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1989 The Advocate (Vol. 20, Issue 7)
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Copyright c 1989 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers I · , . , .- . The Pre-Inaugural, Pre~Super Bowl Issue The voca e Marshall-Wythe School of Law FOU N DED '779 -'50 Vol. XX, No.7 Thursday, January 19, 19')9 Twelve Pages Student Dismissed for Plagiarism
by Steve Mister ubsection 22 provides that couple of wee!:s, but the "After the trial, no information investigation process may take Law students r turning from about the content or much longer," Clarke added. Chri tma break last wGek proceedings of the trial shall be "One inherent weakness in the r ceived an unexpe tedly rG\'ealed by any member of the Code is that it does not ominou notice on the Judicial Coun il." anticipate every conceivable admini Irati e board: one of Chief Justice Clarke did talk situation." (h ir c1as mates has b ~e n about the process generally. The conviction and expulsion exp lied for plagiarism. "Silling in judgment of one's became final at the end of the While some students jokingly p ers is not easy. But the fall semester but Clarke would gr eted friends, "Thank G od, it Council is made up of good not reveal when the charges had wasn't you," others sp culated p ople, ... fair people, committed originated. on the identity of the aCC1Ised to a fair and just result," Clarke When a charge is brought r p ' rused th > stu dent 3. id. before the Judicial Council, it mp sit es f r mIssIng Other members of the first 'Ii t s whether to exercise ciassmat s. Judi ial Council are Michele jurisdiction. In cases involving The mGmo of th ' Judicial Bodley, Toya C ok, Scott academic dishonesty, it's "pretty Council, in omplian > with Finkelst In , ~1ike Gaertn r, much pro forma" Clarke provi ' ions of lhG Honor Cod' Dave Johnson, cal McBrayer, explain ed. sl:.llcd imply lhtll, "A Iud ' n! Gina Policano, and Bill Van The Chief Justice appoints ~!I lh c' r :lrsh~"I- \\ \1he -,, ('ho 11 DcWcj2hc. one of the nine Council ·'f L' \\ has b'en p'm\' n ', II. Cbrk aid she b'li \'CS thc mem .:rs i 'esti":lte th e ca_c di mis 'd iolll)\\ ing a char!!.c I an nymil)' requirement i good. and name three others to a pbgiari m :!llcl - sub' '(Ill 'nl "TIl:lt person's legal carea i reVIew committee. The jinding of guilt." OVer: til 'y \\'ilI n '\'cr pracli 'c inve ·t igator reports his findings Th' HOllur Cude l'linc 1:1\\'," she Gxplained. "Th:ll' . to the committee for a pLt gi~lri sm ' S "lhG ' d f eel l:linly 'ufIicienl [or lh · d ,tGrmination of w11 ,ther pf ' scntJ1lg lhc in!' rmati on. ~tud 'nl. Fur the tu(kn[ b,)dy, probabl cause exi ' ts t pro eed ide " or pI r:l 'ing Ll[ an lher thGr ,'s no point in Ii:; lu'llfe. to a full trial. person as if thG!, wer' one' It 's enough deterr 'nce just The remaining five members O\\n." Amy ClarkG, Chid hnO\\ ing that it happens." of th e Council it on the final Justi e of thG Judicial Council, pan I. Both the accuser and w uld not comment furthGr on Judicial Council Pr'oceedings the accused may present th nalure of the ch3.rg'. ThG hearing proces , though evidence to the Council before Secrecy of the Proceedings roughly prcscrib"d by the Honor a determination a guilt and s required by the H onor Co Ie, is /l :-- illk and leaves sentencing IS imposed. Code, COllncil membGrs hm'e 'ome details oPGn. "Ideally a r mained silent on the topi . matter 3.n be completed in a Continued on Page Ten First-year Karen Owes delivered a moving tribute at the ~aw school's ceremor./ honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. held Monday. The program featured singing and Shelf Slips Resurrected recitations from the snin civil rights leader.
by Stephen G. Lee signals a return to old ways. in the space from which the operations. Dick Buchanan will 18 months. "I was looking for The new system does not book came. Then, if other run _the audio-visual center in something relatively fast, heavy A numb ~ r of hanges at th supplant the practices currently students come looking for the addition to his normal duty, and simple," Prof. Heller law library arc planned for this us d by the library, such as book while another has it, those responsibilities. Both of them said. As a result of several year. This semester will see the carrel-slipping. "This new shelf students, by looking at the slip have a J .D. as well as a Master trials of different copiers last return of a voluntary shelf lip slip system wi ll be purely left on the shelf, can locate the in Library Science and thus semester, he believes the current system, the arri\'al of two new voluntary and [or short term use book easily and quickly. shoul d provide excellent copiers fit that description. refe rence librarians, and only. If a book is left -on a Essentially, the slip is a courtesy guidance to students. T hese copiers use the venda remodeling of the library'S first table ov might with only a to other library users. Mr. They will share the reference cards and the copies still cost floor. sh 'If-slip, someone will reshelve Heller said that he decided to office at the front of the library 5¢ per copy when a venda card Librarian Jim Hcllcr has ir. No person can reserve a try this system in response t~ on the first /loor near the legal Continued on Page Ten decided to bring back shelf book unless he or she has a student demand. encyclopedias. One will work slipping on a trial basis. 'The carrel-slip [or the book or has New Librarians, Machines 8 am to 5 pm and the other 9 shelf-slips are at the printers. hecked il o ut," he warn d. Prof. Heller has hired two am to 6 pm Monday through They are new, revised shelf The ),slem will work like new reference librarians to help Friday. This schedule should Inside This Issue slips. They have been print d this: ",hen a student plans to st udents and patrons impro e provide ample coverage during for shorr-term use only," Mr. t3. ke a book off the shelf and their knowledge of the library the highest demand period for rapers ...... p.2 Heller said. He empha-izcd usc it for awhile, he or she may, and their ability to find the law reference help. that initi311y they will be only but need not, fill o ut a sh I - and sources they need. Mary Prof. H eller has also experimental because he wants slip. On tbi slip, th student Grace Hune will come to procured new copying machines yeats ...... ). 5 to d wrmine \\'h ,ther stu,kllls will put infurmation u h as the Marshall-Wythe [rom hnr fo r the library. These two aCE position as li brarian for a law will actu3.11y us' them in lbe date, the time, the student's (o-say) copiers are now dventure ...... p. 7 prop r mann ' r. name. and where in the library firm. In addition to her normal permanent additions to the Music ...... ·p·9 However, students should n t he or' she \vi ll have the book. responsibilities, she will co photocopy room and may be get overly e. cited that this The student will leave this slip o rdinate the data-b3.se joined by another aCE within Sports ...... p . 11 Page 1\\'0 Thurslay, January 19, 19J9 The Advocate Drapers Scholar Expands International Education by Janet McGee int.er~ing at .the NatIOnal good way to obtain the . . .. WildlIfe FederatIOn. Last year credentials I need and make . While most third-years will s h e was a researc h assls . t an t for more contacts to begm. a career b e employed next year and P f R R b .• . . fi . h d· . f : ro essor . on . osen erg, wlLh an mternatlOnal agency or mls e. with their ormal whom she assisted \;Ith research environmental group," she says, educatIon, Mary Munso~, . on state land plannIng use laws. "ultimately leading to a position selected as t~e 1989 - 9~ Draper s Munson has earned numerous advising developing countries on SChd~l ar, . will c~ntmue ;~r fellowsh.ips and distinctions. in mC i. hods to manage resources _ stu les m .Lon o~. . e the enVIronmental area which p:,rticularly rain forests and Advocat~ deCided t~ mvestlgat,e have provided for her study. c'·.;rgy sources - which have a the makmgs of this Draper s Munson's interest in ~reat impact on the global Scholar., international environmental environment: The D.raper s Scholar has the issues developed while taking a Munson hopes to obtain a opportumty to pursue an respite from her Marshall-Wythe leadership position in the advanced law degre~ at Slueen studies and enjoying the Sea international law movement and Mary College, UmvefSlty of Grant fellowship. Munson would like to see the more Lo.ndon, England, all expens~s applied for the fellowship prior powerful countries of the world ~a~d·l ~l.though the ~raptr s to enrolling in Marshall-Wythe. exert their influence in resource .