the tired of your whiny crap, soft --Striving to Look ··bemused. I would be puzzled at your problem. Striving. If the Amicus. And while the use of the guy! Shut your pie-hole and get Like Juliette Lewis \ hy thi is an integral part of the read around here is anything like words "appellation" and "impoli­ out of here before I kick Jour Dear Striving: law school e. perience." what your mom might say, then tic" would certainly be employed butt to the moon, you sniveling First. wa to go on ha ing a Dean JaYlle Barnard at first take hea~: she won't like it, but by a Dean, Mr. Smart Guy shud­ little girl." ring put in your gut! By taking hemmed and hawed, but took an she' II probably learn to live with ders tothinkthatourD an would At the same rime you can this courageous rep of s If-n1U­ appropriately political tance in it. have the time to do something a preserve your '90s image by go­ tilation, you're taking a stand stating that she would tell her Dear Mr. Smart Guy-- unthinkable as havefim with the ing out of your way to show and saying to the orld, "Hey! If daughter "Atta girl!" (Right.) Suppose you were a (rela­ students by writing letters (0 Mr. warmth and affection: compli­ it's good enough for smoking­ A more typical answer came tively) senior male member of Smar' Guy. ment Gloria Todd on the fine behind-th -gym smarm little from the most parental of all fig­ this community. Suppose fur­ However, to answer our work she's doing holding this 15-year-old rebellious high ures in the school, Professor John ther that you wished to be a question "Anonymous," I say place together; let Professor school girls and MTV V J Donaldson. After asking what 1990s kind of guy, however let all of that utter glee out! It felt Rosenberg know that you like Kennedy, by God, it ' s good navel piercing was, he supplied personally painful and awk­ good when a student called you a his tie; tell NealDevins he's look­ enough for me!" As to the prob­ me with a most informative re­ ward this is for that reprobate. virile powerhouse, didn' t it? Of ing cut and ask if he 's been lift­ lem with your mom, Mr. Smart sponse: ' I would have ~o accept Suppose finally, that you were course it did! Why I.et those ing weights. Little steps like Guy has tried to get a feel for it, with no great enthusiasm. labelled as "a virile powerhouse feelings eat away at your insides? these, combined with your tough­ of a man" in a major, high If you want to be virile and a By Dan Jordan as-nails approach will let you "No-Nos of Oral Argument" visibility legal publication that powerhouse, do it! The question enjoy the feeling of power with­ is on the "must-read" list of you seem to have is: How, with­ out sacrificing the '90s image every important lawyer. out destroying the tender in me? you've helped to achieve. T A neral expenses). The Alabama Cad L LAW WATCH from 4 Supreme Court reached this re­ A triple bigamist is "wicked" E allegedly se. ual\y harassing a sult because jet skiing is a "tradi­ and a "cad," Judge Humphrey S student, was awarded $500,000 tional maritime activity" that Malins held in Reading, England. F by a federal jury because his fir­ could "potentially affect marine (London Tim es) R ing violated the procedures in commerce." (Lawyers Weekly Wrongful Birth o Where a sterilization was unsuc­ M his employment contract. (Law­ USA). yers Weekly USA). Police Liable if Someone, cessful and a couple had a healthy M o Jet Ski Accident Is Admiralty Somewhere, Gets Killed baby, they cannot recover the o Where a girl was killed by a jet The police promised a woman cost of raising the child to matu­ they'd arrest her threaten ing boy­ rity, said Nebraska's Supreme T (ALSO i'AILu

Music for the Masses Three staples ofAmericana:j azz, country and R&B reviews By Eleanor Bordeaux distinguish his playing on his various by the way he stretches his creativity to disappointment when compared to the and Scott Layman recordings backing other artists. Al­ the limits by combining jazz with just band's self-titled debut. Branford Marsalis: BuckshotLeFonque though raised playing classical jazz in the about every musical form including Much of Confederate Railroad's ap­ Branford Marsalis' latest release, en­ New Orleans tradition that is .presently reggae, rap and even going so far as peal arises from the genuine feel of their titled Buckshot LeFonque, expands the exemplified by his brother, Wynton, dabbling in metal. His creativity, coupled music. They are a true country band in boundaries of jazz. Branford has branched into be-bop, a with excellent musicianship,makes this a that they convey an authentic in-your­ F or those not familiar with his music, style primarily created by Dizzy Gillespie strong and diverse CD. face redneck attitude. Confederate Rail­ Branford' s tenor and soprano saxophone and Charlie Parker. Additionally, Musical selections performed include road owes much to the country-rock sound musings are highly improvisational. Branford has backed Sting, among other songs written by Elton John and blues pioneered by the band Alabama and cur­ Noted for his complex phrasing and color, artists, and is presently the leader of the legend Albert Collins. The most notable rently popularized by artists like Travis Branford's saxophone style is so distinct Tonight Show Band. performance was Maya Angelou's poi­ Tritt. Basically, Confederate Railroad's that those familiar with it can clearly Fans of Branford won't be surprised gnant recitation from her book I Know style is closer to a more traditional coun­ With this issue, the Amicus Curiae presents its first guest reviewer. Why the Caged Bird Sings (in the simi­ try sound and attitude than much oftoday ' s larly titled song). crossover country. CD Review On the tracks Hotter than Hot, Won­ "Summer in Dixie," the best track on der and Signs, Branford cleverly com­ the CD, is a wry take on the heart-broken Anita Baker: Rhythm of Love bines jazz and reggae. Non-reggae listen­ redneck theme. In this song, the singer's By Sherman Toppin Room," amotherreminds her estranged ers shouldn't be put off by this joining as girlfriend has travelled to New York City; Do you remember that song playing child that the door to home is always he makes them work well together. The he awaits her return. The singer ponders gently as you looked into your lover's open. All in all, Baker's marriage and combination of jazz and rap featured in how "summer in Dixie sure been cold/ eyes with Anita Baker singing, child-bearing give her latest CD a Scratch Opera isn't as successful. even when the sun bums hot enough to ' ... caught up in the rapture" as you heightened authenticity and better con­ Branford carries this mix one step too far melt the tar on the road/way down in my kissed? Years later, when that love vinces the listener of her genuine wis­ by including the rap technique of scratch­ heart a north wind blows/summer in Dixie dissolved, all that remained were dom of