College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1991 The Advocate (Vol. 22, Issue 11) Repository Citation "The Advocate (Vol. 22, Issue 11)" (1991). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 281. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/281 Copyright c 1991 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers ~ADVOCATE Marshall-Wythe School of Law Vol. XXII, No. 11 April 18, 1991 TWEL VE PAGES Revised Budget Proposed Budget 1990 - 1991 1991 - 1992 WE FEEL SAFER ALREADY Instruction 57.0% 58 .3% by Jeff Crabill Research 3.0% 2.8% The committee will meet again Friday, April vlcums who don't want to go Public Service 0.0% 0.0% ($8,157) appointed by President Paul 19. through the trauma and stress Verkuil to review the College's Some of the issues that of a public trial. She Libraries 8.3% 8.7% Statement of Rights and could be addressed if the emphasized that one altemative Responsibility have a limited form of prosecution doesn't committee continued to meet Other Academic goal in mind for this semester: into next year: preclude another. Support 9.0% 8.3% Revise the Statement to (1) allowing the accused to Some commi ttee conform to the modification in members, Atkins said, do not appeal a decision (currently Student Services 4.5% 4.4% The Buckley Amendment which only the accuser can appeal an want to see the college would allow public universities adverse decision); handling sexual assault cases at (0 eliminate some restrictions all. Student Bar Association Institutional (2) allowing the accuser to Support 10.5% 9.5% on the release of information disqualify an administrator on President Richard Brooks from internal judicial believes the College's handling the hearing panel (currently, Plant Operations 7.5% 8.0% procedures. only the accused can disqualify sexual assault cases "beliules With finals coming an administrator); the horror inflicted by rape." within weeks, committee "If someone was (3) establish the minimum Total Budget $58,817 ,184 $57,866,744 member Laura Flippin, punishment for rape as stabbed we wouldn ' t have an president of the Board of contingent dismissal with no administrative hearing," Brooks Student Affairs, said that mitigating circumstances. elaborated. "If someone is Proposed William and Mary Budge Reflects Poor Economy discussion on allowing a victim found guilty of rape [in a to hear the outcome of a Both Atkins and criminal proceeding] [that for more on the College's budget woes, see page three. college's administrative hearing committee member Professor person] shouldn't be at the should be swift. Michael Gerhardt, said they college." "People are united on were trying to quickly find out Brooks also questioned this one issue," Rippin said. about the issues involved and the qualifications of those who "Most people would agree that the incident that led to the try those administrative NelV Kids on this is a basic right." She said committee's formation. "I'm hearings. "We are talking the committees most time­ crying to talk to as many about people who are rarely consuming job might be people as possible to educate thrown together," he said. "I wording the new amendment. by Sean Sell myself on the issues," Atkins don't think being a professor or the Block The commiuee was appointed said. Dean qualifies someone to Why did it have to that populate our campus had by Verkuil after procedural Although Atkins was [adjudicate] a rape tria!." Since rain last Saturday? Why were representatives in the lobby problems arose concerning a surprised the college handled 1983, there have been only five there new faces at the Grad trying to lure commitments out sexual assault case that went sexual assault cases, she said college administrative hearings Thing? Why were so many of the unsuspecting future through the college's other people have told her dealing with sexual assaults. people not complaining about Legal Skills slaves. To cap off administrative justice system. about some of the positive "It demeans women to how much they had to do? the day, the visitors were Although all of aspects of an administrative classify rape as an The answer to all of those treated to oral arguments from problems of the Statement hearing. administrative violation," questions is that Saturday was the number one Moot Court won't be addressed this year, "A rape trial is a real Brooks declared. Accepted Applicants Day, a tearn in the country. commiuee member Kate Atkins traumatic thing. A large Vice President for Marshall-Wythe tradition since Shealy said she was (2L) said many on the number of women don't report Student Affairs and chair of the 1984. "pleased and impressed with commiuee hope to return next a rape [to criminal authorities] committee