~ 0 ars Ip appe~rs to e free She was later informed that she management, without exploiting n e ~o anyone w 0 can to erate had been selected one of the. or destroying the people and Eng~h .food, MunsOn had 0bth~r ten national recipients, and left cultures of lesser developed motivatIOns, name I y to 0 tam . - her LL.M. in international the school after one semester areas. environmental law. to work for Alaskan senat~r In addition to the challenging The Draper's Scholarship is Ted Stevens, subsidized by the academic program, Muns.on the obvious next step for fellowship. hopes to rekindle a dormant Munson, who has consuming "Because of Alaska's unique interest in badminton, a popular interest in the formal education location, I was brought in to i sport in England. Because her process generally and frequent contact with lobbyists academic program lasts from environmental issues specifically. and officials of the Pacific Rim October to June, she p-lans to Mary has three degrees: an countries, which heightened my bicycle across France and undergraduate degree from interest in the international England before classes start, U V A, an M . A . in sphe're," Munson said. Acting and to ski in Austria and Environm ental Sciences and an as a U.S. delegate for the State Switzerland. She plans to M.P. In Urban and Department in formal "participate in as many sports Th ird-year Mary Muns In is this year's recipient of the Environmental Pbnning. Her negotiations with Japan for as possible, because without prestigious Draper's ;:;' ·;holarship. Mary will pursue her summer work experience fishing rights was an experience them I will go crazy, particularly LL.M. in international environmental law next year at includes consulting with the which Munson characterizes as in an academic environment." Queen Mary's CollegE at the University of London. Union Oil Company on the "exciting, but nerve-wracking due At Marshall-Wythe, she has the Advocate. course of study at Queen Mary environmental impact of to the complex political and been active in community soccer So, how does one become a College. I also tried to show and volleyball leagues as weU as offshore oil and gas platforms, cultural differences." Draper's Scholarship? For yo u th3t my extra-curricular cycling, running. She has also authoring a ground water study While the fellowship pro\~ded fortunate first and second years activities, work experience and participated in a team as a planning intern for a an opportunity for Munson to who still have a chance, heed classes have all combined to Virginia county, analyzing develop contacts in the triathalon. Her non-athletic extra-curricular activities include the advice of this year's talented make me a good c3ndidate. environmental legislation [or international environmental law and lucky winner. "I think it Look through the catalog and Virginia legislators, and world, she saw a 'similar serving as president of both the international and environmental helps to have a focused and identify courses that advance preparing litigation for the Safe opportunity in the Draper's sincere interest in a particular your own career and life goals." Drinking Water Act while program. "It seems to be a law societies, and as a writer for Graduation Update at !his week's SBA meeting. by Steffie Garrett write-in candidate. were, in the following order: should be more realistic about Third-year Steve Mister, send Elizabeth Dole; Charles Robb; their choice of speaker,· added Storm would like to have Four official and one invitations e>.1ended by first out a proxy ballot because, as and hooding instead of a SBA President Jeff Lowe. "For unofficial ballots later, the Class speaker. Dole declined the the undergraduates it's a big semester of second year. Lowe of '89 is still without a he wrote, "if you're like me, invitation. deal; but for the law school, said options also include a commencement speaker. you're getting tired of these silly combined second and third year surveys for a speaker at The S.B.A. plans to it's only a 10 to 15 minute Cary Field is the new choice reorganize the Graduation speech." committee or separate for the ceremony's location \I.~th graduation .. .and this letter will committees, with balloting at the hopefully permit the Committee Committee to avoid future The issue will be discussed the Phi Beta Kappa Auditorium problems r egard ing end of second year. as the rain venue. Lewis to settle on a reasonably articulate and interesting commencement speakers. "The Powell, former Associate Justice factors against getting the type I of the Supreme Court, and graduation speaker before we leave for Christmas break." The of commencement speaker HIIIIG .LING . Elizabeth Dole, former students (the College currently CHINESE RESTAU RANT Secretary of Transportation, letter listed five choices who all had ties to Virginia and graduates student.s together, \l.1th both declined invitations to separate commencement speak. appeared likely to accept an invitation to speak. ceremonies), the honorarium, Charles Robb, United States and the process is begun too COME AND · TRY US! Senator, was issued an invitation The combined results of the later," Storm explained. "People in early December. Dean Committee's and Mister's ballots Sullivan has received "no answer yet." However, "Dean Sullivan will call this week if he hasn't BOXED BRIEF TAKE-OUT heard," assured Robb Storm, ORDERS Graduate Committee New York Court: Graduate Degrees Chairperson. Sullivan was are Marital Property DAILY executive assistant to Robb LUNCHEON when Robb was a governor of A New York Court of Appeals held last week that a SPECIALS Virginia. Storm hopes that this graduate degree, earned by a wife during her marriage, is connection fa\"orably influence a marital asset and that her future increased earnings Robb's decision. capacity could be taken into account in property The Graduation Committee settlements. The decision, which relied on a 1985 ew 10% off with Student 1.0. sent out their fourth ballot in York case holding that a medical license was marital mid-November. SWrm felt that property, reflects a growing trend among state courts to Authentic ManGari", Szechuan & Cantonese Cuisine the pre\'ious ballot "did not find such degrees to have an ascertainable monetary value COCKY AILS AND EXOTIC DRINKS make clear that most of the which can be di\ided at the marriage's end. California MAJOR CREDIT CARDS Class of '89 want individual already has such a law in effect, passed by its legislature distribution of diplomas, four years ago, which declares that all medical licenses, 220-2344 whether or not we have a advanced degrees, and specific career training must be speaker." The· five choices Table 1 Grades A A- B+ B B- C+ C c- D Hours 1 4.00 3.67 3.33 3.00 2.67 2.33 2.00 1.67 1.00 2 8.00 7.34 6.66 6.00 5.34 4.66 4.00 3.34 2.00 3 12.00 11.01 9.99 9.00 8.01 6.99 6.00 5.01 3.00 Table 2 Grades A A- B+ B B- c+ c c- D Hours 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 6 3 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 9 2. Tl e Faculty adopted as a calculating grade point averages. rendered." Felton also related policy that there be consistent These policies will not that the goal of the faculty and grade distribution for those become effective until the Fall the committee was to make the teaching different sections of the semester of 1989 said Professor calculation of grades a more same first year class. Walter Felton. When asked accurate and fairer process. As 3. The Faculty adopted as a whether this system will be an example, Felton showed the policy that in order to be applied to grades received following calculations that reflect statistically more accurate they before the Fall of 1989, to-elton the ,statistical d.ilIerence the would round off to three rather replied, "this is an administrative new grading policies would have than 4 decimal places when decision that had not yet been on the accuracy of g. p . as. . First-years are appare'7tly slow to learn that, no ·matter how long one stares U the Wailing Wall, the grades just Hours Present New don't ever change. 1 A- 2 7.34 22 2 B- 3 8.01 24 3 c- 3 5.01 15 4 B- 3 8.01 24 Sovereign Trivia 5 A- 4 14.68 44 William III and Mary 1I th e namesakes of the College, were 15 43.05 129 first cou ins. After marrying, they became England's first and only joint monarchs. Current GPA 43.05/15 2.8700 = = The aut opsy results of another monarch, Elvis, were never Proposal 1 GPA = (129/15)/3 = 2.8667 (mathematically correct GPA) released. The King's cofli ll weighed over 900 pounds, ye ( Elvis The Committee is still at to meet with interested students additional variables such as i \veighed less than half lh: much. work and has not yet later in the semester to assess testing and teaching styles are recommended a fmal ranking their viewpoints. Research into being considered. policy. Professor Felton and the grading policies of other other Committee members plan institutions is still ongoing and Moot Court The National Moot Court Team of Elizabeth Deininger, Joe Gerbasi, and Michael McAuliffe ca rried the Marsha/!