a woman' s feelings. ing, which, although not forced, seems sure been cold." memories of feelings you hadn't felt There were two surprises in Baker's inappropriate. However, Blackwidow is a A fun song that contains clever lyrics for years, and those love songs that CD that perhaps no one would expect. good blend of the two styles. Branford is "Elvis and Andy." Here, the singer wouldn't let you forget. Your impa­ First, there is the selection "Wrong returns to a more traditional jazz flavor in meets a lady who is not from the South tient lingering for substitute emotional Man." I never thought that Baker Blackwidow Blues, Mona Lisa, and Ain '[ and doesn't like his momma's grits, but fulfillment can finally end. Anita Baker possessed the attitude that she displays it Funny. These tracks showcase sultry her saving grace is that she likes Elvis and has returned to massage your body and in that song. Lyrics such as, " ... you voices, great horns, and good bass lines. Andy so "she's fine and dandy with me." soul with a musical balm of romantic can't do rightbecause you'rethe wrong This CD is a sophisticated compila­ Songs that are fast-paced and sure to ballads. man! " were shocking coming from tion of musical styles. Each track by itself get you in the line-dancing mood include In Baker's venture, "Rapture," she her. Baker has written songs describ­ is very strong. However, as a whole, there "I Am Just A Rebel" and the title track. cried ofloneliness then elation, sang of ing bad men but never with so much are so many different styles represented The weakest areas of the CD are illus­ romantic frailty then strength, and plain attitude. that you can never really settle down into trated by singer Danny Shirley's non­ moaned of desperate then sweet love. Second, the fmal selections on the a particular mood a song may inspire distinctive voice. Maybe due to Shirley's Her songs of emotional extremes in­ CD, "Sometimes I Wonder Why," and before the tempo changes. vocals, some songs are as bland, as lack­ corporated every feeling in between; "My Funny Valentine" are both smoky, Confederate Railroad: Notorious ing as his phrasing. thus, all listeners in relationships, long after-hours-in-Birdland-sounding-jazz Confederate Railroad, once the road In contrast, Confederate Railroad' s or lost, could relate. It was apparent in ballads where Baker seemed to con­ band for the great David Allan Coe, is first venture packed more punch and atti­ "Rapture" that Baker intended to give sciously sing in resemblance of Billie now a successful group in their own right. tude. But if you want a real taste of her audience a collection of songs that Holiday. (In fact "My Funny Valen­ Notorious, the band's second release, is a country and an alternative to Top 40-style described the feelings that are most tine" is one of Billie ' s greatest works.) good one even though it is somewhat of a country, then check out Notorious. common among women in relation­ This was curious, and I initially dis­ ships. But since most songs were ex­ liked it although Baker's singing is treme and in opposition to each other, exquisite. The two songs simply did it was also evident that Anita was sing­ not fit in with the style that earned 'Barlier anti 'Beauty ing about you and women you knew, as Baker fame. Furthermore, it was 'coroniaI ~"- opposed to herself. strange to hear Baker attempt to imi­ Wayne Lisa Ray Debbie However, Baker' s new CD on tate anyone. She simply doesn't have Elektra Entertainment, titled "Rhythm to. My guess is that Baker was paying of Love," is more personal. This could homage to beloved Billie Holiday by be because Baker married and had two breathing new vitality into one of children during the years that elapsed Holiday's most celebrated works. between the recording of "Rapture" As a whole, the CD was wonderful and "Rhythm of Love." Listening to and would make an excellent addition "Rhythm of Love," it is hard not to to a music collection if your prefer­ think that the lover she refers to as ence is R&B, Soul, Jazz, or Gospel. "baby" in the selections "Look of This CD offers the listener more stylis­ Love," "Rhythm of Love," and "Body tic variety than any of Baker's previous and Soul," is her husband, the fights CDs, and reveals more of her person­ ality that ever before. (Inside the label, she regrets in "I Apologize," and Diane Bobby Annis "Baby" were their fights, and the jeal­ on the fmal page, appears a photo of ousy she exposed in "You Belong To Baker's new family--Anita, husband Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center Me" is for him. Also, as anew mother, and children.) The title of the CD Baker is able to expand her songs into captures the essence of Anita Baker ~!«. 5251 John Tyler High'way, Suite 22 ~<:i unexplored areas of the female experi­ music, as she continues to epitomize ~ Walk-ins and Appointments; 220-8039 ~ ence. For example, .in "Plenty of the "Rhythm of Love." 12 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE Cinema Cynicism . Van Darmne' s Timecop has this reviewer wishing he could go back in time and save his five bucks By Steve Youngkin powerful senator (Ron Silver) to travel his sleek athleticism but you have no great The only thing that's really interesting I have to make a confession. The title back in time and steal enough money to concern for him. Whether he lives or about the story is picking out the number for this column, Cinema Cynicism is a buy himselfthe presidency. While pursu­ dies, you just shrug your shoulders and of plot holes, cliches and confusing as­ misnomer. It indicates that I go into a ing Silver back and forth across time, Van keep watching. pects. movie ready to rip it apart. It also indi­ Damme also attempts to change history The movie itself is just as uninterest­ The script goes out of its way to sound cates that I'm hard to please, that only a himself by preventing his wife's murder ing. The director, Peter Hyams, never logical by setting up its own series of time few select films could pass my judgment. that occurred 10 years ago. As with all creates any sense of atmosphere or sense travel rules and then proceeds to break But that's not true. It's my money that's movies of this type, all of the events of time or place. It's as ifhe just slapped them or to leave gaping holes in the plot being used to pay for the tickets to these converge in a climatic shootout. some ideas from other movies together that go unexplained. This results in a movies and my time that's being used up I have to admit, on paper, the movie and called it a setting. movie that is both needlessly complex watching them. had promise. Ron Silver is a good person Hyams also makes some rather odd and illogical at the same time. As a result, I would much rather write to cast as a sleazy politician. And the directorial choices .. The bulk of the cli­ As I said, I'm an optimist. Yeah, I about a good movie than a bad one since