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VOLUME VII, ISSUE TWO MONDAY, September 23, 1996 SIXTEEN PAGES

Survey Say s • • • Marsha ll ~ Wythe On The Rise By Paul Walker equivalent must have done one hell of a University at numl?er four. Georgia State an average LSAT score at least five points The 1997 edition of The Princeton snow job on those Wahoos.) William & at number ten, and Northern Kentucky higher than Campbell (157), Georgia State Review Guide to the Best Law Schools is Mary was also ranked fifth on the list of Uni ersity arnumber thirteen. ( 157), or orth Carolina Central (149), it out and William & Mary School of Law schools with the "Best Teaching Facul­ While expre-ssing great pleasure at Wil­ is obvious that Willian1 & Mary ( 162) is - the name the school profile is listed ties." These an! vast improvements for liam & Mary's placement in the other getting better qualified applicants and ad­ under (pp. 456-57)-scored very well in the law school over the 1996 edition in rankings, Dean Krattenmaker expressed missions candidates. a number of categories. Based on the which the school didn' t place in the top or great consternation at the demand index In the revamped school profile, the survey of the student population con­ bottom 10 of quality of life, competitive­ list, indicating that numbers such as those efforts of the SBA during last year's sur­ ducted by the Princeton.Review last year ness, or teaching faculty. gi en above call into question the cred­ vey period did not go unnoticed or William & Mary was listed as the number On the downside, the law school ibility of the entire 'ranking process. As unre\ arded. The profile said very posi­ three school in the nation in the "Quality dropped off t\vo Princeton Review lis.ts Dean K pointed out with incredulity, tive things about the pract.ical instruction of Life" category (only Washburn Uni­ which it was on in the 1996 edition: de­ "Does this mean I should strive to make recei ed at William & Mary, specifically versity and BYU were ranked higher). As mand index and clerkship placement. my admissions process as demanding as the Legal Skills program: According to a corollary to our high quality of life, While apparently still one of the 30 most that at Campbell, North Carolina Central, the profile," ... over 90 percent of current William & Mary was ranked 165th in in-demand law schools in the country and Georgia State?" students rated the practical instruction at competitiveness· - meaning only fi e according to a note in the school profile, Dean Krattenmaker went on to give W&M as excellent.'' schools in the country are less competi­ the law school dropped out of the top hisoft-stated ad ice norn1all_ gi en when Quality of teaching_ and supportiveness tive (read, "cutthroat") than we are. Don ·t t\venty in the 1997 edition. This fact has the U.S. News & World Report rankings from both students and facu lty also re­ think that we will develop a reputation as to be taken with a grain of salt, however, appear: " You shouldn · t judge yourselfby ceived positive comments in the profile a powder-puffschoo\, though. Wi\\iam & especia\\ ' ¥hen one looks at Princeton standards that others de ise." A closer section. On the flip side, as expected, Mary finds itself in good com pan_ at the Review·s list ofthe most in-demand law look at the numbers illustrates the Dean ·s curriculum and plant size received nega­ bottom of the competitiveness list· Yale. schools and sees. after the expected Yale point quite well. The three schools listed tive stUdent comments - obvious! be­ Washington and Lee, Vanderbilt North­ and Harvard at one and n...o, respectively above may only be admitting 16- 17% of cause no one had yet seen the artist's eastern, and Virginia rank 166 to 170 CampbeliUniversity (editor's note: can the roughly I ,000 applicants the receive, rendering ofthe ne.w trailer classroom. At . (Virginia as the least competitive school anyone tell us where this place is?) at compared to the 23% of over 3,000 appli­ least we all know there s room for further .. in the nation!?! Come on. Their SBA- number three, North Carolina Central cants to William & Mary. However, with improvements! Statement On Proposed H onor Code Revisions By Donald Sciortino, mented, it will supersede our will be held next month. the trial process. visions. No matter what your Judicial Council Chief J ustice present Code. The revisions were proposed The present Judicial Council viewpoint please vote. • Last year, President Sullivan Until that happens, however, by last year s Judicial Council. is asking that you take an interest A copy of the proposed revi­ began a process to unify the we are subject to the present That Council sought to improve in these revisions because they sions will be placed on reserve at College' s honor codes. The pro­ Marshall-Wythe Honor Code. A what it felt were shortcomings will affect us until the unified the library circulation desk. If cess is ongoing, thus it is unclear student-wide referendum to vote with procedural aspects of the Code is implemented. The refer­ you have any questions, please when the unified Code will be on proposed revisions to the Code. Specifically, the revisions endum is your chance to either ask me or any member of the implemented. When it is imple- t-.1arshall-Wythe Honor Code seek to improve the efficacy of approve or disapprove these re- Judicial Council. Se.curity System Keeps Thieves and Students Out advantage to students: increased access By Deanna Griffith working because they are older and not in entrance and exit, as a library should " Following several delays, the library good condition. There may still be a few Heller said. hours. The building will be accessible to students using ID cards at 6 a.m., ninety security system will be up and running glitches to be worked out over the next The second floor door also contrib­ today. In an effort to prevent theft of both week or l\'lo, but Heller is confident that uted to the start-up delay. The door has an minutes earlier than before. Students who haven't checked if their library and student property, all students the system is ready to go. The library staff emergency release handle which triggers entering the library outside of normal did not want to activate the security sys­ an alarm. During the installation process, cards are programmed correctly should do so as soon as possib!e. · If a card is hours must swipe their ID cards to open tem while the problems were only par­ Heller said he assumed that scanning an the doors. ·Although the start up of the tially resolved, fearing that the faculty, ID card would override the emergency working properly, it will tum the yellow security system was originally scheduled staff, and students would suffer. release. When he found that the system light on the card scanner green. If your to coincide with the beginning of the fall Many 2Ls and 3Ls have been disap­ would only be deactivated by turning a See LIB RARY on 9 semester, law students now must alter pointed to find outthattheywill no longer handle on the door, he immediately knew · their routine~ to adjust to using their ID be allowed to enter and exit the library that this was wrong. Resolving this Inside through the second floor faculty wing. problem led to further delays in the acti­ cards for after-hours entry. Olson Addresses W&M 3 Heller explained that most libraries only vation of the security system. According to Jim Heller, Director of Computer Lab Revampted 4 have one main entrance in order to pre­ Although these problems have incon­ the Law Library, several factors contrib­ Goya Exibit 6 vent theft of books. He explained that venienced both staff and students, the uted to the delay. These problems ranged W elfare Reform 10 having an alternate exit defeats the pur­ system is on its way to making the library from hardware and wiring problems to Feeling Minnesota 12 the programming of the ID cards. Many pose of the magnetic book theft preven­ a safer study area. In addition to the safety of the faculty ID cards have not been tion system. "We will have one main aspect of the system, it offers another 2 Monday, September 23, I 996 THE AMicus CuiuAE