-Wyth e banner to the Regional competition last No ember and re turne d with the first- place trophy. This week the team moves on to the Big Apple to participate in th e Nationals . •. Page Four Thul'sday, January 19, lY89 The Advocate INTER ALIA Fund Moot Court Shortly after their top-place finish at the Regional competition in Richmond last November, the National Moot Court team of Elizabeth Deininger, Michael McAuliffe, and Joe Gerbasi began to question how their trip to the National competition would be financed. Because of severe funding constraints, the Moot Court Board is not able to budget for the contingency of the ABA or National Teams advancing to the National competitions, as two of our law school teams have f1:I iK t'S!fRS W N {b ~T done this year. Thinking that the law school might wish to help rl T 'Tl1 €. !f.w ~UfOOL A.tVrJeX. pay for its most competitive team to compete at the National level, Bruce McDougal, Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board, approached Dean Sullivan late last semester to ask for a guarantee of financial assistance for the team. Dean Sullivan Lettel~S to the Editor replied that he was unable to help. Dear Editor: parcel of: even there 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 (the When the National team leaves this Sunday for New York 2. A policy by which professors threshold numbers around here) City to compete at the National competition, their travelling This is not a complaint. It may raise or lower a student's absences did not give the expenses will be paid by monies provided to them by Samuel is, instead, a request for some grade before the [mal exam. teacher the opportunity to lower Sadler, Dean of Student Affairs, out of the College student elucidation. Would someone (For simplicity's' sake, I would one's grade, per se. The ABA activity fund. This is just not right. explain the (merits of the) like to exclude from discussion requires a number of hours per following, or tell me if there are seminar and trial classes which semester a class must be taught, Funding for Marshaa-Wythe to be represcnted at the some unwritten rules around by their nature more easily but I do not know of any National level in the most prestigious of appellate advocacy here of which we are supposed require atte ndance and strictures of an hourly competitions should have been readily available from law school to be cognizant?: participation) . requirement per student. funds and should not have come from an undergraduate student 1. Any mand atory attendance Any attendance policy hearkens There is a sys tem in law activity fund. The competition in New York next week is not an policies; which may be part and back to high school, although school. You receive one three extra-curricular activity for the personal benefit or edification hour chance to d ~ m o n s tr a t e of the three members of the team. At this point, the team is yo ur knowledge gained in one participating in the Nationals pdmarily to enhance this school's A Matter of semester compared to th at reputation and to ensure that we are represented among other demonstrated in that three prominent law schools in a National-level competition. They are hours by yo ur classmates. going to New York as a ~ervice llonor Period. Oh, and grades are to this school and shollid have been suppol·ted by the law important. Okay, I think most school accordingly. Recurrent themes in Advocate editol'ials have been pleas 1'01' openness in public atrail's and responsiveness to student input. of us accept all that and we can We are infom1ed in the Development Repol·t for 1987-XX that The recent dismissal of a studcnt by the Judicial Council raises hopefully find some merits in the law school raised $X ,OOO more this past year than in any both these concerns once again. it, perhaps by li ke ning it to IJl"evious year and, indeed, that in 'the past four years the law First, student input. III this "student !'Un" honor systrm, the when one did not att end law school has seen a nl Over the Hill by John Field As a New Deal liberal - American mafiosi, The Soaring So go the arguments against In other words, society has for direct electrical stimulation hold it, hold it, I'm not that old Crime Rate all are our present drug laws. And yet traded its restraints on an of the brain's pleasure center. -- As a Kennedy liberal, I'm manifestations of simple market -- this is what no one wants to essentially harmless vice for That could lead to the last word seduced by the arguments for economics, in a market forged talk about -- let's imagine what vastly higher rate of property in addictive devices, and a legalizing drugs. And yet I'm by the law itself. . might really happen if we crime -- possibly even violent national scourge to render other disturbe d by certain The more we try to put the reduced or eliminated criminal crime. forms of addiction paltry by counterarguments that no one lid on the pot, the more we try sanctions on drugs. Now imagine instead that comparison. Anyone who wants to talk about. to crack down on crack, the Imagine you're Sam Jackson, you're Don Corle one's doubts that mafiosi might Consider, first, The Drug scarcer it gets. The scarcer it resident of Harlem. For years grandnephew Rico, and that you pursue this sort of R&D Problem. It's always gets, the more dealers can you've lived with a simple set control all the cocaine Oowing effort ought to reOect on Las pronounced The Drug Problem, demand fo r it, so addicts turn of economic alternatives. You into Toano and points cast. Vegas -- an entire city in the as if written with capital letters, to crime to finance their habits. can get a rotten job that pays You once controlled it, that is. desert reputedly built on the to distinguish it from matters of And the more dealers can minimum wage and spend the Now the state had licensed vIsIon of some rather less urgency. The way our demand, the greater their rest of your life at or near the ABC stores to sell six-packs of questionable characters. forests are going -- going, going, profits. The greater their poverty level -- or you can deal "Old Coke" laced with its Or you can turn to worse gone -- we may not have any profits, the more competition dope and have some money to original ingredient, and solutions. There's nuclear air left to breathe by the time arises. That means gang burn. You've got to watch out MacDonald's has resumed blackmail, for instance. Any your grandchildren enter warfare, along with increased for the Man, of course, among stocking those adorable lillie operation that routinely & smuggles vast quantities of William Mary. And solar pressure to broaden d ema n~ - . others. Hey, you can live with coffee~stirrer spoons that it had radiation, following the - hence more pushers, pushmg that. It's worth it for a chance to discontinue some years past. cocaine into America every year disappearance of the ozone more. Meanwhile, to reduce to buy that new stereo or those As a businessman, you're ought to be capable of slipping layer, may transform Marshall their overhead, sophisticated fancy new wheels. appalled. You're sitting on t.op one small nuclear device past Wythe into the Nation's Oldest operators invest in politicians, So what happens when the of a vast corporate enterprIse the borders and into, say, an Radioactive Law School -- if police and judges, distorting government legalizes drugs? with enormous overhead and anonymous tenement somewhere Surrey doesn't accomplish that our legislative and legal systems. When they start selling Maui nothing to sell. They never ncar the center of downtown first by going China Syndrome Then these operators pour their Wowee in vending machines or taught yo u how to deal with this Washington, D.C. some fine autumn day. These, profits into legitimate passing out free smack at city at the Harvard Business School. The question is: do we really however, are regarded as mere businesses, distorting the entire . clinics? What do you do for What do you do? want to force these international triOes compared to The Drug economy. living? How do you survive If yo u're sophisticated operations to find other avenues Problem. Some liberals, those with when there's nothing left in life enough, you and oth~r of profit? Or are drugs in fa~t Even many law-and-order libertarian instincts, entertain a to hope for? entrepreneurs on whom thIS the most benign outl t fo r theIr types concede, however, that lingering intimation that My guess is that you start plight has fallen might invest a energies? The real lesson of drug abuse is innately a enacting laws rarely if ever breaking into homes, or robbing few millions in "wireheading" Prohibition may be th at victimless crime. Its only solves social problems -- that far stores. research -- developing a method organized crime profited far necessary "victims" are the users more often than not, laws tend greater after its repeal -- by themselves, and I for one to exacerbate the very problems discovering new and more