conceptoftime travel is always intriguing matic battle occurs at night in a darkened made a mistake contributing money to if I review a bad one that means I wasted because it toys with the possibility of area in the rain. Someone should have this movie. But, next week I'JI be back at my time, money and effort on a movie changing the past and possible ramifica­ informed Peter Hyams that without moon­ the theater seeing the next new movie that that's just not worth it. So you can say that tions. Therefore, this should have been a light it's hard to keep track of who's looks good and I'll be hoping for the best. I'm actually more ofan optimist. I'd like movie that was both fun and fascinati~g . beating up whom and thus any excite­ I'm not sure if that makes me an optimist to think that the film I'm about to see is It should have been, but it wasn't. The ment is diminished. or a glutton for punishment. Let's hope good and something to recommend rather movie is a lost cause from the word go. To Also, the script is more than a letdown. it's the former rather than the latter. than one that wasted my time. begin with, Van Damme, while easily Which leads me to Timecop. In Jean better than Steven Seagal (which is faint DON'T f'OftG~T TH~ N~'1T M~~TlNG Of' Claude Van Damme' s latest attempt at praise at best), has never developed any making a good movie and being a cred­ form of a screen personality. ible actor, he plays Max Walker. The year While Arnold Schwarzenegger is no :Tne Amicus Curiae is 2004. Time travel has been perfected. great shakes as an actor, he is at least The government sets up a special likable and aware ofhis limitations. Heck, MONDAY, $E1'TEMBE~ 19 branch of the police to stop criminals even Silvester Stallone managed to lighten from travelling backwards in time and up for Demolition Man. Van Damme, 6:00 1'.M., changing history. Van Damme , the best though, has always been stiff. When you of the timecops, uncovers a plot by a watch his character, you're impressed by [he £ibrarJj [averH Reggae rhythms , stir it up' at M-W Sunsplash By Traci Ellis "I loved their music," ex­ With the help of the Black claimed David Smith (I L), who Law Student Association grew up with reggae in Hawaii. (BLSA), Student Bar Associa­ "I made it a point to dance tion (SBA), and the Graduate through the whole last set. I Student Association (GSA), the especially enjoyed hearing I Reggae Sunsplash transformed Shot the Sheriff," Smith said. Market Place Patio into a tropi­ Peter Owen (2L) also had a cal rhythmic arena on Septem­ good time. -, 1went to the Splash ber 9. The Splash featured because all the cool people were DKGB, a hip reggae group from going to be there!" Owen noted, Washington, D.C. W&M stu­ adding that he enjoyed the mu­ dents and other music lovers sic, but especially liked meet­ came to groove to their tunes. ing other graduate students. "1 ' DKGB stands fo r Drums, got a chance to meet students Keyboard, Guitar, and Bass, and who aren't in the law school. It it represents the elements of our was refreshing meeting people music," said DKGB lead vocal­ from various programs." The ist Everett who has played with highlight of his evening was the band for two years. Everett meeting a woman who handed explained that he loves perform­ him a cigar. ing for an audience. "It is won­ Joni McCray (lL) said that derful! It always feels as though she also enjoyed meeting gradu­ we are playing for the first time." ate students from various de­ DKGB plays regularly at the partments. She likes reggae -staffphoto Roxy, a D.C. dance club, but the music, and decided to go to the Fearing to stray too far from the keg, students still enjoyed the music at Sun-Splash. group happily accepted W &M' s Splash for a study break. "1 invitation to perform on campus. thought the music would be tween sets with recorded tracks last set to about 1: 30 a.m. before while they love entertaining "It was nice playing here. We ' hype,' and 1 had a lot of fun .. ranging from acid house to disco. thanking their audience, pack­ people, they also aim to inspire love to get the crowd into it," .. 1 danced and 1 enjoyed being Some of the crowd got into the ing away instruments and sound them through their music. "We Everett said. That night DKGB around happy people." McCray Electric Slide during the Bee Gee's equipment, and talking to smil­ want to stress the importance of succeeded in getting the audi­ and her friends especially en­ Disco Nights. "1 love the ' Satur­ ing fans . love, unity, and equality," Everett ence into their island rhythms. joyed hearing the group play day Night Fever' throwback," "The Splash was so nice," said. The crowd sweated, rocked and one oftheir requests. "The band Smith said. said an unnamed W &M fresh­ Rhythm guitar player Bobby swayed to the group's original was really into their music; you Although the Reggae man. "I have been to other events, hopes that DKGB has left their music, as well as to the warm, felt it," McCray said. Sunsplash was scheduled to end but this was a live party." W&M audience with a simple familiar tunes of Bob Marley. The music kept pumping be- at 1: OOa.m., DKGB extended their The band members said that, message: "Love one another." Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMIcus CURIAE 13 Outer Limits By John Crouch level strategists hoped the tide would set preme Court said, because he might be celebrating Columbus, London's Ob­ Getting to yes, in style it free. (Richmond Times-Dispatch). able to do some kind of work, but be server has discovered. Pushpa Singhania, 52, was accidentally The Late Tom Bodett for Motel 6 unable to get hired. (Lawyers Weekly USA) D.A. in drag locked in a Delhi bank vault. She stayed Homespun truthmeister Tom Bodett took WASP chutzpah Ft. Lauderdale prosecutor Mike McHugh there three days, because bank officials to the airwaves last Thursday to declare Sarah Dowson ran over Peter Biggs, 10 and his rugby team were accused oftrash­ refused to let her out until her family that summer was in full swing, which years old, in Colchester, England, and ing a gay bar while in drag. (USA Today) promised not to sue. (London Times) meant that baseball was in full swing, sued him for denting her car. (London A nation of disabilities: 49 million Ear lost in Christian colloquy which had something to do with Motel 6. Times) Americans have disabilities, the Census Kenyan government minister Japhet Ab, how the older generation clings to Should cops have to obey the law? Bureau reported in a survey. Every one of Ekidor bit off the ear ofleading politician those outworn verities! (WTAR) Mounties arrested Chambly, Quebec's them is protected by the Americans with Danson Ekuam. The ear has disappeared, Cynic of the week entire 24-man police force in a drug sweep. Disabilities Act, according to the Na­ and the victim has been charged with A Sarajevo restauranteur told the Ob­ (Observer) Vanuatu's president