From· the Editor'·s Desk • .. • Every fall, second year stu­ quently, a student who has select their resume drops and one should be rewarded. But this dent says it was hard to say, with dents don their suits for the dropped resumes to six firms, all must complete thorough research does not translate to the resume a straight face, that he or she dreaded and much feared job in­ of which really interest her, may on their choices. blitzkrieg tactics undertaken by "wants to work in Topeka," per­ terview. Inevitably, some arrive lose an interview position to an­ Such a system would serve some. Ifastudenthasno interest haps he or she should not have at school wearing a suit more other student-who has dropped our community well. As the in living in Newport News and applied to that firm, leaving open often than others. As a matter of to 50 firms, none of which inter­ school gains in prestige and repu­ has already received good news the interview for a native Kan­ course, those at the top of the est him. The problem occurs tation, OCPP should take a larger that he or she has 15 interviews san. class will ·get more interviews, when this happens six times, and role in managing resume drops elsewhere, then he or she should Of course students want to but when that number reaches as the student who has only applied to avoid the carpet bombing that reconside~ dropping for those place themselves in a position to high as 35, in cities where they to six firms gets no interviews is currently the norm. If students Newport News firms. Currently, ensure a paidjob for the summer, have no desire to work, it is too while the other gets those six cannot restrain themselves, then students who do live in Newport . but how much of a safety net is much. interviews plus more from other OCPP should. Such a drastic News can be deprived of the op­ necessary? An extra 10 inter­ In August, the Office of Ca­ firms, but has no desire to take change now would be ineffec­ portunity to interview in the area. views? Twenty interviews? Is it reer Planning and Placement any of them. tive until the school gains in rank It is important to remember nec~sary to continue to drop for dropped a note to those members Perhaps the problem is sys­ and can draw more on-campus that the criticism is not that some every firm after one has received of the class they felt would re­ temic, and should be revised .in interviews, but the process should students are getting a large num­ aperfectlyrespectableoffer? No. ceive more interviews, asking order to avoid interview tensions. begin now. ber of interviews, it is that some Safety nets are fme, ego boosts them to be more selective in their The University ofVirginia holds It is true that if one works students are dropping resumes are not. resume drops. Some ignored a lottery so that all students have hard and does well academically, before they think. When a stu- this advice. In doing so, some the opportunity to interview. students dropped for all possible After all interested students drop on-campus interviews, receiving their resumes for a particular job, A Managing Editor' s Response as many .as 35 plus interviews. the career placement office se­ As the 2L and 3L job search the firm. Consequently, recruit­ jobs and eventually harm the This has resulted in a relatively lects a sampling to forward to the kicks into full swing, several stu­ ers actively schedule interviews reputation of the school itself. small group monopolizing most employer, based on criteria such dents have been dishing out more with certain portions ofthe class, Another alternative, embod­ of the interviews. as employer needs and student than resumes. The current grist unfortunately passing over oth­ ied in OCPP's pre-emptive strike However, what this group has interest in the frrrn . Such a sys­ feeding the infamous M-W mill ers who may perform as well or to "Selected. Second Year Stu­ neglected to consider is that some tem rightfully denies a student goes something like this: "Those better than those who happen to dents," advised certain individu­ students have already narrowed the right to apply for every job, *#@! (insert organization of "look good on paper." als that they fell among the their job searches and are drop­ while allowing all students to choice, although the most popu­ Some suggest that the dispro­ "highly recruited" prospects and ping only to firms in which they apply for a number of jobs. lar seems to be Law Review) portion in interviews offered to suggested that they fashion their have a strong interest. Conse- Hence, students must carefully people, why can't they Jet the certain segments could be recti­ job searches knowing that they rest of the class have a chance at fied by forcing members ofmore will secure an abundance of in­ employment?" Although a heavily recruited groups to drop terviews, allowing their class­ THE AMICUS CURIAE tamed down version of the more resumes for fewer firms, thereby mates (presumably the not so venomous attacks, statements ensuring the remainder of the desirable job candidates) to have Marshail~ Wythe School of Law such as these illustrate the acrid­ class a better opportunity to se­ an opportunity to pick up inter­ P. 0 . Box 8795 Williamsburg, Virginia 2.3187 (757) 2.2.1-3582. ity which seems to pervade the cure the available interview slots. views. Noton\yarefuesememo­ "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" · · · corps of job hunters. The assumption underlying this randa offensive both to their . . The problem stems from the proposal (when. fewer "highly recipients and the rest ofthe class, Editor: Sutton A. Snook factthatafewnamesappearmore recruited" students are allowed· but they do not accurately repre­ Managing Editors: Danielle Berry, Alison Rosenstengel prominently on -interview lists to apply, more interview time sent the realities ofthe job search. Production Editors: Crystal Roberts, Francine Friedman than oihers.'Arguablysome form will remain for other students) Most students feel a certain de­ Features Editor: Victoria Blakeway of" Law Firin Darwinism," those does not translate into more in­ gree of anxiety about their em­ Sports Editor: Nathan Green passed ove~..in the process com­ terviews for those currently not ployment prospects, a feeling plain that candidates with cer­ receiving an acceptable amount heightened by the misery which News Reporters: Features Reporters: tain credentials on their resumes of attention. Although some pervaded most of our first year Marte Barnacle Chris Ambrosio (such as Law Review and even­ employers may choose to take job hunting, and take whatever Deanna Griffith Melissa Augusti tually Moot Court) have taken the best candidates from what- steps may be necessary to facili­ Sarah Hirsch · Michael Coe unfair advantage of the on.:cam­ . ever resumes they receive, many tate this process. Alison Rosenstengel Jill Cramer . pm interview process by drop­ more firms simply will schedule Assuming that students in the DonaJd Sciortino Tosha Foster ping for every firm in certain fewer interviews an_d leave cam­ ·upper percentiles ofthe class with Sutton Snook Mike Grable areas rather than selectively for pus when they have finished, just journal or Moot Court experi­ Dov Szego Robert Littleton those firms in which they have a as Arnold & Porter and Long, ence will attract more attention Paul Walker Alex Long genuine interest. Whether or not Aldridge & Norman did this year. from employers, by no means Christian Mastondrea the substance ofthese complaints Worse, employers who re­ does this translate into abundant Sue McCue holds true, they ignore the fun­ ceive only. a handful of candi­ , offers of employment. Instead, David Mincer damental issue un~erlying the dates they feel meet their criteria recruiters subscribe to a subjec­ Lee Ranieri entire job search process, that of may choose not to interview on tive system in selecti,ng which Dave Riordan choice. campus atall - adecision which students to interview and offer Although the control in the will deteriorate rapidly mto a situ-_ employment. .Aside from exac­ job search process originates with ation in which they stop solicit- erbating tensions among all strata Sports Gurus: Nathan Green, Kristan Burch, Mike Melis the student's choice to apply for . ing resumes from M-W students. of the 2L class, this year's pre­ Production Assistants: Angel Lyon, Deanna Griffith any given position, power ulti­ This proposal will ultimately emptive strike has not reduced mately vests in the firm itself as harm its proponents who effec­ the number of applications, can­ - Editorial Policy its recruiting officials choose tively will force students who not force employers to interview The letters and opinion pages of the Amicus Curiae are dedicated to whether, when, and whom to in­ once competed for more promi­ applicants they do not foresee all student opinion regardle_ss of form or content. We reserve the right to terview. Viewing the situation nent firms to focus their atten­ employing, and will force the edit for spelling and grammar, but not content. from an employer's standpoint, tion on small to medium-sized issue now dividing the class to Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinion of the remain the forefront ofthe job newspaper or its staff. All letters to the Editor should be submitted by 5 the most productive use of his firms. A shortsighted solution, O!J. p.m. on the Wednesday prior to publication. We cannot print a letter time dictates that he interview the ultimate result of restricting search horizon. without confirmation of the author's name. We may, however, withhold only those candidates who, based applications from certain stu­ When all the dust settles, the the name on request. Letters over 500 words may be returned to the writer upon his evaluation of their cre­ dents will limit the choices avail­ issue remains one ofchoice: each with a request that they be edited for the sake of space. dentials, may be invited to join able to everyone searching for See OCPP on 5 Monday, September 23 , 1996 THE AMicus CURIAE 3 Olsen Visits M,W; Imparts Advice -On Persuasive Advocacy - By Sutton Snook ing the constitutionality ofsingle -sex col­ audience with war stories from his ap­ and what the case will mean for the coun­ On Wednesday, September 18, 1996, leges, interpretation and application of pearances before the High Court, Olsen try should he win his case. the Masters of Advocacy Lecture Series the Sentencing reform Act and Federal provided some needed advice to potential To prepare for argument before the held its inaugural lecture by Theodore Senten.cing Guidelines, and federal ap­ advocates before the mighty Bushrod Supreme Court, Olsen undergoes a long Olsen, Esq. who spoke before a crowded pellate review of allegedly excessive dam­ Court. He imparted the importance of and arduous process. First he writes a room on p~ r suasive advocacy before ap­ age awards. moot court in legal education and com­ script of his argument, followed by an pellate tribunals. The speech served as Olsen gained prominence as the de­ mended M-W for beginning the moot outline of the script. He also creates as the official kickoff for the 1996 Bushrod fendant in the landmark case of Morrison court tradition over 200 years ago. many as 75 pages of possible questions Washington Moot Court Tournament. v. Olsen, where the Reagan Administra~ Olsen said that most important in ap­ and their answers. " You can really under­ Olsen, currently a partner at Gibson, tion lost its battle against Congress over pellate preparation is knowledge of the stand what the justices are thinking when Dunn & Crutcher, served as Assistant executive privilege. "The Clinton Ad­ record, preparing possible qu~stions and they ask questions," commented Olsen. Attorney General, Office of Legal Coun­ ministration now wishes I had won that answers, and practice. Olsen commented Olsen added that the U.S. Supreme sel, under President Reagan and has ar­ one," stated Olsen. Most recently, Olsen that when he argues bef6re a court he Court currently has eight justices who gued before the Supreme Court 11 times, argued on behalf of Virginia Military holds three moot courts in front of fellow regularly question attorneys, as Judge including three times th is last term. Cases Institute in its unsuccessful battle to re- attorneys. Olsen also noted that it is very Thomas rarely voices questions. He also from the last term included issues involv- main all male. Aside from regaling the important to know what the case means added that it is rare for an attorney to get through the second minute before a jus­ Moot Court Finals To Feature tice interrupts to ask a question. He also conducts extensive research of the jus­ tices to see if they have a track record on Virginia Supreme Court Justice the issue or personal interest in the case. By Sutton Snook occur on Friday, October 4. . nounced Tuesday morning. This year' s For example, when preparing for the VMI This year's Bushrod Moot Court Tour­ Quarter-finals will be on Wednesday tournament was launched by the Masters argument, Olsen noted that Justice nament final round will feature Justice Oct 2, and will include Judge Thomas of Advocacy Lecture Series speaker Ted Ginsburg was a vocal advocate against Elizabeth Lacy of the Virginia Supreme Hoover, Judge James Smith, Magistrate Olsen. gender discrimination. Court, as well as Judge H. Robert Mayer Judge Thomas Miller, and Magistrate William and Mary began the moot Olsen attended the University of Cali­ of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fed­ Judge William Prince. · court tradition in the United States in fornia at Berkeley where he majored in eral Circuit, and Judge Robert Doumar of While preliminary rounds are not open 1780. Initiated by George Wythe, moot speech, maintaining a heavy involvement the U.S. District Court of the Eastern to the public, the final three rounds are co~rt continues today, as M-W boasts one in journalism. He credits journalism for District of Virginia. The round will be open and Bushrod Justice Monica Finch of the strongest teams nationally. Tho­ his writing ability and encouraged stu­ held on Saturday, October 5, 1996. (3L) encourages all to attend. mas Jefferson noted of theM-W team in dents to be involved with the newspaper Semi-finals will be judged by Judge This year, a record 11 8 2Ls competed 1788: "The young men debate regularly or a journal. Olsen also said that ifhe had Re becca Beach Smith of the U.S. District for the coveted honor of membership in in law and legislation, learn the rules of to law· school over, he would choose Court for the Eastern District of Virginia the Moot Court Bar. Two preliminary parliamentary proceedings, and acquire Marshall-Wythe, complimenting the city and Judge Merlin Renne of the District rounds were held Friday through Mon­ the habit of public speaking.' of Williamsburg and the school. "The Court in York County. The round will day, and the Round of 64 will be an- practice. oflaw. is wonderful. " stated Olsen.