believe in lelling anyone dig his they address or cause new and remunerative activities. own grave so long as he stays greater problems. The lesson A donation will be made by the Now im agine yo u're Carlos away from my azaleas. Almost of Prohibition, however, is that Espinosa, owner of a small all the other consequences of no one learned the lesson of second-year class to the Child poppy fi ld somewhere in Latin drug abuse are caused by its Prohibition. Hospital of the King's Daughters on Am rica. 0\ might the primary iIJ egalily. Social dropouts, Latin behalf of Professor Barnard. If you demand for yo ur produce evaporates. You have nine would \ike to make a contribution, children and no economically Letters cont'd deliver it to Chris Heimann, Amy viabl crop to grow. What do Pesesky, Ute Heidenreich, Jeff you do? The only alternativc is to Kaufman or Scott Ollar by grow som~ low-income crop. Attendance Wednesday, ,January 25. Your hildren cat less and less. Th ir clothing turns to rags. In Continued from Page Four time yo u can no longer pay the take the exam? I guess second mean that we have to be mortgag on your I nd, and the and third years 'Nere supposed subjected to the arbitrary system bank repossess s it. You and to know that we've been which exists now, and so greatly your family mov to the city, through the easy part and it's affects that m agical piece of \Vh re your chil Iren learn to time [ ll l!..: t down to nuts and paper all interviewers want to 0' Where, 0' Where beg for their meals, or stcal -- bolts all :1 accept our D's and sec, the transcript? I guess so. or starve. F's with the relish not to be There m::ly b millions of found in Business school or Sincerely, Has My Little Wood similar families in Latin most masters programs. I guess Cheryl Hamilton Ameri a and elsewhere, all if one receives an F the best living off the drug trade. \\ hat strategy is to take as many Lot GO.ne? happens to them if drugs arc hours as is humanly possible to point, uncertain. However, the leg,aliz d? What happens to the Last semester, as the couteract the toll it will take o'n exterior from S. Henry St., will e onomies of Lat in Ameri an bulldozers cleared yet another your GPA and hopefully dis tr ~ct Graduation consist of two three-story nations that arc already, wooded, your interviewer's appall wIth buildings connected by a one a cording to latest reports, $·LO swampy lot, speculation your record number of hours Insult story building. The fir t story, billi on in debt? Wh t happ~ns heightened as to who our new running the entire expanse of recorded. And what about the To the Editor: to American banks when those rule that there can never be neighbors might be. Some the development, will consist of nations d f ult on their loans ? I, for one, am not gO:I ~ to mandatory attendance policies hoped that it would be a 7- office space. There are no firm I'm not an economist, and I attend any graduation exe :cise eleven; some hoped that it tenants for tbe first-floor space; for third-years in the spring? on a goddamn football ,ie ld. cannot answer lhcs questions; Last year's class knew about it, would be the new Kinko's however, a law firm has I'm not certain, for that matter The same goes for a pIayh ll LI se location; yet others, more expressed an interest in at least and I'm not sure this year's or a gym. that an economist can. It class is interested in it, but I adventurous, mused the law a portion of the a ailable office non thele s appears to me that What reall y is wrong with school might have finally space, which is zoned for light know next year's third years will our pres nt narcotics the Sunken Gardens, if the commercial use. want to perpetuate that senior attracted a much needed enforcement operates as an MBA's have bagged the Wren The next two stories in the priviliege. drinking establishment. informal welfare system, as a Building? And if necessary, connected buildings consist of , Marshall-Wythe is a fine law Alas, The Advocate, means of restri ting organized why can't we hold gradaution through its crack investigative four condominiums occupying ' school whose reputation is crime to r lati\'ely harmles another day? staff, has discovered the true the top two Ooors, .... ~th on of growing. I think it important pursuits and as an ddly If the decision remains to identity of our future neighbors. the units to be the new home to remember that this is due to effectiye program of foreign aid. cram graduates, parents and The owners of the lot, John and of the Digges. From th back the hard work of many, Eyen lib rals might applaud honor;d guests onto wOllden Mary Digges, have developed the buildings will be four stories including the students. those achieyem nts. bleachers intended for plans to construct a building and the cODllecting unit will be Discussions about changing our I'm still not happ' .... ith it. watching jockfcsts, count me combining use a$ both two. Each condominium will grading policy usually go like And yet I'm no longer so out. It's insult ing. I h op~ th at condominiums and office space. have a basement, garage and a com'i n"ccd that we ought to this: We can't have a non significant number of 111) The interior design and private elevator. At this tim legalize drug-. At the yery grading system: we're no Yale. classmates have enough tast~ I roof design (if any of you giye seiling price for the residences ' least, we ought to weight the We have to have a class rank to agree, and stay away. a big, hairy rat's ass) are, at this system: we're no U.Va. Well, has not been determined. impli ations first -- especially okay, I guess~ But does all that Bill Hicklin, 3L '-'Charles Fincher th leSs obvious ones. The Advocate ThuI'sday, ~anuary 19, ]~ n Page Seven The Adventures of a Boy and His Car The fuel injection wires were It was not to be. When I got blistered paint on the hood. I charred, and Buick-Opel didn't home, the cylinders never did pondered th e place in the side by Phil Steele make them anymore. Various hit right, and the carburetor my Dad had hit with the ads in the state's newspapers continually Dooded. One day she tractor. If you ate some kind of blue turned up no parts. I knew she stalled in the middle of It was then I realized that food, and threw up, that would The joys of small town life. was special. Blacksburg. There I was, in the there arc li~its to faith. That be the c010r of my Opel -- puke College with the Opel was It was then that the Phoenix middle of Hokiedom, a UVa blind devotion can . lead to blue. I am sure it was pretty interesting. My friends called my Project hit me. Why not remove graduate pushing his puke blue · resentment upon seeing the \ hen it carne over from ~ r the Steele Mobile. I the fuel injection system and car into a parking lot. truth. That it's not a tragedy affectionately referred to it as ~erm any in 1975, but by the replace it with a carburetor? Em barrassment. when a car dies at the end of time I got it in 19 2 it was A Piece of Shit. When you take Working late into the nights its life. weathered. It came to me by a date out in a puke blue car I was home over Christmas. way of my sister, who got it by with springs coming through the For some reason, I had gone way of my brother. Marriage scat and raw foam for a across the creek to where the and jobs had rendered them headrest, she immediately knows Phoenix and several other too good for the reconstructed your station in life. At least I cannibalized OpeIs rested with fuel inj cted coupe. ' could tell who the crass about ten other cars discarded Some of my fondest materialists were. through the years. The last car My fourth-year Christmas memories, a nd o~e of my worst, I'1y Grandmother drove. The break I was driving home. It about the Opel IOvolve Laurie station wagon my parents drove "" .. was colder than the north side J acoway. Several red-blooded to California and back. The old of a witch's titty, and my heater Ameri an ?oys swore if they Ford truck we used to put up wasn't working. The driver's side h ~d the chOice of bedding down hay. The two 1960'ish Chevelles wIth any other girl in our high window was off its track and my brother wrecked. The first ho I or sloppily ne king with letting air in. But the engine Steele Opel my other brother was smooooth. Lauric, th y would choose the wrecked. laller. I chose to pursue the I stopped right outside I wondered if they ever during my break, I rebuilt the I looked at the dent in her latt r. Not that 1 had the Natural Bridge after two hours thought about their adventures six hundred dollar car. My Dad rear where I backed into a af resaid choice you understand. of driving like Nanook of the with their cars, and then I wouldn't let me attempt the trip truck while looking at a barely One parti ular night we were orth. I thought maybe I could thought about mine. As I came bac.k to the 'Burg in the newly clad female. I noticed the out in the Opel, and I was