appointed tional Council on Disability, a federal assault. Ekuam had earleir bitten Ekidor' s server, "The biggest thieves come here noted embezzler and thief Luke Siba as agency. Twenty-four million are "se­ arm in a brawl over who should represent and pay for their lunch. If [the U.N.] goes, Chief of Police. (Agence France-Presse) verely" disabled, the Census Bureau said. the Christian Children' s Fund. "The Ilose my clientele. I think it's betternotto Whatever The 49 million figure does not include government's members brook no criti­ lift the arms embargo." A James City PTA president is home­ people who are merely perceived as hav­ cism," a diplomat said. (London Times) Paschke's paradox schooling her children. (Virginia Gazette). ing a disability, but they, too, are pro­ Glorious Opener for H-War A Mr. Paschke can get workers' compen­ Taxpayers' money well spent tected by the Act. (Lawyers Weekly USA) The Illustrious War of Haitian Compli­ sation for being "totally disabled," and A public development corporation in A pre-stamped envelope sold by the U.S. ance began auspiciously last Thursday as get unemployment benefits for being "able Liverpool spent $78,000 on anti-Colum­ Postal Service celebrates "43 million dis­ the USS Monsoon ran aground. High- and willing to work," Michigan's Su- bus events and $650,000 on a concert abled Americans." (observant reporter) Jazzy and Tango. do Richlllond Road the Toano way Weweren'thavingmuch luck pasta, ranging in price from ap- opted, yet again, for the grilled Deep dish apple pie was the had for a reasonable price. So on Richmond Road proper in our proximately $7 to $14. Because chicken sandwich. It' s aroma highlight of Tango's young life excited were we to fmd good pursuit of culinary delights, so we blew our meager savings on delighted Tango' s ever discrimi- (she hasn't been out much). The eating on Richmond Road, that we decided to venture down, way soap sculptures at the Pottery, nating nasal passages, as she an- crust was a flaky, crisp bed of we hardly noticed as our mys­ down, into the depths of Toano. we opted for the highly afford- nounced, "Smells good, tastes crumbs with a dusting of granu- tery man took off in the wrong On Anderson Comer, nestled be­ able sandwich menu. (Ifthe read- good!" Tango also enjoyed the lated sugar. The apples were directiononaonewayroad(now tween the Anderson Motor Inn ers care for a more inclusive re- accompanying dill pickle, a rare succulent and tart. The ice cream you know the real reason why he and Exxon station, we discov­ view, please forward donations entity here in the 'Burg. Jazzy was just plain yummy. How- chose to go nameless). Despite ered an unpretentious little res­ to Jazzy and Tango Dinner Fund, and our mystery man embarked ever, towards the end of the pie, this near brush with catastrophe, taurant called Welcome South. c/otheAmicus). Fortunately, the on the battle of the barbecues. Tango declared the crust was Welcome South was deemed by Initially, we were frightened by sandwich menu offered many Jazzy selected the sliced beef beginning to disturb her. Jazzy, all to be well worth the trip. the possible implications of this tempting treats, each accompa- barbecue sandwich, which also ever the diplomat, declared Welcome South name; however, we soon real­ nied by your choice ofa side dish came with coleslaw. Jazzy found Tango psychotic and dug into Address: 8558 Richmond Rd. , ized our fears were unfounded. AndwhatCHOICES! Theselittle the barbecue sauce to be, well, her enormous slab of chocolate Toano, on comer of Route 60 Although the decor was simple gems ranged from black bean just plain jazzy: it was flavorful silk pie. The pie consisted of a and Route 30 and quaintly regional, we are re­ soup ("Exquisite!" declared our with just enough spice to tickle thin cake base, covered by a Hours: Dinner served 5-9:30 lieved to inform you that there 1L guest who chose to join us in the taste buds. The large portion creamy cloud of chocolate p.m.; closed Tuesday was not a rebel flag in sight. anonymity ) to apple fritters, of meat was quite tender. Our heaven. All of this was topped Interesting fact: Toano was origi­ We were truly welcomed by ("Delicious!" raved Jazzy) to companion chose the minced with bittersweet cocoa powder, nallycalledBumtOrdinaryafter our friendly waiter who served mashed potatoes ("Mashed!" pork barbecue. The sauce was which struck an excellent bal- the land was burned to the ground up a smile with every dish. The exclaimed Tango). Each side the same as on the sliced sand- ance with the sweet taste of the during the revolutionary war (not menu offered a wide array of dish was deliciously prepared and wich but mystery man was en- pie .. Our IL guest, the dessert much has changed). southern dishes with a gourmet complemented the main dishes thralled with the texture of the dud, opted for the coffee, which Rating (on a scale of 1-5 Rhett touch. The complete meals in­ accordingly. pork. "Minced is the way to go," he said was fme. Butlers): Jazzy: 4 Rhetts; Tango: cluded fish, chicken, meat, and Ever the adventurer, Tango he stated emphatically. In all, three great meals were 3.5 Rhetts Drapers scholar hails froln down under By Stephen Thomas King Beard misses the club scene of the big be in part because the government pays This year's Drapers Scholar, Mark cities. As many M-W law students have the·fees of English students and also of­ Beard, hails from Sydney, Australia. found before him, it's "always the same" fers a modest grant for living expenses. Having abandoned a job working in the in Williamsburg. "I guess it's a good As a result, the English law student is not fmancial markets of Australia, he entered place to study," he added, referring to the . motivated by the burden of considerable the University of London to study law . . lack of boisterous night life. He talked to debts, as is the typical American law Presently he is pursuing the goal of be­ last year's Drapers Scholar about the M­ student. coming a barrister in England. For now, W experience, so he received fair warn­ The American method of legal edu­ he has left the bustle of Eliot's "unreal" ing, but insists that one does not appreci­ cation is very different from what Beard London and finds himself in what he aptly ate the full reality until one arrives. As a experienced in England. Here the stu­ refers to as "surreal" Williamsburg. partial remedy to nightclub deprivation, dents are much more active in class par­ When asked about his reaction to he's planning to visit New York over fall ticipation. He thinks it makes for a "very American culture, he said, "it's differ­ break, in what will be his fIrst experience competitive environment." Also, Ameri­ ent." He admits to having greater culture of that city. can students tend to be much more ad­ shock than expected. At fIrst glance, One thing that does not seem to distin­ vanced upon their entrance into law school.