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Meet Professor Grover By Marte Barnacle of the United States Court ofAppeals sor Grover. She believes there are "tech­ Although Professor Susan Grover has · and District Court for the D.C. Circuit niques to maintain good physical and been on the faculty at Marshall-Wythe which required a lot oftime and energy mentalhealth" throughoutthe law school School of Law since 1.988, two-thirds of and was sometimes a tough task for her experience. the students have not had an opportunity as a mother. What advice does Professor Grover to have her as a professor. Professor As a mother, one of Grover's top give law students? "Don't forget that Grover returned to the school this fall to priorities is her thirteen year old son. your perspective and attitude are within teach Women and the Law, Employment She enjoys watching him scuba dive your control" and "take affirmative steps Discrimination, Civil Procedure, and Dis­ and doing other activities. Grover said to change your attitude if you are expe­ Professor Susan Grover abilities Law, after a one year sabbatical "My best friend is my Jack-Russell riencing feelings of negativity, fear, or opined that Barbados is in need of at Chicago Kent College of Law in Chi­ terrier, Charly." She loves to walk him, boredom." She recommends exercise, "workplace and sexual harassment leg­ cago, and at the University of the West but she also tries to keep up with other study breaks, and varying your diet to islation," and Grover participated in Indies in Barbados, where she did exten­ friends and read an occasional novel. help students remain alert and healthy public debate on that subject while there. sive research, lecturing, and writing on With a full teaching and work through law school. She said that she would compare the women's rights and employment dis­ schedule, family, and friends, Profes­ Grover feels that professors can set Barbados situation to "the United States crimination. sor Grover is fully aware of the ten­ good examples for students by seeking in 1970," but explained that it is diffi­ A native Pennsylvanian, Grover at­ dency for law students, lawyers, and to achieve balance in their own lives. As cult to compare the U.S. with Barbados tended Hollins. College and then professors to lose perspective and bal­ a member of a Wom.en Law Professors because of differing cultures and gov­ Georgetown Law School. Her career as a ance in their lives. Association for the Tri-State Area, ernment structures. She pointed out lawyer began with two federal judicial Along with her extensive research Grover is currently planning a "main­ that, "Barbados has a unique British clerkships and then a law practice in of women's rights and employment tammg and modeling healthy and Caribbean mix that renders them Washington D.C. Practicing had many discrimination, Grover has also con­ workstyles" conference to be hosted at especially resistant to change in this rewards - client interaction, the satis­ ducted research and continues her in­ W&M this Spring. area." faction of winning court cases, and co­ terest in the psychology oflaw students, While in Barbados and in teaching Grover also studied the status of worker collegiality, but Grover says, "It women lawyers, and women law pro­ summer classes in Australia last year, women in Aus.tralia. She noticed that was very stressfulgetting ready for court fessors. Law students, especially I Ls, Grover concentrated on women's rights Australia faces problems arising from appearances." She mainly argued in front would benefit from a chat with Profes- andemploymentdiscriminationlaw. She See GROVER on 5 Computer Lab Roars Into The 21st Century By Dov Szego pus had its own server, and the phones). Notsomuchastepasa likely that it even came close to ating System. Though the new­ To many, computers are a lot computers in all ofthe labs ranged leap in the right direction; no one the capacity of this monster. est NT version (4.0) is out al­ I ike Greek Oracles-these mys- from 286sto486s, with different can complain about the worksta­ Although there may be a· little ready, Phillips said that a decision terious things that cause us to programs and versions of pro­ tions, at least. crush with starting applications about operating systems had to travel great distances to ask im­ grams being found in different An immediate gripe arises: during the pre-exam paper rush, be made before students came portant questions. Sometimes labs. One of the main changes With 13 labs under one server, there shouldn't be much of a no­ for the summer (before 4.0 was we get the answers we need, that has occurred is that now, all won't the system be really slow? ticeabre reduction in speed. This released). He also expects that sometimes our disks get eaten as the labs on campus are united Phillips suggests (with good rea­ is at least partly because a pro­ the next time the system is down tribute, sometimes things work under one server. ·The worksta­ son) that the answer is no . This gram, once loaded, is pulled to for a break, the new NT will'be out and we don't really under­ tions have also changed; the 286 is because of the new system's local processing on the worksta­ loaded. The operating system stand why. Lately, our local to 486 clunkers have given way backbone, a hardware junkie's tion whe~e you happen to be, so isn't the only thing that has oracle has undergone a number to 120 megahertz Pentium pro­ dream. Paired dual-Pentium 200 the server no longer carries the changed; new versions of old of changes. I spoke with Mike cessor Gateway 2000s with 15 servers (one for backup) with load. programs, including the new Phillips, one of the resident Pa­ inch monitors and 16 megs of 256 megabytes ofRAM and sev­ The software available has WordPerfect for Windows, tron Gods of the Law Library RAM apiece. Perhaps the best eral gigabytes of disk space also undergone a change. _ Eudora e-mail, Windows ver­ Computer Lab, to see if I c.ould feature of the new hardware is handle the load for the entire Whereas the old system was sions ofold communications pro­ get the skinny on the evolution the multimedia capability (you campus. Even though the old DOS-based, using Novell grams, and new programs such of the technology there. can listen toCDs while you work, system consisted of a number of · Netware, the new system is based as Netscape Navigator grace the Previously, each lab on cam- but you need to bring head- self-contained servers, it is un- on the Windows NT 3.51 Oper- See COMPUTERS on 5 Larger Than Life The ClaSS Of 1999 By Sara Hirsch number of applicants to law school (about have more people in our class whose report minority status. Represented are We survived law camp and made a . 