Sam Sadler, could Approximately 150 the quality and the quantity" of year to finish the job. Atkins because of how women are not be reached for comment. prospectives attended, which the people who showed up. said the group's limited focus treated on the witness stand," was a new record. Some of was needed to make sure the "They seemed like a pretty she explained. those were spouses or sophisticated group. I just change went through a student significant others. Flippin said the hope they make the choice referendum and got into the College's administrative According to Dean of Student Handbook by next fall. that's best for them." Shealy procedure for rape serves as an Admissions Faye Shealy, also expressed her gratitude to The committee met for the first alternative to sexual assault Marshall-Wythe has recei ved time last Tuesday, April 16 and all the student volunteers, 3383 first year JD applications. especially Bob Bua (3L) and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~----.. That breaks last year's record Erin Magee (2L) , the event's of 3247. The Law School has organizers, whom she said did accepted 630, and as of Friday, an outstanding job. Some April 12, 167 have said they of the out-of-town guests were plan to attend. Many of those, put up in the homes of current however, are still waiting to students, who did their best to hear from other schools. prove that weekends in Shealy asserted that Williamsburg can actually be there have been only two times fun. There was bingo at the since 1984 when it has not Grad Thing and more than the rained on Accepted Applicants usual number of parties around Day. She also emphasized that town, including a performance the rain did not continue all by the Dead Penguins Saturday day this year. It was dry Night. enough at lunchtime for some to sit outside and enjoy the azalea blossoms. Inside This The day featured talks from such Law School Issue luminaries as Dean Sullivan, Dean Kaplan and Professor Grover. Several students also New hours volunteered to give their views on different aspects of life here. New menu Potential students ·survey M-W opportunities. During lunch the various organizations and public.ations '.. __________ .... Page Two April 18, 1991 The Advocate INTER ALIA The· Artistic Sensibilities by Peter Kay of Joe Six-Pack Among Dennis Barrie's the government's role in photograph of a man with a Writing a last editorial is more difficult than I many accomplishments as controversial art, Barrie and his bullwhip in his rectum? What director of the Cincinnati museum became a test case for better test arena than squeaky­ thought it would be. How do I find a fitting Contemporary Arts Center those in power that want to clean Cincinnati (which has no conclusion to all the meetings, all the trips to the (CAC) is that of being the first censor art that they don't like. red-light district and has Gazette, all the late (late, late) nights, all the museum curator in American Barrie cited as evidence that he relegated all pornography across rubber cement? history to be indicted by a was being singled out that the river to Kentucky)? What grand jury for obscenity. His books of Mapplethorpe's better artist than Mapplethorpe, indictable offense was photographs (including the a few of whose photographs At the risk of being sentimental, which I displaying an exhibition of controversial ones) had been on are powerfully homoerotic and suppose is the purpose of final editorials, I thank Robert Mapplethorpe the shelves for years in suggestively sado-masochistic? my staff. I hope Peter Kay, next year's Editor-in­ photographs. On April 9 in Cincinnati's public libraries and The case proceeded to trial. Chief, finds as talented and dedicated a group of Newman Hall, Barrie received no one really minded: "This The nature of the voir the College's Cheek Award and people as I did, and has as much fun. had nothing to do with law and dire process allowed the spoke about his obscenity trial. everything to do with politics." prosecutor to select strategically Despite . Barrie's easy What Jesse Helms and perfect jurors. Anyone who As a wise woman always says to me, "Be charm and amiable nature, it his anti-free expression posse had seen Mapplethorpe's work good." was clear that his entanglement want to accomplish is to was struck from the panel, with the legal system left him exploit, for purposes political along with anyone who had deeply bitter and even more and otherwise, the gap between actually visited the CAC. deeply in debt Hamilton "high" culture and "low" culture When jury selection was County police had entered his in a Spiro Agnew-like appeal complete, none of its members museum and served him with to the "silent" majority.