Americans seem more superficial than guish English law students and American Most English law students are only 18 or -PekrOwn the average Australian or Englishman, law students is money. In Beard's estima­ 19 years old upon entering school. They he viewed himself as merely taking from though much more up-front and outgo­ tion, money motivates the initial decision do not have the benefit of a broad-based society, rather than giving in any tangible ing. "If there's depth to [American cul­ to enter the legal profession for a majority undergraduate education, or of work ex­ sense. With the law, he pursues a "ca­ ture] itdoesn't show" itself immediately, ofEnglish students. Somewhat paradoxi­ perience in the interval between univer­ reer," rather than merely a ''job.'' He can remarked Beard. . cally, once in law school, English stu­ sity and law school. grow with his profession. Somewhat ide­ One bit of culture shock that is sure to dents do not seem infected with the same When asked why he decided upon the alistically, Beard hopes the law will offer dissipate quickly is the Williamsburg deli "urgency to get out and fmd work" as legal profession, Beard says he abandoned an avenue by which he can eventually ~cene. "I've found Paul's," he asserted. their American counterparts. This may his work with the financial markets, where give something to society. ·.... ., ...... ,...... -

THE AMIcus CURIAE Calendar of Events Monday; September 19, 1994 14

Monday, September 19, 1994 Chamber Music: Gallery players, Muscarelle Museum, 4 p.m. Swedish Film: 'The Slingshot " winner of the Swedish Academy Field Hockey: vs. Boston University, Busch Field, 4 p.m. Award for Best Picture. Williamsburg Theatre on DOG Street, 9 p.m. Guest Speaker: "Anti-Discrimination Law: Should Religious Citizens Monday, September 26,1994 be Exempted?" given by Steve McFarland Director of the Center for Thought for the Day: You'd better recognize! Law and Religious Freedom. Reception following. Room 127, 3: 15 p.m. Amicus Meeting: The Library Tavern, Richmond Road, 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 27,1994 Movie: "Widow's Peak," a comedy/murder mystery set in 1920s Tuesday, September 20,1994 Ireland. Williamsburg Theatre, DOG Street, 7 p.m. Citizen Kane: Film at Williamsburg Theatre, DOG Street, 7 & 9: 15 Ace Ventura: University Center auditorium, 8 p.m. p.m. "Frivolous French Frogs, Drunken Dutch Dogs:" A lecture by Foreign Film: "Blue," University Center auditorium 8p.m. historian Alison Olson. A Colloquium concerning Anglo-Colonial ideas Brown Bag Lunch: "From Pews to Altar: Women in the Episcopal of National Character. 7:30 p.m., Institute of Early American History Church from the Colonial Period to the Present," David Holmes, and Culture, basement of-Swem Libr(J.ry (side entrance). Professor of Religion. Commonwealth Center Seminar Room, College Defensive Maneuvers: Woman's Self-Defense Course, location to be Apartments, 12:30-2:00 p.m. announced, 6-9 p.m. Field Hockey: vs. ODU, Busch Field, 4 p.m. Wednesday, September 21,1994 Music: Spin Doctors, Cracker, and Gin Blossoms. William and Mary James Taylor: "An Evening with James Taylor," Hampton Coliseum, Hall, 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Music: For those die-hard fans who did not get tickets for the Flood Zone Movie: "City ofHope ," a cynical look at urban life in New Jersey, where performance before they sold out, the Dave Matthews Band is playing a racial incident threatens to snowball. Williamsburg Regional Library at the University of Virginia Amphitheatre, Charlottesville, 7 p.m. Scotland Street, 3 & 7:30 p.m. Citizen Kane: Williamsburg Theatre, DOG St., 7 & 9: 15 p.m. Wednesday, September 28,1994 Men's Soccer: vs. American, Busch Field, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 22,1994 Movie: "Widow's Peak," Williamsburg Theatre, DOG St., 7 p.m. Bar Review: Bassets's, Bypass Road. Free taco bar. Time TBA. Ace Ventura: University Center auditorium, 8 p.m. Citizen Kane: Williamsburg Theatre, DOG St., 7 & 9: 15 p.m. Town and Gown: "The End of the World as We Know It: The Thursday, September 29, 1994 Transformation of World Politics," given by Michael Clark, Reves Alumni Reception: with Dean Krattenmaker. Davis & Harman, Scholar-in-Residence. Luncheon in Chesapeake Room, University Washington, D.C., 6 p.m. RSVP to Lotha Jenette, Room 114 or call 221- Center, 12:30 p.m. Reservations must be made by calling 221-2640 3795. before noon on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Bar Review: Location TBA.

Friday, September 23,1994 Friday, September 30,1994 Disco Dance: Put on your bell bottoms and learn to do the Hustle with Alumni Reception: with Dean Krattenmaker. Bull &. Bear Club, theundergrads at the "Boogie Explosion," University Center Cafe, 9 Richmond, 12:00 noon. p.m.' Late Show: "Saturday Night Fever," the 70s disco classic.,Williamsburg Mom and Dad Music: The William and Mary Concert Band's Family Theatre, DOG Street, 11 p.m. Weekend Concert. Trinkle Hall, 8 p.m. Women's Soccer: vs. Rutgers, Busch Field, 7 p.m. Field Hockey: vs. James Madison, Busch Field, 3 p.m. Chinese Film: "Eat Drink Man Woman," about the main ingredients of Saturday, October 1,1994 life. Playing through Sept. 29. Williamsburg Theatre, DOG Street, 9 Thought for the Day: Stupid is as stupid does. p.m. Saturday Night Fever: Williamsburg Theatre, DOG St., 11 p.m.

Saturday, September 24,1994 Sunday, October 2,1994 Football: vs. VMI, Zable Stadium, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer: vs. UVa, Barksdale Field, 2 p.m. Music: Tidewater Classical Guitar, Robert Spencer performing. Music: William and Mary, Jazz Ensemble, Occasion for the Arts , Williamsburg Regional Library, Scotland St., 8 p.m. Merchants Square, 1 p.m. Family Weekend: Call 221-1235 for a schedule of events. Music: University ofSt. Andrews Music Centre ensemble will present various musical selections, including Scottish songs. Wren Chapel, 8 Sunday, September 25, 1994 p.m. Foxfield: Steeplechase. Road trip featuring booze, horses and great scenery. Charlottesville. , Monday, October 3,1994 Family Weekend: Call 221-1235 for a schedule of events. 500 new Amici arrive in the M-W lobby, 3 p.m.