10%), thus the Admissions Office rea­ undergraduate institution was University 30 states, the District of Columbia, the respectable showing at the softball tour­ soned that the number of applicants that ofVirginia than any other, except W&M. People's Republic of China, the United nament with the help of Dean actually accepted (the yield) would also Approximately 80 percent of us are re­ Kingdom, and Central America. Twenty­ Krattenmaker. We have occasionally at­ decline. However, the yield increased ceiving (or should be receiving) some one entering students have post-bacca­ tended the " Bar Reviews" on Thursday this year to 26.2 percent, up from 25.8 financial aid and about one-third of our laureate degrees, including two with nights and have even found our way to the percent last year. Although 'this produced class receives a form ofscholarship assis­ Ph.Ds. Examples of the wide range of delis on the weekends. The parking prob­ a larger class, when the Admissions Of­ tance. Like the 2Ls, the average age of work experience include a juvenile pro­ lem and the crowding around the hanging fice was actually looking for a smaller this class is 25, with the ages of students bation officer, published author, fmancial files has no doubt been made worse by our class, the result clearly reflects well on M­ ranging from 20 to 46. Also similar to analyst, staff assistant in the U.S. House size. But what is the I L class really like? W. Faye Shealy, Associate Dean for other M-W classes, more than half (58 of Representatives, pharmacist, and a The characteristic most commented Admission, extends her thanks to every­ percent) have full-time work experience. marketing assistant for the Dallas Cow­ about by other ~ seems to be the number of one for choosing M-W and continues to The median undergraduate grade point boys. Of course, many have legal work people in our class. There are 198 of us welcome any feedback on the adinissions average for our class is 3.36 and the me­ experience, 20 members of the class have now because 2 incoming students were process. She further states that the admin­ dian LSA T score is 163, both similar to served in the military, and other students admitted off wait-lists to other schools. istration feels 198 is a manageable num­ the average of other classes. represent career fields such as account­ That number compared to the 185 stu­ ber and foresees no problems in the future On a more specific level, the Class of ing, banking, engineering, teaching, and dents in the 2L class and 162 in the 3L for the newest class. 1999 is comprised of a diverse, accom­ farm management. class is not a large difference. There has In some ways, the 1L class is very plished group. The class is 48 percent Other accomplishments by members been a national downturn recently in the similar to many previous classes. We. women, 52 percent men, and 25 percent See FIRST YEARS on 5 T HE A MICUS CURIAE News Briefs Monday, September 23, 1996 5

The Journal of Women and the Law Announces New Staff Members Marshall-Wythe Students' Brief Prevails in Appeal Congratulations to Kathleen Bergman (2L), Kristan Burch (2L), Keri Chistensen (2L), Calvin Anderson (3L ), Drew Swank (3 L ), Wendy V ann (' 96), and Charlie Young (3 L) Tanya Fickenscher (lL) Deanna Griffith (lL), Eliza Hutchinson (2L), Stacey Jones submitted an amicus curiae brief in United States v. Salazar, argued last spring at the (2L), Amy Laderberg (IL), Karen Lemp (l L), Kim Levine (2L) Eunice Park (IL), law school, via the magic of Courtroom 21 technology, before the United States Court Stacia Riggs (2L), Rebecca Silberbogen (lL), Stacey Rae Simcox (lL), Elizabeth of Appeals for the Armed Forces. A maj ority of the Court agreed with the position Wilson (2L), and Stephanie Zapata (2L). supported in the brief submitted. by these M-W students. Congratulations!

New Judicial Council Member Announced The Journal of Women and the Law HoJds Art Competition Aaron Goforth (2L) was appointed Associate Justice to fill a vacancy on the Judicial Designs should be consistent with previous covers of the Journal (penci1 sketches of Council. The comment period will conclude on Monday, September 23 . Any prominent women in history.) Entries should be submitted to Renee Esfandiary (2 L) comments should be directed to the SBA President, Shaun Rose (3L). by October I, 1996. If you have any questions contact her by hanging file. The artist will receive an award of $50 ~nd be recognized in the Journal.

COMPUTERS from 4 such as Lexis/Nexis can be ac- next to the circulation desk, in to the fact that all the labs ha e sion comes out). new system. cessed from all the labs on can1- the student lounge, and can some- the same software, using the new To the extent that the new The fact that the programs pus. This may be a particularly times be found in mail drops. system should be easier and more system is faster, more powerful, are all centrally installed also has useful advantage when people Classes can be signed up for in convenient. more uniform, easier to use and hidden benefits. All the labs start cramming into the library the binder (which is now located Phillips also expects that the provides more functions and fea- have access to all the programs. just before exams. in the lab, not at the front desk). system will continue to advance. tures, it is truly a great step for Although this means that we have To address the obvious com- Regarding user-friendliness, He said that he would expect W&M. To the extent that many access to a lot of useless things plaints, Phillips assured us that Phillips says that friendly is what Windows NT 4.0 to be installed here are less than computer liter- such as stats packages, it also computer services will be teach- you're used to, but that an advan- the next time "users are off-line ate, all these sudden changes may means that we can use the busi- ing usage classes. Announce- tage of the heavily windows- (before the summer). There also create problems for some. In the ness school's Microsoft Office ments for these classes are based system is that all the is movement toward having end though, everyone should licenses (for Word, Access, generally posted on the bulletin programs are similar; you only Westlaw added as well as adjust and the new system should Powerpoint, etc.), and that things boards, in the Docket, on the TV hav~ to learn it once. In addition Quattro Pro (when the NT ver- help all of us to be more produc-

FIRST YEARS from 4 GROVER from 4 OCPP from 2 invited into their hallowed halls selves, we must realize the per­ of the I L class include volun­ their differing balances of racial student strives to place himself of associateship. manence ofour situation and take teering with the Peace Corps, the groups, which has implications in an optimal position to choose Changes in the current job into consideration the positions Headstart program, the Red for women s rights issues. a firm whereas employers make search procedures will not of others. None of us created the Cross, the United Way Cam­ "I plan to use insights gained the ultimate choice as to which change this fundamental fact. policies, and none of us deserves paign, Habitat for Humanity, during my travels in my classes of our sycophantic corps will be Rather than fighting among our- any of the blame. Special Olympics, and a variety here," Grover said. Her research of other activities. Tpree of us is especially relevant to Women were elected Student Body Presi­ and the Law and to Employment FILM DEVELOPING dent, many have led debate Discrimination. Grover said teams, another was a· College hopefully, "Maybe I can use Second set of prints Bowl Team Member, and one is some research material in Civil the great, great-grandson of a Procedure as well," although the U.S. President. Joining our ranks governments in Barbados and in also are Phi Beta Kappa mem­ Australia use procedures very bers, College Republicans, and . different froni ours. Young Democrats. In terms of the United States' FREE More recent accomplish­ present situation regarding ments by members of the I L women's rights and employment EVERY WEDNESDAY class include 7 students being discrimination, Grover said, invited to join the Journal of "We' re on therighttrack-we' re Ask for "Local Lab" and get Women and the Law, 5 joining changing laws and changing at­ the Environmental Law Review, titudes, and with continued Second Set Free along with and 14 joining the Bill ofRi ghts changes, women and men enjoy