push that window a little and . back over the bridge, the wind chrIStened Phoenix, but that slightly downturned front fin looking for a secluded dirt road it would go back on the track. seemed a little colder than when summer I planned to once aoain where I backed our trllck into with .the right splatch of The next thing I knew I had I first crossed ·the creek. haunt Giles County in the Opel. her. I contem platl!d the fire- moonlIght on it. This one was sh:lltered gla s in my hands. not secluded, so with a cool D\dn't cut me, but my window backward glance I whipped the was gone. car around and WHUMP. I was 1 went inside the store to get ass-backwards over a bank. s me tape and a plastic bag. I Laurie let out this little moan was almost broke, and they Presenting wouldn't cash my check. that made me think of the strang st things at a time when "Buddy, 1 don't know you." "Look, you can see I don't th car ~ loved was in jeopardy. theftrSt have a window in my car. I'm Lu ktly(?) some friends in a desperate." car and a scout sloppeu to puU The manager came over and frozen yogUrt me out. aflirmed that he didn't know me .. te Ie, \\·hat was you doing either. I had just enough money up that road?" f r a r II of strong tape, so I "Well, I was going to pull in good eno!JgJt proceeded to ask for plastic there turn around and go the b'lgs outright. The Sons of other .. . ." Bit hes told me I could find My voice trailed off as I to be caI1eil . some cardbo:u-d in the dlunpster point d at a six-inch high out back. concrete median between me I did, but fi ve miles down the and the other lanes. road -- Whoosh. Cardboard Baskin-Robbins. .. 0 you were going to back gon , I pulled in at a gas out and keep going the same stati on. Alert despite imp nding way?" hypothermia, I saw plastic bags At last there is a frozen yogurt to satisfy your taste. He was having [un. Lauric in the office trash cans and ... nd ours. If it didn·t. we wouldn·t pui our narne on was g !ling embarrass d and ~ it. You' II fi nd our new luscious frozen yogurt fla· ask d the attendant for one. vors as unique as our ice cream flavors. asked the guy in the car to take "1 don't know. We can't just And our toppings are as yummy as you her h me. She didn't say to call be giving those things ouL" would expect from Baskin·Robbins Praline Pecans. Fresh Fruit and Choc· her later. She didn't say Again I pointed out the goodbye. But it was. olate Covered Raisins to name a few. gaping hole in the Opel. It was a long ti me coming. But after The only damag, to th "There's a store down the one taste. we·re sure you'll agree. it Op I, was a d nt in the exhaust road." was worth the wait. pipe. I decided to steal a bag from . For h r age, the Op I could the bathroom trash can, but move well. One night me and Greg Mance were Ta ing. O.K. there were none, just plain metal cans. I went back into the he had a 2 OZ, and I was office, and I must have looked deluding myself that I ould keep up. We were doing 80 mean because the guy just right outside a little town, when slam med a bag on th e counter for some reason I\1ance hit light without a word. speed and I ft me. I hadn't seen Freezing, my sense of Southern hospitality shot, I the cop, who caught up with me made it horne with one warm on the other side of town. up stop at a gas station III Clueless. Roanoke. "You know what you was The Opel made the trip to doing son?" the 'Burg, but we had trouble r No cash .oJ .... Vood _. "''''"',,,... '" ' ostncI... Oy lOw. I .. 0 Sir." from the beginning. A new fuel ----- "Bullshit, you were doing 0 regulator kept leaking. D lirious in a 45. Let me see your after my first exams, I started Sundae Royale Special - $1.99 license. Phillip Steele! Why out for home. 1 week only didn't you say something? In the middle of Where'd that damn Mance go? Charlottesville, I saw the smoke. Regularly $3 You boys know beller'n that. My car was on lire! I ran to a 416 Prince George St. What should I do with you, Open Daily grocery store a.nd grabbed an I shoot you or give you a ti ket?" extinguisher. Shppsshhh . The lOam -IOpm 229-985 "It won't happen again." fire was out, but so was the "Alright, you see to it." Opel. ' Thursday, January 19, l~ : N P a ~e Eight The Advocate Law Review Founds BOXED BRIEF Aluntni Group Supreme Court Reviews by Caryl Lazzar I() Missouri Abortion Law Decision to Grant Appeal in Case Indicates that Court is Former members of the ' for proiessionai purposes as Law R eview alumni will pay Willing to R econsider Roe v. \ ade. \\ illiam and Mary Law Review well. The Law Review is fully $25 to join the Associatio~ , In now have an official network funded b the College for its exchange, they recei~ a The Supreme Court last week agreed to review the through which they can contact publication t:osts, but there is subscription to the B.~view, constitutionality of a 19 6 Missouri abortion law which other Review alumni and keep no source of funding for which is published qtrarterly, a appears to place significant restrictions on the right of a informed of current Review educ::ltional programming or newsletter on Review woman to have an abortion as established in the landmark publications and projects. The soci::ll activities. membership and activities, and case of R oe v. \\ ade. Last July a federal court of appeals newly-formed L:l\V Review L::Ist fall the editorial board im'itations to R eview functions. in Missouri struck down key portions of the state law in Alumni Association will also of the Law R eview contacted The first newsletter will be \\ coster v. R eproductive H ealth Service. 1issouri officials, serve as a fund-raising vehicle 350-400 former Review issued this semester. supported by the Reagan Administration in a amicus curiae [or present members of the members, im'iting them to join brief, appealed the case, urging the high court to reconsider R eview. the alumni association. "I All h h A . and overrule Roe v. \\ ade. t lOUg t e ssocla110n'S expected only about a dozen The idea for an alumni respo nses, " G- en nan"d sal I n ' creators, , feel theyG' ha\e made a The 1issouri law d ~fines life as beginning at the network for the Law R eview fact, there have been almost 40 I promlsmg start, er:narl eX'Pe~ moment of conception b::lrs the use of public funds to origin3ted from current revi w positive responses so far. "I'm that the net~\'ork \nll not be m counsel women to have abortions and prohibits the use of members who wanted to expand pleased and encouraged by the full operatIOn for at least public hospitals f r abortions as well as parli ipation by the acti\'ities of the org:mization results," Gennari commented, a.nother, year. He stresses th ~t public em pI yees in assisling in abortions, The law also but lacked the necess3ry H e also expressed appreciation "It's g,omg to take a ce~ta1l1 requir s doctors who believ that the fetus is at least 20 funding, Law Re\'iew Editor to D ebor::lh Vick, Associate commItment a,nd enthusI~sm weeks old to test weight and lung development to ascertain In-Chief Larry Genl13ri stated D 3n [or D e\'elopment and fr~m ~ e xt year ~ [Law ReVIew if the fetus could survive outside the womb, Court that there was strong interest Alumni Affairs, for her edaonal] board t? ,ensure the commentators consider it possible that the high court could in setting up a network of P:lst cooperation in the Board's success of the proJect. uphold much of the 1issouri law without expressly and present R eview members dfons. overruling Roc v. v.. aele, One of the first non publication activities of the Th Court's agreement to review the Missouri case Revi w will be to reinstate an reignites the divisive issue of how mu h states should be Fair N'otice annual Law R e\'icw banquet. permitted to regulate a woman's access to this .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:.:.:::=::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.- Members of the n w Alumni con titutionally-protcct d right. In a speech Ia t Septemb r, LIBRAR Y PHOTOCOPY CRA IGES Association will be invited to Justi ce H arry Bl ackmun w:JrDed that "th re is a v rv 3llend 3n e\'ening that in luding distinct possibility" that R oc v, Wa Ie could be overruled The library recently purchased two new OCE photocopiers. guest speakers, farewells to during the urrent t rm, This p ssibility is buttressed by \Ve hope that the new machines \\'ill pro\'ide b Lter sen'ice graduating membl;rs, and an the more consen'ative ompo ition of th ourt, with the for student s using the li brary copiers. With the addition of introduction of the incoming ::Iddition of Reag:ln appointces Scalia, O'Connor, and th c l1L'\\· machincs, the [oIIO\\'ing ch:lI1gcs \\'ere made in th ~ editorial board, Kennedy, all thrce of wh m are thought t favor review of pricing of library photocopi es and \ 'cnd:lCard purch::lses, th 1973 dcci ion, Copics J1l:t(k with cllJnge l)n the coi n- oper:lled m chine cost SolO per copy, \ 'cmLICard copics l1l<.ld e 011 thc s m n mnchino remain ill S,05 )lef CO)l\', New \ 'endaC:Irds cost $1.00 and collt:Jin [j\'e (5) copin , If 3 students wishes to purchase a ncw Vend::lCard with more tlnn fi\ ' ~ copics, purchases ll1 ::1y be I11J lc in $ LOO in~reJ1lcnt s, Copics may be adclcu to reprOgr::l llllll nd 'J.r Is in in ~rell1en t s of $1.00 al so, The' pricing of rcprOnr:1 111Ill CU c:1rds remains the same, \\"c ::Irc rcpr,)gramming c rds upon request since the purchase of ::I new \'endaCard rcprogr::lI1l!ning box. OCPP EVENTS WednesdJ.