r Please submit your entries for the Amicus Events Calendar to Monica Thurmond (2L) or the Amicus Curiae hanging file." Entries may include activities sponsored by law school organizations, main campus, community events of interest to'M­ W students, or just about anything else that you can think of. THE AMICUS CURIAE Sports Monday, September 19, 1994 15

A Duck Out a/Water Richmond is world champ;_Enforcing rules revives F-ball By Alan Duckworth be settled in the courts. Now instead of Now, they roam free and the scoreboard is don't hate Notre. Dame. Much. Just Will someone bring me Donald Fehr's talking about sports that aren't, let's talk showing the results. Touchdown Jesus and the "God is a Notre head? And, if it's not too much trouble, about what has happened in sports re- . One wide receiver who has been roam­ Dame Fan" attitude gets on my nerves. Richard Ravitch's head as well? Will cently. ing free for years is Jerry Rice. It' s old Plus, after all the whining last year, I want these two idiots get a clue? America held Baseball news now that he has set the career touch­ the Irish to have no claim whatsoever to hostage--day forever--has now occurred. The Braves have won the title. Yes, down mark. I just have to add my com­ the national title this year. Just before the newspaper deadline, Bud that right, the Braves have ftnal won the ment. The most impressive part was how If the power in college football is not Selig, with the approval of 26 of the 28 big prize. No, not the Atlanta Braves, but he did it. When, with the 4gers in control, in South Bend this year, where is it? It is owners, cancelled the remainder of the the Richmond Braves. They have won he and Steve Young reentered the game in Florida again. Maybe not Florida baseball season and the postseason. For the Governor's Cup, which is the closest with five minutes to go, everyone knew State University (FSU), but definitely the ftrst time since 1904, there wiII be no thing to a baseball title we wiII have this why. They knew where the ball was somewhere in Florida. FSU, Miami and Fall Classic. year. I just had to mention one baseball going and they still couldn't stop it. That Florida are all in the top five of the APpoIl Baseball survived the Great Depres- championship in my column this _ ear is the perfect way for Rice to break the and all three received fIrst place votes. sion, an earthquake, and two World Wars, since the Major League Baseball Season record, because that's the way it's been The best three teams in the nation could but this players' strike killed that streak. has had an appointment for special treat­ done for years. conceivably be from the same state. And The negotiators' egos, the players' greed ment with Doctor Jack Kevorkian. A return trip to the Superbowl for Mr. one of them isn't even in trouble with the and short-sightedness and the owners' Pro Football Rice, however, is not as likely as it was a NCAA. Yet. inability to limit their own spending have Scoring is up dramatically from last few weeks ago. The injury bug has hit the Pro Basketball killed the baseball season. year, and the games are more exciting 4gers hard. Four of their opening day Half of the 1993 NBA Champion Chi­ TGIF (Thank God It's Football sea- than ever. The only logical explanation is starters are injured, including key off­ cago Bulls are gone. Six of the players son). With no World Series and a strike that the rule changes worked. Or did season acquisition Richard Dent and Pro will not be on the opening day roster this by people who, on average, make more they? The best reason for the scoring Bowl Tackle Harris Barton. And in this year. One has been traded, one has re­ money in a week then the average person explosion is not a rule change but a policy era of the salary cap, no team has much tired, one now plays baseball, and the does in a year, baseball probably has change. True, the two point conversion depth. other three have left as free agents. Why permanently damaged its relationship with adds excitement to the game, and may By the way, who would have thought do I mention these facts? The NBA Play­ the fans. The most frustrating part of this even occasionally add a point or two, but that a Bill Parcell' s coached team would ers Association is arguing that the salary strike to me is the fact that the two sides that's all. The two kicking changes have have a great passing offense and NO cap prevents true meaningful free agency. are rarely meeting or negotiating. During similarly had a minor impact. What ap­ defense. Their defense is so bad right now As seen by the example of the Bulls, this the five weeks of the strike, the two sides pears to be the best explanation is the that the Tribe could score at least 17 on is clearly not true. only met three times and didn't meet for decision to enforce an already existing them and Buddyball probably could score Well, that's the week that was. the five days prior to the cancellation. rule. For years, the rule prohibiting con­ a couple of touchdowns. Football's back, baseball is dead, and the When you have a problem, you sit down tact with a receiver after five yards was a College Football Bulls have been dismantled. Hopefully, and at least try to work it out. But neither joke. Receivers were routinely pushed, Ding-Dong, the Leprechaun is dead. the next two weeks will be more eventful. side has made any real effort to compro- shoved and held downfield, with only an And Ron Powlus' Heisman hopes have See you then, same bat time, same bat mise. This strike wiII probably eventually occasional flag to show for their efforts. been put on hold. Don't get me wrong; I paper. Amicus computer-like ran kings 1M Sports focus on life without World Series By Alexandra Silva implemented a never-before­ " Spanked Monkeys" (2Ls) Sherer, the Spankers lost stamina Marks batting and scoring three­ The hearts of Americans fal­ used-in-the-history-of-sports­ choked the "Ubiquitous Old in the sixth, turning a 2-2 tie into for-three, the Trouncers easily tered last Wednesday with the writing method of computation. Guys" (UOG). Scoring only five a 10-2 loss. overcame the Masters, 18-3. baseball owners' decision to can­ Each team receives points based runs to three for UOG in the first Men's B Softball: Last year's However, in an obvious fluke of cel the' remainder of the 1994 on their record, the combined inning, the Spankers set a me­ "Como Los Nmos," led by Tony nature, the Trouncers went on to Major League Baseball season record of their opposition, and dium pace. But in the next two Agudelo (3L), returns as "Not suffer their fIrst defeat in two and the World Series. Not since the margin of victory or loss. In innings, the bat stroking power 2B Denied" with the addition of years. Despite true effort by 1Ls the earth-shattering news about case of ties, I use a complex, of Neil Lewis, Jeff Mru;ks and Brian Knight (3L), who was se­ Wendy Walter and Rani Russell, hot dogs causing cancer have totally discretionary calculation Ryan McDougle led to three duced onto the team with the the Trouncers let VIMS ("Very Americans had to deal with such weighted by whether I actively homers and three RBIs (one help of three pitchers at Paul's .. .IntQ Maqual S~x") ,steal the vic­ a questioning of fundamental dislike any team members. (For each)c With-Pat Dyson's homer, Witli a three-run homer by Bill tory, 7-6. American -values. If you find the exact formula and resulting the Monkeys reached climax at Schulz (3L) and a two-run homer Men's B Volleyball: Last yourself asking, "How can I en­ point distributions, please feel 17-4 in the fourth, but some­ by John Mateyak (3L), Not 2B Wednesday, "Discontent" gotits joy life without a World Series?!? free to ask.) The rankings for the where in the excitement of the Denied made "Phi Tau" look like fIrst Victim, "Earthpigs," in a two­ What to do now?!?" I, and mil­ various 1M seasons as ofSept . 