Journal. Many of the rest have improvements in the workplace." Low Prices -when brought become involved in other extra­ Despite her fruitful year away in on Wednesday. curricular activities such as in­ from Williamsburg, Professor tramural sports, . Student Legal Grover said she is happy to be 2 4 Exposures Services, A val on, and writing for back with the William and Mary this very paper. Some students students. She especially enjoys 3112 x 5 Kodacolor are just trying to keep up with the the "good human environment" 4.95 workload. Whatever it is that we here and she feels that our WITH STUDENT I.D. are all doing, the faculty has de- faculty's colJegiality is superior . ·scribed the Class ofl999 as "pre­ to other schools and both faculty pared, hard-working, and fun," and administration have · great Massey·s so we must be on the right track. concern for the students. The We may even be able to live up to "students are the clients at Will­ Camera Shop. the name of our softball team - iam and Mary School of Law," 2L's Suck- in next year's tourna­ and Professor Grover takes plea­ 447 PRINCE GEORGE STREET ment and learn the rotation sys-· sure in teaching with that idea in WILLIAMSBURG, VA. • PHONE 229-3181 tem around the hanging files if mind. we keep up the hard work. 6 Monday, September 23, 1996 THE AMicus CuluAE Law Watch, -- The truth is stranger than fiction -- Pepsi Drinker Files Suit to Join the Jet Set- temporary restraining order preventing the league from suspending Cleveland Indians John Leonard, a21-year-old business student, had a dream. He gathered five investors, player Albert Belle. DiNovi, whose company owns season tickets, claimed that he and tpssed back a case of Pepsi, and set off to collect his Harrier Jump-Jet from PepsiCo. other ticketholders were entitled to see Belle play in the specified games. He later Yes, you remember the ad: 7,000,000 Pepsi Points for the jet behind the curtain. That's withdrew the suit at the request of Belle, who reportedly just wanted to get the roughly 16.8 million cans of Pepsi, which should have kept the jet well out of reach, suspension over with so he could play baseball again. except for the fact that PepsiCo allowed customers to purchase additional Pepsi Points for $.10 each. Leonard filed suit August 6, seeking delivery ofthe jet. PepsiCo defends A Kiss on the Hand may be Quite Continental .. . its ad, saying that it was just a computer-generated scene and that everybody should .. . but kissing in the hallway at Atlantis Elementary School in Port St. John, Florida, have known it was a spoof. The Department of Defense adds that neither Pepsi nor can get your field trip privileges yanked. The ACLU is helping two fifth-graders sue Leonard will be able to get one-of the limited number of Harrier jets in its service. the school after school officials refused them permission to participate in a choral . concert at the state capitol when they found out the students had kissed in the school's Gag Me with Blue Jell-0 hallways. The students themselves had raised the money .to cover transportation and Jack Metier of Paso Robles, California, has filed suit against two radio stations, two lodging for the trip. radio show personalities, a local teenager, and the organizers ofthe Mid-State Fair over an incident which occured at a jointly-sponsored talent show.. The two on-air Do You Believe In Magic? personalities allegedly encouraged Brandon MacDonell, whose talent is eating and When Leslie Cowan, a second-grade teacher at a Stafford, Missouri, public school, spitting up gelatin, to .aim his act in Metier's direction. Specifically, Metier alleges, sent her class home with confidence-boo~ting "magic rocks" last year, she never "Brandon MacDonell did swallow Jell-0 and did intentionally, and with malice and imagined it would spawn accusations of occultism and cost her her job. The smooth wanton disregard of plaintiffs rights, throw up the Jell-0 on the shoulder, down the glass rocks were accompanied by uplifitng messages like, "before you put your magic right arm, stomach area, and right hip and leg of the plaintiff." rock away, think of three good things about yourself." The school claims that Cowan was dismissed due to poor performance, but at trial, Cowan's attorney produced a note from the school's principal stating her belief that parents were removing their children The Customer Isn't Always Right from the school over the rock incident. A jury awarded Cowan $18,000 in lost wages; Lou Dinovi, of Hudson Ohio, filed suit against the American League, requesting a a hearing on her reinstatement is pending. Cultural Diversion: Goya' s Forgotten Works Of Art. By Jill Cramer and disgust that he felt towards war-tom on and offtfle battlefields. of war. Another print which really drives It is just about that time in the semester Spain and its departure from civility and Goya' s small prints are dark and fore­ this point home is a piece depicting the when we feel the need to flee as far as faith, an intention which easily comes boding. Images of mutilated men and castration of a naked man by several sol­ possible from the. confines of our law across in the artwork. women are the subject of almost every diers, an image which is bound to put a books and the colonial overdrive of The exhibit is comprised of three dis­ work. Each piece is carefully drawn and grimace on the face of any male strolling Williamsburg. For those of you who do tinct series of works. The smaLlest sec­ heavily shaded. While some prints are through the gallery. not have the time to actually leave the tion, "Los Caprichos," is Goya's attempt clearly detailed and ornate, others are While the entire Goya exhibition is metropolis, or for those wfio are just look­ at political satire. The largest section of deliberately vague in form in order to not as gruesome as these two works sug­ ing for a quick study break that involves the exhibit, "Los Desastres De La Guerra," impart a sense ofthe indiscriminate harsh­ gest, there are virtuaUy no uplifting im­ castration, famine, and execution, the lat­ or, "The Disasters of War," gives the ness of the violence of war. The hideous ages in the collection. However, I est exhibit at the William and Mary viewer a grisly sense of the horror of expressions and frozen horror on the faces recommend "Goya! Prints by the Spanish Muscarelle Museum of Art should pro­ Spain's War with Napoleon. The fmal ofGoya's figures lend a chaotic sense to Master," to any willing art aficionado. vide an ample escape from the horrors of series, "Los Proverbios," presents dark the prints, further_showing Goya's own The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a fan­ law school. images of human folly. disgust toward the war. tastic university museum. "Goya! Prints by the Spanish Master," . The strength of the exhibit, both in With titles such as "A Cruel Shame," Aside from the Goya show, there is a features prints and lithographs by the fa­ terms of content and artistic skill, is "Los and "Wha~ Madness," Goya adds words small but impressive African Art exhibit mous 18th century Spanish painter in Desastres." Even if you know nothing of to what he already displays through his that is worth visiting. The Goya prints celebration ofhis 250th birthday. Goya is Spanish history, Goya presents a graphic artistic representation. One particularly will be removed on October 13th, and will best known for his commissioned paint­ · and somber view of the devastation of the appalling print, "Great Deeds Against the be replaced by the works ofNell Blaine, a ings of Spanish royalty, but his prints war which easily