\', Feb, 1 - Di\'c rsit\" an I th c LCQ.:t1 Pn fession, 3:30 p,m, in Rooms 110 and th J\1oot Coun Room, This a a required p::lncl prcsent::ltion for 3ll first-ye::lr tudents as part of th e Leg:.!1 Skills curri ulum, A recepti on will follow the present::ltion, Thurscbv Feb. 2 - Judici :1 1 Clcrbh:ll I ' ~\llc l. 3:JO p.m, in R oom 12-l, This pJncl is aimed pI illl :lrily ::I t sL'cond-ye::lr students. A reception will foll ow the: lH~sent::lti0n , Tucsl.bv, J :\11. 2-l - CollcQC \\'()rk-,' t ud\' and the \\'illiam The Cats are back! T/:e Wailing Cats opened their '89 OverExposure Tour by playing for and J\!:uv Puhlic FUll,1. '[\\·0 meetings 3t 1:00 p.m, ::Ind three throbbing nights this past weekend at Neighbors. Here, the dance band's Eddie 3:30 p.m, in Room 1'20, Any first or se ond-yc::Ir student McNelis, Dave Ezell, Chip Turner, and 80 Sweeney mix i up for a few gyrating 2L's. intcrcsted in work-st udv monies or 3 Public Scn'ice Fund gnnt for summer 1%9 employment must attend one of B3ttered \\' omen thcse sessions. The Williamsburg Task Force on Battered Women v.1.ll Alt~ntion all studnnts, On Pl atinum PlunQcr Contest. \V c. 3re still 3cccpting entries for have a mee~ing for Law Student Volunteers on Thursday, Wednesday, F bruary 1, the. Third Annual Pbtinum Plunger 3wards, January 26 m Room [TEA], Topics of discussion include 1arshall-W the v.ill ponsor its scheduling and a possible work-study program at the annual Coffee H ouse at the ~h elteL All interested students are welcome, For more Campus C nter Ballroom at Resident Advisor Selection mformation contact Jacque \ avmack 3L or Josie Aus': :00 p,m, All those who \\ish IC, - " lll.I to lend th ir cr alive talents This Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 p,m, at 200 Washington SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SER\lCE FUND please see Charles Fincher. Hall (across from the Bookstore facing the Sunken lJso, Bob Battl ,\ asrungton s Gardens). the Office of Residence Life will hold a meeting Farm Fiesh stores are offering YOU the cha.nc to Funniest Lawynr will be for anyone interested in being an RA for the 1989-90 support the 1arshall-Wythe Public ~~ r~ ' ice Fund, Just save appearing, school year. Law students seeking more information may your Farm Fresh receipts from January 15 until J\1arch 1 contact Stephen Lee, 2L or Kevin Hopkins, 3L (a n~ any othcr F::Irm Fresh receipts you can gath r from Barristers Ball, February 25 l::1mIly and friend-) anJ d npo-it them in the box in th . Recyclables Marshall-Wythe's annual ntudent Lounge, Farm Fre:;h \\'ill then pay '2CC of the ot31 The Environmental Lav,' Society is currently coilecting Barri-ters B::Ill othenvise known face valli n amount from r ec ~ ipts collected to the Public as "The Prom " is cheduled for aluminum cans and newspapers for recycling, and \vill soon Sn[\'i e Fund, a non-profit organization, Receipts regi~tered Saturday, February _- at a place be adding receptacles for glass items and pbstic containers may be from any Tld~water slor , exce t tho e 10 at"d in yet to be announced, Get your (milk jugs, soda bottles, etc.). Please bring your R! hmond, t-.foney rai ed will hel prO\ide summer d3te/ and _'our fr ck/ and :::oet newsp3pers, glass, aluminum and plastic items to the . stIpends for three ~Iarsh:111 - \ 'nhe slUd n s \\'orkinC>' in the collection bins lo.cated ~. ~I:e: ~t_u~~t l_o~~e:_ " __ _ r a<;iy to r ck. • ~ _ '.p~pli<; _snct v r"~ _ • _ ~ ," _ " ~ '_ _ .. .'': .. f;. _,~ •.; _, 1 • f - .... '. _ . _ . .', The Advocate Thursday, January 19, 1989 Pagt! Niut! Black Leadership Conference Stresses Unity by Pat Allen of this .year's onference was leade.rship, unity, and and pos~i?ilities asso~i.ated with the conference, said the ~ ad mlc ex~ellence and commitment as the keys to the politiCS of coalitions and conference left her with one The Coli ge of William and ~nvolvement. Said Dean Hardy, overcoming the obstacles which alliances. Arthur B .roo~s, overriding message: "the need Mary held ils third annual Black black student leaders are under face blacks today. Assistant Dean of MInority fo r blacks students to be - . Leadership Conference on the a microscope". The purpose. of . Tyson, best knO\vn for her Affairs at Mary Washington prepared daily, to be thorough, weekend before the holiday the conference was to prOVIde . roles in the films "Sounder" and College, headed a special to serve as role models for commemorating Martin Luther a. forum for th~se leaders to "The Autobiography of Miss session for black student others in the black community." King, Jr.'s birthday. Over 45~ dIScuss lead~rs~lp bec~use "no ·Jane Pitman," has always organization presidents.and C~I Beverly McLean added, students from sc res of colleges su~h orgamzatlOn eXists for ref~sed to take acting ro.les Foster, a .Duke univerSity s~nIo r "Dean Hardy has done a great and universities participated in black s tu d~.nt leaders on many which . por.tray negative and P:e~ldent of The National job bringing people together to what was the largest turnout in cam pusses. . stereo!YPlcal Images of bbcks. AssoclatlO~ of Black Students discuss the problems facing the short history of the two-day T~e pro1Srarn began F:lday !y:on s ~essag~, as s~e defi.nes for EducatlOnal.Advancement, minorities at predominantly conferen e. "There were 200 evenIng With an emotIOnal It, IS of the unIversahty of JOY, spoke on the Importance of whi te institutions. That is ..vhat more student participants than address by actr~ss Cicely Tyson. suffering, and pain: education in the b ~ ac~ student the conference is abou!." last year," said Marshall-Wythe Tyson spoke ill a collage of The second day of the movement, begmnmg ln The Colh1 e of William and law student Beverly McLean, poetry and prose, fr?m ~angston conference consisted of ele~e~tary school and Mary has a~~tlri t ion rate of 13 who has attended the previous Hughes to the . msplrational numerous concurrent small contm~mg through post-graduate % for minority students. two conferences as well. "v e words of Dr. King. "What group sessions, each with a educatIon. Nationally the rate stands at an had students from Virginia, happened to" The Dream~" specific topic. Mr. Byron Asked to assess the success alarming 55 %. This figure is Kentu ky, orth and South Tyson asked. It seems as If Bullo k, Assistant to the of this year's conference, Dean only indicative of other -- Carolina, just to name a few." Associate Vice President ot th ~ b on d h as b een b ro k' en, an d Hardy suggested that the best underlying problems which many The co-ordinator of the thiS has shattered The Drea~. Student Affairs from James gauge of the program's black students continue to conference, Carroll Hardy, Dean We need to become we agaIn. Madison University, spoke on effectivcness would be the encounter throughout the of Minority and Commuting We are each other's busincss, achie\·ing goals through student student participants. Karen country: Student Affairs at v illiam and we are each other's bond." The leadership and Dr. Maulana Owes, a first year law student Mary, explained that the th me actress stressed vision, Karenga addressed the problems at ~1arshaU-\Vythe who attended Record Revue Dead Milknten Churn Musical Scene by Tom Brooke social commentary questioning stays in one's head. last track on the album IS strong example of the newest . the sense of funding for public The Waterboys integrate the Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is wave of folk rock now popular "They're Funny. They're tele\·ision when there are so work of sev ral artists from Your Land." One of the most in Englanu. Older groups like Loud. Th y're Fast. They're many homeless people with many eras. For instance, the interesting tunes is Van Fairport Convention arc iolent. They're My Band." nothing to eat. Some listeners W.B. Yeats poem, "The St olen . lorrison's folk song, "Sweet enjoying a revival. Only time -- The words of Jim Walewander will find "Brat in the Frat," an Child" is set to music and the Thing", with the Beatles' and the music charts will tell a utility infielder for the Detroi; attack on college ·Iiques with words are spoken by gaelic "Blackbird" woven in. regarding the genre's acceptance Tigers which grace the cover of rhymes reminiscent of "Green singer Tomas McKeown. The "Fisherman's Blues" is a in this country. th new album by Philadelphia's