14 moment, UOG slipped in five a gaggle offreshman schoolgirls, set chokehold. The team of2Ls lions of others, have the solution . are as follows: more runs. Final score 17-9. and proceeded to have their way Stephen King, Todd Sherer, . . .. This weekend, kick back Softball: With one win under their with them in a 15-5 victory. Chris Shea, Paul Schroeder, and with a cold one, cut on the tube 1. Not 2B Denied belts, the Spankers were looking However, Psi Upsilon provided Eric Misener clinched their 15- and watch something that's ac'" 2. Trouncers to pound a "Kappa Sig's Tube stiffer resistance in Not 2B 8, 15-9 victory with Sherer's tually entertaining--like football. . 3. Spanked Monkeys Steak" last Tuesday. But, unfor­ Denied's second game, despite mighty spike which tattooed one (Go Giants!) Volleyball: tunately, the immense size oftheir 3L Russ Foster's persuasive 3- of the Pigs. Rankings: 1. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun opponents (average Kappa run homer . .. Result: a 7-7 tie. Co-Rec Volleyball: Al­ Before I step on any more 2. Mixed Bags of Tricks Sigma stats were 6'2", 220;ac­ Co-Rec: Fresh from an SBA though already boasting a strong toes out there, let me move on to 3. Discontent cording to Capt Lewis) was too victory, the Trouncers showed roster of 3Ls and 2Ls, "Mixed the more important issues athami 4. Last Chance much for the Spankers to swal­ public policy team "Masters of Bag of Tricks" pulled a winning The moment you have all been The Actual Sports Coverage: low. Despite great fielding ef­ Your Domain" just who has the ace out oftheir sleeve by recruit- waiting for ... IM rankings!· In Men's A Softball: In their forts by Eric Misener~t fIrst base will power. With 2Ls Chris Shea, honor of this occasion, I have first game of the season, the and smooth playing by Tod~ Neil L~wis, Carey Lee and Jeff. See GAMES on 16 Monday, September 19, 1994 THE AMICUS CURIAE .:116~======~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ graduate student Kelly McCabe bied" by the rules and by the Roder, who is working his fIrst Resident Assistants," (G.R.A.s) PLEX from 1 said about her decision to live in social programming, adding that year in the capacity of Area Di- and one "Resident Mana~er." party manager must attend an campus housing. "There was no some people have felt there is rectorfortheOuterLimits(which The Manager now focuses hour and a half seminar given by worry about frnding a roommate, too much advertisement for dif- includes the grad plex) was mainly on administrative duties Ken Smith's office on how to place to live or furniture when I ferentevents. Discenza suggests, "disappoint[ed]"to leamofnega- while the G.R.A.s act like R.A.s properly manage a gathering. wasn't able to come up here to however, that the advertising has tive comments from students. would in an undergrad setting. The focus of these seminars, look for apartments," she ratio- increased proportionally with the 'The Graduate Resident Assis- The ApartmentlHall Council given every few weeks, is alco­ nalized. While she likes the con- number of events and that "it is tants have a similar role as they collected voluntary $25 dues this hol and responsible drinking, al­ venience of the grad plex and better to get out too much [pub- do in undergrad halls," he said. year from each student. This is though parties must have a man­ understands the need for some licity] than none." He adds, "We don't look at the staff as an increase over last year's dues ager even when no alcohol will rules, she believes "the party rule "We 're not trying to make people baby-sitters." and will be used for more im­ be served. Ifthere is trouble with is really stupid. We 're too old feel like they're back in elemen- Other changes in the Com- provements to the graduate com- a party, the manager is respon­ for that." tary school, or even undergrad. plex include adding 140 newplex. sible for handling it. The Cam­ New Resident Manager Todd We want this to be a generally mailboxes, allowing each student Ideas considered at a recent pus Police will then deal with the Discenza (M.B.A.) feels that comfortable environment for their own box where previously Council meeting included a tele­ manager should the need arise to most of the complaints about the people to live and leam with each there was one box per apartment. vision, V.c.R., and vacuum that check in on a party. Attending a changes come from students who other, and that includes social This change was a decision by residents could "check out," seminar qualifies one as "party have lived in the complex before activities." Campus Mail for convenience cable or central antennas to im­ manager" for the academic year. and are not used to the new de- Some residents have sug- and security reasons. The new prove T.v. reception, a sand vol­ It is this list of perhaps te­ velopments. Discenza notes that gested that graduate students are boxes are in the process of being leyball pit, a central grill, or dious requirements that have "Residence Life sees [graduate older and more independent and assigned. benches in the courtyard. Resi­ some grad plex residents upset. housing] like every other resi- so don't need the rules or the The staff titles have also dents should keep their eyes open "Coming from Florida it was the dence on campus." He has heard type of"R.A." that may be better changed. This year for the fIrst for · new developments and fu­ most convenient thing to do," complaints that students feel "ba- suited for younger students. Jerry time there are four "Graduate ture programming. just fIve organizations: Black Law Stu­ Christian Law Fellowship's request for Patterson (3L) formed a committee to CUTS from 1 dents Association, $1 ,510; Trial Advo­ $120 was denied pursuant to a fmance help her with the appointment of lL rep­ last spring to prepare the budget request. cacy Teams, $2,140; International Law committee policy which prohibits the resentatives to the judicial council. Last "During the spring we just try to get a feel Society, $2,440; The SBA, $4,785; and funding of religious or political organ iza­ year's revisions to the honor code in­ for what their (student groups) needs are Moot Court, $9,475. The remaining 12 tions with student fee money. cluded a provision for frrst year represen­ going to be," he said, "But when we get groups split about $1 ,800 which is used In addition to SBA funding for student tation on the council for the frrsttime. The our budget back, it's always less. We mostly to provide publicity and recep­ groups, the student fee moneys distrib­ committee, which includes representa­ could have some sort of draconian pro­ tions for on-campus speakers. uted by the BSA also fund campus publi­ tives from this year's SBA executive cess where we cut every group by the A number of groups received funding cations including the Amicus, $7,800; the board, will review applications and make same percentage, but we think this is for the frrst time this year, including the Environmental Law Journal, $5,800; and recommendations to Patterson. more fair." Bill of Rights Journal, Bill of Rights Stu­ the Bill of Rights Journal, $15,000. This The board also considered a proposed The second round of meetings helps dent Symposium, The Journal of Women is the frrst year the Environmental Law Library Etiquette advisory to address on­ assure that groups with more modest bud­ and the Law and the Lesbian and Gay Journal has received Publications Coun­ going complaints about library annoy­ get requests are not completely elimi­ Law Association. Only one group in­ cil fun~ing. The transfer of their budget ances. Among other things the "sugges­ nated from the funding process. Although cluded in the SBA's spring request was from the SBA budget last year accounts tions" encourage students to keep quiet, 17 law school groups receive student fee denied funding. According to Student for some of this year's funding decrease. clean up after themselves, and refrain funding, 90 percent ofthe money goes to Activities Accountant Anita Hamlin, the In other business, SBA President Julie from eating in the library.