communicates the far­ Dead," depicts a tree strewn with dis­ contemporary landscape and still life offer a much more interesting and reveal­ reaching effects of the conflict. membered bodies. A severed head is painter. ing side of the artist. During the artist's time, war was a perched on a branch, a pair ofarms dangle Hopefully the Blaine exhibition will The gallery contains over I 00 Goya glorified and exalted occurrence. How­ in the air, and a headless corpse is tied to provide a more uplifting and aesthetically pieces which were hidden from the public ever, Goya saw the evil side that no previ­ the tree next to several other mutilated pleasing opportunity for the culture-de­ in his own time, and published only a half ous Spanish artist had dared to reveal. soldiers. As do all of the prints in "Los prived law school student. Meanwhile, century after his death. Goya used his "Los Desastres" also exposes the looting, Desastres," "Great Deeds," gives the check out the provoking and poignant prints as an outlet for the disillusionment destruction, and mourning that took place viewer an obvious sense of the excesses works of Goya. Technology Corner: The ]ob Hunt Gets Unde~way By Alison Rosenstengel vide useful information to cur­ index.html. From here, you can OCPP offers, including Group . necessarily. Eventually, of Over the summer, William rent students, including events read about OCPP and its place­ Mailings, On-Campus Interview­ course, you should check the and Mary leapt into the cyberage calendars and reading lists. ment summaries, get informa­ ers, Direct Contact Employers, OCPP binders to see exactly with an extensive revamping of The Office of Career Plan­ tion for graduates, learn the and Judicial Clerkships. Em­ what materials the employer its campus computer resources. ning and Placement Is one of the details on getting PSF funding ployers are listed by post-date has provided the school, but M-W jumped on the bandwagon many M-W offices to have its for next summer, and (perhaps and then name; presently, the as we move further into the by upgrading computers and net­ own comer on the WWW, bring­ most important) access OCPP's listings are not searchable by technology age, many i(lw works and debuting its new web ing at least the initial stages of job board postings. That' s geographic area_ or hiring prefer- firms and agencies are strut­ pages (http://www."-'m.edu/law) your job hunt right to your com­ right-OCPP has recreated its ences. ting their stuff online. This to the world at the beginning of puter. To get to OCPP's web bulletin board online. Using the So, you' re sitting at home enables students to get an in­ August. pages, either link to ' Career Ser­ password distributed at the be­ with a list of who's coming - side view into practice areas, The Jaw school' s web pages vices' from the M-W's home ginning of the school y ear, stu­ do you then have to trek over to hiring criteria, and important are expected to be an important page or jump directly to http:// dents can access the many the Jaw school to fmd out the cases handled by a firm in recruitment tool, but also pro- warthog.cc.wm .edu/law/Career/ different types ofjob listings that juice on these employers? Not See TECHNOLOGY on 12 THE AMICUS CURJAE Monday, September 23, 1996 • Featured Commentary 7

What I Failed To Do This Summer: Think soon after, Caesar is dead in a political Queen. We' ve spent 2000 years coming ation and nobody else is taking the blame Robert Littleton assassination and you're still painting up with all these things and one usually for the Contract with America. Two your face blue and screaming. At this feels pretty good about anything requir­ Americans ask for directions in London Picture the scene: It's about 5 p.m. and point the British figured out that tradi­ ing that sort of effort. If an American can . and end up in the wrong place; two British you're sitting having afternoon tea with tion isn't such a bad thing to rely on and prove to me that we won't still be arguing ask for directions in Miami and end up in the local druid _discussing the merits ofthe have been doing it ever since (by the way about the Blood's and the Crip's right to the mortuary. If one wishes to examine new law regarding the-right to carry con­ we don't paint our faces blue anymore, bear arms (for sporting purposes natu­ experience ofother cultures then consider cealed cudgels. The news comes through but there are a few who still advocate rally) and Thomas Jefferson's opinion on the fact that 45% of British go abroad at that a rather unpleasant chap by the name screaming obscenities at foreigners). absolutely anything in the year 3792 least once per year while 45% of Ameri­ ofJulius Caesar has just appeared with the Dare I suggest that Mr. Erik Meyer's maybe I'll concede that England has been cans think that Florida is abroad and wish first century equivalent ofthe Desert Storm sojourn in Albion, chronicled in last a little slow to change, butdon'thold your West Virginia were. coalition while your military might week'sAmicus, wasalittlelikeCaesar's? breath. I would like to say in conclusion that amounts to roughly two hockey sticks I will be the first to admit that tradi­ Unfortunately I don't have time to the United States has treated me ex­ and an old Chevy pick-up. What do you tion still dictates many attitudes and poli­ mention all of Mr. Meyer's criticisms of tremely well during my time here and do? Well long-standing tradition dictates cies in Britain-whenever I'm at home my motherland but I'm still trying to track though I complain from time to time I that you paint your face blue, jump in I will watch England play the West Indies down the bill for a meal I had in London don't do too "badly. I even found an af­ your chariot, and run off to scream as at cricket with the bizarre illusion that in 1864. By the way is it a bad thing not to fordable Guiness the other day! Just many obscenities as come to mind at the we might actually win! Even more still be given a bill after eating out? I'm still a don't be like Mr. Meyer when you pop top of your voice. Miraculously, Caesar · adhere to the recent tradition which says student and believe it' s a polity that could across the pond - you might get the decides that this all a bit too much for a that Margaret Thatcher was the savior of do with wider adoption. same reception. Sunday afternoon and wanders off home the nation. We are still very attached to The common law is rooted in England to complain about the barbarians. Pretty country houses, family crests and the while K-Mart is a pure home grown ere- Analysis of an Indecent Proposal By Chris Ambrosio .. formula, Presumed Innocent after the· imbroglio that ruined Dennehy stars as the hard-nosed noticed her body, and I'd like to As I was scanning the ·TV could be included in the legal file his previous firm. In keeping executor who refuses to give a comment on it." Brian Dennehy listings the other day, I noticed as well. with the theme of young, white, life estate in Blackacre to A s stars as - all together now - that one of the networks was To save Hollywood some attractive male lawyers in the children. the hard-nosed administrative showing a movie called Undue trouble, l have prepared a \ist of South fighting against injustice, Socratic Method. This fl\m }awyer who doesn' t play by the Influence. (Of course Brian titles and premises for films that McDeere signs on as a second about complex personal relation­ rules . Dennehy was in it, and I'm sure could easily make tons of money year associate at the Richmond­ ships stars Mary· Stuart What s