Eggs and Ham," highly Dead Milkmen, "Beezlebubba". oIl nsive. Others wiJl howl with The cover photograph [, atures laughter. Scill more may a rather large southern wonder why anyone cares, and WINTER MUSIC gentleman (read redneck) that seems to be the Milkmen's holding a cigar, wearing point. coveralls and impo ing cowboy The catchiest cut, and the New Releases On Sale boots, standing next to his single, is "Punk Rock Girl," a bushhog tractor. The Milkmen cute, danceable and very Jan.20-Feb.4 apparently do not hu\ -: an listenable tune. Boy meets girl appreciation for southern at one of Philly's finest LP/Cassette Compact Disc culture. boutiques, Zipperhead, located 8.98 listl9.98 list Th ir last single, "You'll on South Street. They fall in Dance to Anything", a rather love, go home to shock her 98 98 98 nasty putdown of the New York parents, steal a car and plan a $6 &7 $12 club scene, with a refrain that lovely life together. The lyrics goes "You're just a bunch of art sheet includes a reference to a Traveling Wilburys fags" was an underground "bad guitar solo", but the Midnight Star success, hitting it big in the very instrumentation is really quite Traveling Wilburys Midnight Star same discos and bars the good. When the Milkmen Milkmen were putting down. sound bad, they're doing it on Rush (l1.98-LP/Cass. 12.98 CD) The band's lead singer, Rodney purpose and one just laughs a Paula Abdul Amadeus Anonymous, who also little more. A Show of Hands Forever Your Girl plays the vending machine, has WATERBOYS RETURN TO a uniquely off-key voice" Violent Femmes R.F.T.W. sounding incredibly innocent at THEIR GAELIC ROOTS one moment and like a hard- After a three year hiatus and 3 Ruff 'N' Ready bitten cynic the next. Lord the departure of Karl Wallinger, Maniac, Jasper Thread and the Waterboys have returned Jethro Tull (l2.98-LP/Cass./CD) Rick Astley Dean Clean make up the rest with an album heavily inIlu.:nccu of the group. by (;:h.:lic folk music, man; in Best of 20 Years Hold Me In Your ... As usual, the album features thl.: lincs of their countrymCl1 a mix of social commentary, Van Jvlorrison and The PogU(;s. Jon Butcher Neil Diamond absurd nonsense, offensi\·e Previous works featured climatic Send Me Someone Best Years humor and loud music. .. 1y anthems and musical works of Many Smells" is a hilarious, yet art rather than interesting songs Reivers Lou Reed absolutely disgusting track. The or tunes. The lyrics, mostly End of a Day New York album sometimes provides \vritlen by guitarist and vocalist printed words for the curious Mike Scott, are thoughtful THE listener, but on other occasions, reflections on life, love and loss. one is invited to guess. For The fiddle predominates many instance, the listed lyrics for tracks, along with the organ, " mokin' Banana Peels" are mandolin and other string "Does It Really Matter? la la la instuments. la la (intense musical interlude, Despite the thinner sound, BAND BOX dude)" The track entitled many of . the cuts have a "Stuart" is a monologue by a haunting quality which does not very confused conservative leave the listener. The insistent concerned about queers ruining sound of "We . Will Not Be the soil. However, "Born to Lovers" provided by Steve 517 PRINCE GEO RGE STREET Love Vol ~ang es " _ j~ a ~iting _ Wickhan;'s furious fiddle pl~~g Page Ten Thursday, January 19, 19~9 The Advocate Changes Yeats An architect has begun On a linal note, Prof. Heller Continued from Page One redesigning the first floor of the encourages all library users to Continued from Page Five is used. However, the copies library. The plans call for an follow the food and drink abiding interest in such things The Grad Thing is suffering will cost 1O¢ per copy when open reserve area on the first restrictions. Apparently, many can be symptomatic of a deeper a continuing bout 0-£ paid for in cash. Mr. Heller fl oor, as well as new offices for students have flagrantly violated illness. It's just that this "policy" exploitation. Measures have stated two reasons for this price the librarian, assistant librarian, the ban on eating and drinking has caused some people to been suggested which would ch:mge. First, he wants to and the reference librarians. in the library. His main ' expect more than the policy turn the tables on this cynical encourage the use of the cards, These offices will be on the first concern is damage to the every promised. tide. The point is not to show and second, he feels that floor of the library and run library. Last semester, the As I recall, it stated only that up at nine and slam cheap compared to other copiers along the back window that library had to send a computer grades will be posted after 4:00 beers for an hour before hitting available in the area, the price overlooks the forest and the keyboard back for repair p.m. each v.eekday. Nothing in the bars. The point is more is too low. He noted that the volleyball court. "1 am because someone spilled soda there about having them by like camaraderie and e}"1:ended post office charges 25¢ per cautiously optimistic," Pro!. on it. The factory still has that 4:05 or even by 4:30. A policy visiting hours than it is an H eller said. "1 want keyboard. Furthermore, the copy. The cost of a new venda like that tells me that the best economical buzz. But you can't construction to begin as soon as long term damages that result card has gone up to 75¢ from time to check is after 5:00, teach business students anything. possible after classes this spring. from spilled water and sodas 50¢ to help cover the cost of possibly about 5:30. After all, A great many professors here 1 would like to have the often shows up only years later. running the photocopiers. the only people who are posting will tell you it's a struggle to construction completed by the Finally, eating and drinking in However, venda cards can now grades will have posted them by teach law students anything. fall semcster. However, the the library create a large risk be recharged at any time of the then because they will probably Still, don't be surprised when project depends on funding." day upon request by a student. of rodent, ant, roach, and insect be gone from the building by the admission price goes up Because the current library Also, students can buy copies infestation. "When I was at then. oflices on the second floor after a certain hours. You'l in $1.00 increments and no LSU, someone found a dead But, that's just me. learn to live with it. longer need to buy $5.00 worth would be taken over by faculty, cockroach that must have been the library could loose some an inch and a half long in a of copies at a time nor have an ***** empty card. floor space as a result. book," Heller commented. Prof. Heller hopes to get a Finally, Prof. Heller is While he does not plan to have Telefax machine in the library negotiating addit ional access his staff police the library, those as early as the end of the points for Lexis and Westlaw. caught wi th a drink or food wi ll semester. He hopes to have a "Possibly 2 or 3 access points have it confiscated. grant pay for the purchase of for each system will be added Honor the machine, but he is prepared if we can work out a satisfactory to pay for it with library deal," the librari an stated. Dismissal Systems resources if necessary. A However, he does not expect Telehx machine sends copies th ese additions before next fall. Continued from Page One because of the years of of documents and printed Proi. Heller hopes students experience we have with these will re3lize that his staff docs In Court materials over a wire that arrive Provisions also exists for incidents," he said. listen to students and at the at their destination seconds after unchallenged allegations or ex The Honor Code prescribes by Steve Mister same time seeks to provide their transmission. Thus, a parte proceedings. that the violation is normally , quality services to all users. student who needed in1mediatcly The Law School Dean may punished by permanent dismissal Although the legitimacy of 'The students should realize a resource available only at not attend the proceedings but, from the Law School." In the Honor System at the we'rc trying to maXIITIlZe another law school could get a the Council sends notice of extra.ordinary circumstances, College of William and Mary resources among several copy of it within seconds on conviction and sentence to the however, the Council may has never been challenged, other hundred library users and what the same day, provided that the Dean who may accept or reject recommend appropriate lesser schools have had to defend appears as a burden is really a other library had a Telefax. the verdict and reduce or penalties. themselves In court. way to m:numize services. For increosc thc punishnlcnt. "In =y lllind," Dean Sullivan H oWC ~'CI', , the copies co.st example, carrel slipping is a Ncvccthclc~ judg"" gcncl.111y bcl1.yeen 50rt and $1.00 per