anti-crime legislation, Wilder national security adviser Robert nied North in a series of cam­ Virginia in the '92 election, be­ SENATE from 3 said, "You've been in the com­ C. McFarlane. McFarlane stated paign stops around the state. fore his popularity took a na­ while Richmond's Mayor pany ofpeople who've been con­ that North is attempting to "con Many feel thatDole's public sup­ tional nose dive. The Clinton Leonidas Young was enlisted victed of drug use . .. Don'ttell the people of Virginia," into re­ port of North may be calculated visit leaves some analysts ques­ into the Wilder camp. As the me you're going to stand up on storing North's honor. to gamer the support of conser­ tioning Robb's political savvy state's black Democratic leaders your moral high horse now." In response North, released vative Republicans as Dole con­ yet again. endorsed Robb in disproportion­ In another exchange involv­ portions ofhis criminal trial tran­ templates a run for the presi­ Robb has run a rather ragged ate numbers, Wilder staged a ing Wilder, North asserted ''I'm script discrediting McFarlane. In dency in 1996. campaign, but appears at present public endorsement of promi­ the most investigated man on addition, the North campaign Meanwhile, Robb announced to be in a good position. With nent black ministers in the Rich­ this planet." To which Wilder brought out retired Adm. John that President Clinton will be Wilder out of the race, his piece mond area. With Wilder's with­ replied, "There might be a very Poindexter, McFarlane's succes­ making a campaign visit in Oc­ of the vote grows, while North's drawal, Robb should be able to good reason for that." sor as national security adviser, tober, in the face of North's at­ stays more or less the same. claim most of the traditionally The most politically unfortu­ to attest to North' s loyalty and tempts to link Robb with the in­ Neither candidate, however, has democratic black vote in the nate comment of the night came honesty. Most damaging to creasingly unpopular President. shown any propensity to rise November election. from Robb, who said when dis­ McFarlane' s credibility is a trial In fact, Clinton failed to carry above 40 peI:cent in the polls. The geographic divisions in cussing budget balancing policy, transcript released by the North "I would take the food from the campaign in which former U.S. the electorate have been particu­ GAMES from 15 "Wesley." larly apparent. According to the mouths of widows and orphans DistrictJudge Gerhard A. Gesell Despite the demi-god play­ latest polls, Republican Oliver if we had to." stated that McFarlane "has told ing Tammy Hopkins (l L). ing ofTim Vanderver (3 L), "Last North has the support of rural "It's a stupid line," replied so many stories that there isn't Hopkins's powerful serve gave Chance" barely achieved victory Virginians by an almost two to Wilder. any way to know what he be­ Mixed Bag the upper hand in over the "Holy Terrors." "Last one margin over Robb, while After the debate, Robb an­ lievesorwhatheknows. Heisan their first match against Chance" might have won the sec- . Robb holds a comfortable ad­ nounced that he would forego intensely unreliable witness." -.-" ond set (15-13) if they had used vantage in the suburbs of Fairfax any further debates which in­ Independent Marshall BOUTWELL from 8 the raw talent of Brian Knight County and Tidewater Virginia. cluded independents Wilder and Coleman remains in the race, still (3L) and Dale Betterton (3L). Statewide, these same polls con­ Marshall Coleman. It produces trying to stir voters to defect from Perhaps the gun flyer is a Women's Volleyball: Led tinue to show North and Robb in "more entertainment than it does what he calls two "very flawed permissible advertisement, even by the siren duo of 3Ls Erin a virtual tie. enlightenment," said Robb. candidates who broke their cov­ when displayed in a public Masson and Lisa O'Donald A nationally televised, four­ While Robb was involved in enant with the people." He has school. However, the flyer and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'; way debate at Hampden-Sydney damage control over his "wid­ failed, however, to rise much its computer-drawn image of a demolished "Fauqier 3rd Upper." College on Sept. 7 highlighted ows and orphans" comment, above the 10 percent mark in the shotgun are only symptomatic of With Hopkins and Llezelle the most recent campaign activ­ North had a bit of damage con­ polls. the violence that occurs on a daily Dugger (3 L) completing the four­ ity. Wilder proved particularly trol to take care of himself. "60 Oliver North's campaign re­ basis throughout this country. some, "Girls" were just too sassy caustic in his attacks on the two Minutes" aired a segment featur­ ceived a boost from Sen . Robert Rather than accept this symbol, to be stopped ... Final score: IS­ front runners. As Robb discussed ing North's former boss, Reagan Dole. Dole recently accompa- we need to stop it. O, 15-0.