page, Dean's Power of Review explained "that language creates uphold the validity of their burden to the library staff and and thus the student would havc The Dean's power of de novo a heavy presumption in favor of decisions. the students but it is necessary to pay for the resource review over the Council's factual expulsion: Sulli.an has twice In Nash v. Auburn University to control the collection." transmission. finding and the recommended increased the sentence (198.5), a federal judge in sentence is "one of the most recommended by the Council, Alabama upheld the suspensions consistently frustrating aspects but said that he has never of two veterinary students under of the system," according to overridden the fact finding the school's Student Code of Clarke. Other members of the determination of guilt or Professional Ethi s. The Council expressed similar innocence. students were convicted before frustration over the bck of The accused, who only an all- tudent honor court of autonomy of students to receives written notice from the cheating during an examination. administer the Honor Code. Dean of the fin al verdict and Although th court "Why call it student run, if the sentence, is not informed of the recognized that students possess Dean can overrule everything Council's decision if it varies a property and liberty in ierest we do?" one justice commented. ' from the Dean's. "Of course, in th ir edu at ion, he h ' l,l ll1..lt Neither Clarke nor Dean we get a copy of the letter," only minimal due pro 'ess Sullivan would reveal whether Justice Clarke noted, but" the protecLions ar necc,ssary. the Dean overrode the Council's Council is precluded from Hon r code c l1victions do not recommendation of punishment revealing any discrepancies. th full of in this case. Clarke insisted 'System "orks '''elI' th at once a \'erdi t has be n Although the D ean said it's announced, conlidence in the always dist urbing to have a system wOlll,1 be: disserved by violation of the Honor Code. he discord bCI\\LLIl the Coun '1 and bcli ' \'es th sy t m \\'orks well. the Dean ()\ L'f indi\idual cases. "l\'e ne\"r h ;ard any problems "Besid's, an am 'ndm' nt to from the bcult \'. B 'ca.use. of th', Honor Code would haxe to t he confidcnti :lI ity of cross the Dean's desk ior in\'esli~:1ti oI15, they don't \'en apprm'al," she said. noting that knl)\\' - ab ut it' unless :1 the Dean would be unlikely to particulJr prokssor is im'olved," appro \'e a n y cha. n ge. Sulli\'an ad,l'd. Nonethcl'ss, the BA passed on Chief Ju.tic' Cbrkc Iso Tuesdava. resolution calling for insists that th' experi' l1c'. whil' dimin:llion of the Dean's r';"iew unplcJs:1l1t, h:1s str' ngul 'neJ her power, or, in the alt rnati\'C, a -oniiJcncc in H an r system at publi right to know when the ~brsh:lll - W\ the. power has been 'xerci-ed, "~tudell[ - b.1\·c a. resp nsibility Cbrkc added, ho\\'>y'r. that to one al10th ' r. In lh:1t s~nsc. the Dean's parli ip:ltion can be it III liT )rs the \\'ay l ur ldpful becaus' it pro\'ide prok~ - il 1 is struct Irc,. They continuity of d 'cisions oyer both depend 011 lk self-pulicing timc, Ha\'ing been around mc h:1l1ism anJ the intcgrity of awhile, h n brings th·> cxpnrinnc its m 'mber- " she nOled, of time to th' pro ceding. l\c\"Cfthelc '-, her job i- not J e Gerbasi, who distinguished himself as Best Oralist Dean Sulli\'an also defended finj-h'd. "Th ' Judici I ouncil a the Regional competition las November, rehearses to his roln in the system. "1 think has a lot m re a ti\'ity th n take his show on the r ad. the Dean's tcriff to be tOU ~h~r IllO-t stud ~nt~ l.hink.·' Clark s. id. U ill._ • " " I • The Advocate ThUl's~ay, Jan~ary 19, I" if) Page Eleven Speaking ·Of College Basketbal11'his Week by Georgc Leedow and Tim Huge The Big Eight, formerly resurgence of th ~ \\ cst with To begin the week, William primarily a football conference, UNLV and Arizona leading the r M ary ~ ' as dg d i~ a tough tallies three teams in the top 20, way. Florida State is a t a~ to Sports contest by the number-one including suspended defending watch; possessing awesome ranked Duke Blue Devils. In champ Kansas. Th ~ last three team speed, th y could be very the end, Duke's defense was ~y Larry Schimmels years ha\'c al 'o mark d a tough to beat come tournament simply too tough for the Tribe, schools and teams. In the past, time if they aim down a bit who lost by 6_ pints. TOW on In the month of hnuar , I get to p~rform on~ of mv UNLV has led the way, and develop a strongcr bench. to our famous First Annual favorite tasks: pi king l h' winner of the greatest sporL ing recruiting players no one else Parity is the word in Basketball Pre\·iew. event known to th ' frec world. wanted. Now, otha coach ~s intraconferencc playas well. The Top T en is stacked with In m opinion, Bud Light will win the BudbowI. and conferences arc follO\ving Syracuse is ranked fourth in the ' traditional basketball Although Bud (a personal favorit ) has a di tin [ weight suit. t. John's has had s \'eral country but is ti ~d for last in powerhouses Duke, Illinois, advantage, Bud is no l11:J.tch [or the sp d and sm thness junior college players, including the Big East. Torth Carolina, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Iowa, of Bud Light. Ev~ry :ports exp rt will tell you that in a all-American Wal ter Berry. after playing well in the absence t-.li higan, Georgetown, Torth contest o[ this type, sp-:cd is a critical [a tor. Now that I Even ACC teams such as of 1. R. Reid, has pbyed poorly Carolina and Louisville, have that over with, I can go on [0 mor mu ndane mallcr , irginia have begin signing of bte, dumping a game to D espite the pr sen e of thesc such as th Superbowl. these players. Iowa at home and being teams in the top rankings year San Francisc is on fire. They soundly b~a[ the ikings As juco players filt er into crushed in Charlottesville By and the Bears, two of the:- best teams in the regular season. in and year out, several :.igns Division I and h Ip building UVA on Sunday. Both of these to get to [his point. T.I 'yare winning right ';;ow becaus~ point towards increasing parilY successful programs, pbyers teams are well -coached and in the NCAA. Minimum SAT straight out of hig h school arc of great plays from all j1ositions. H owcver, the sam' can taknted but they need to - and GPA requirements have attracted to new schools and be said for Cincinnati. The Bengals won soundly in the rebound quickly or they could for ed many players to enter programs. The effects of th ese playoffs a nd enter the: 'uperbowl with th best offcnsiv face a difllcmlt season. junior colleges before playing changes arc bing fclt now, only produ ti on in the AFt'. Both teams arc playing well at The Admcate staff is very Division 1. This had led to a two years after the inauguration this point, otherwis they w uldn't be in the Sup rbowl. impressed with Louisville in the spreading of talent to other But, th re's more to il than ju ·t how well each team is of Proposition ..tS. early going. The Cards look playing. tougher than they have since Offensi\' 'Iy, the ..t9e:h are formid:,hlc. Th ir offensive they beat Duke for the national schem' calls for a babnced running and short b:_dl·cont rol title. In the Metro conference, passing atta k. Most of the big plays for the ..tgers make Louisvill e stands head and come whe n the opro~ing defense screws up. Montana shoulders above the competit ion. rarely throws in the air downlicld morc th:ln 15·20 yards. AFter Louisville and Florida ' \ hat makes the ..tgers go d is the balance that they'ha\·e. State, th e M e tro is They run well but the:y can also throw with uniqu", unpredictable. South Carolina precision. A lso, just \\ h 'n the oppo ing d 'fense is b'ing surprised many before being beaten around by traps and eight-yard quick o ut s, Rice crushed by the Cardinals last slips by some cornerh:lck, the safety fails to help Ollt in week. Look for the "Cocks to time, and the 4gers g, : a huge gain. othing fancy, hut gel late this season. immens Iy producti ve. The SEC is unpredictable as The Bengals empl y a simi lar offensive scheme in wel l. Florida was highly th ory but with diff, .: nt practical realities. Boomer overrated in the ' preseason. Esiason has a cannon j .11' an arm, and he uses it. Esiason Center Dwayne Schintzius, an likes to throw down/i.·kl, ancl he is incredibly accurate imposing man in the middle, when he does so. Th't: also exp\a'tns to a large exte nt why needs to develop much more the Bengals have impr ,\'ed compared with oth",r seasons. before reaching all-American Before this year, an op osing defense merely inserted extra ~="--"'li"'.I '" status. The Ill"" llf guard Vcrn defensive backs and [ I Dodtleave Law School withontit. ur book is recognized in Oover 42 states as the best. A reputation earned by outper- forming the competition each and every year. 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