the cause of Judith Light or Connie Selecca by following the prevalent for­ based firm of Huntoon & Masterson, Mary Elizabeth Hollywood' s fascination with was as well.) This got me think- mula. Williamson. To McDeere's sur­ Mastrantonio, Sarah Jessica this formula? Is it because tele­ ing: What is Hollywood's fasci- Legislative Affairs. From direc­ prise, he fmds out that his new Parker, Eva Marie Saint, Tiffany vision has shortened the atten­ nation with the Adjective Noun tor Rob Reiner, the man who finn is actually more of a pain in Amber Theissen, Jackie Joyner tion span of the average title format? Not only do we _brought us An American Presi­ the ass than Bendini, Lambert & Kersee, and Florence Griffith American to 1.7 nanoseconds, have Undue Influence on televi- dent, comes this romantic com­ Locke. Brian Dennehy stars as Joyner. This film , written by and Hollywood thinks that our sian, but we also have Maximum edy about Senator Andrea the hard-nosed litigation partner Terry McMillan,allows us to society can'thandleanything that Risk and Extreme Measures in Sheppard (Mary Steenburgen) who doesn' t play by the rules. peek into the hearts and minds of is even remotely original? In the theaters. You can add these films who has an affair with her top Vo ir Dire. Catherine seven women who are attempt­ old days (and even the not-so­ to the huge pile of movies al- legislative assistant, Sidney Denoeuaeuve, noted for her pro­ ing to answer life's two funda­ olddays), we had films with more ready in the Adjective Noun col- Wade (John Cusack). Senator vocative work in Belle du Jour, mental questions: (I) How come challenging titles. Consider The lection: Basic Instinct, Fatal Sheppard discovers that it' s Belle Epoque, and Belle du Taco, all men are scum? and (2) Why Manchurian Candidate, How to Attraction, Final Analysis, Inde- tough to balance her life as a reprises her role as the French do we each have three names? Beat the High Cost ofLiving, It 's cent Proposal, Bad Influence, public figure and private roman­ chick who, like, gets laid a lot. The film features guest appear­ a Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Unlawful Entry, Executive Deci- tic. Martin Sheen also stars as Oh yeah, the plot has something ances by James Earl Jones and Everything You Always Wanted sion, Sudden Death, Sudden Im- Senator Sheppard' s lifelong vaguely to do with a jury trial Jose-Marie Olazabal with Brian to Know About Sex (But Were pact, Consenting Adults, Chain friend and confidant, and Brian but nobody cares about that. The Dennehy starring as the hard­ Afraid to Ask) . Now we' re re­ Reaction, Primal Fear . .. the list Dennehy stars as the hard-nosed film also carries a public service nosed florist who doesn't play duced to mere symbols, such as is endless, kinda like Endless senator who doesn't play by the message as Catherine warns by the rules. Soundtrack by Mary ID4. Pretty soon we' ll be saying Love. Some producers have even· rules. people about spreading venereal Chapin Carpenter. things like: "Hey, Ted, have you invented variations on the theme, Silent Lucidity. An evocative diseases. Brian Dennehy stars as Arbitr.ary and Capricious. In seen Movie No. 247 yet?" (That such as the Prepositional Phrase film that poses the question: How the hard-nosed DA who doesn't this madcap comedy piece, Jim is, assuming you have a friend series of movies from Steven close can a band actually c·ome play by the rules. Carrey and Jeff Daniels star as named Ted.) Maybe we just Segal: On Deadly Ground, Un­ to completely ripping off Pink Life in [3eing. From the creators two nutty bureaucrats who can't don't have the stamina to com­ der Siege, and Above the Law. Floyd? The film also poses an of The Unbearable Lightness of seem to promulgate any regula­ prehend movie titles that don' t Not only does· Hollywood even more evocative qu_estion: Being, this existential film me­ tions without causing all sorts of match a catch phrase or sound love the Adjective Noun formula, Why on earth would you want to anders through a bunch of in­ administrative snafus. When bite that we ve already heard on it seems to have a particular af­ do that, especially after you've credibly complex and illogical they try to hold a hearing "on the television. This would explain finity for the Legal/Technical graduated from high school? scenarios in a parable of trusts record,'"wacky high jinks ensue. why To Wong Fu: Thanks for Catch Phrase format. For ex­ Brian Dennehy stars as the hard­ and estates law: The film at­ Professor Neal Devins makes a Everything ... JulieNewmarand .ample, we have Unlav.ful Entry nosed roadie who doesn ' t play tempts to explain, through ·real guest appearance as an expert Things to_Do in Denver When and Undue Influence in the legal by the rules. life characters, the actual opera­ witness who testifies on the You 're Dead didn t make as category, and Chain Reaction Billable Hours. In this follow­ tion of the Rule Against Perpetu­ proper procedure for notice and much money as Independence and Executive Decision in the up to The Firm, writer John ities. Ofcourse , all the characters comment rule makmg. When Day. I suppose any request for technical category. Although it Grisham gives us insight into the commit suicide out offrustration asked about co-star Lauren Holly, original filmmaking would be, doesn't quite fit the grammatical legal career ofMitchell McDeere before the end of the film. Brian Jim Carrey replied: "I ve sure in the fmal analysis, an indecent proposal. 8 Monday, September 23, 1996 THE AMicus CURIAE T·he M-W Clubhouse Student Group Plans Third By Sue McCue • William & Mary Public Service Fund, Inc. Annual Gay Bash Incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1988, the William & Mary By Mike Grable on-campus employers must accept. We Public Service Fund, Inc. (PSF) is a private, nonprofit organization governed by also have hosted or co-hosted speakers students at the William & Mary School ofLaw. PSF is a fu II member ofthe National No, the Amicus has not been taken ranging from Duke University Law Pro­ Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL), a coalition of similar organizations over by homophobic thugs; rather, the fessor Jerome Culp, an expert on anti-gay at .law schools throughout the country. PSF endeavors to prepare, inspire, and members of the Lesbian and Gay Law ballot initiatives, to New York Law Pro­ create opportunities for William & Mary law students to pursue careers in public Association are hard at work planning this fessor Nadine Strossen, a leading gay­ interest law. annual fiesta. Well, actually, I'm hard at rights supporter and the National President PSF conducts several fund-raisers throughout the year to support its Summer work planning it. OK, I'm feeling really Fellowship Program. Through the program, PSF provides financial assistance to guilty about the fact that I haven't yet had of the ACLU. Will iam & Mary law students who work in unpaid summer internships with public even an organizational meeting for LGLA We plan to be very involved in the this year: I've remedied that, however, by interest law organizations. planning of f!1e 1997 Bill of Rights Stu­ PSF also operates the Gift Shop in the locker area of the student lounge at the scheduling the meeting for Wednesday dent Symposium on the military's Don't Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in Room 124. law school to supplement its special events fund-raising. PSF sells sweatshirts, t­ Ask, Don't tell policy, as well. shirts, mugs, hats, and other items that make wonderful gifts for family and friends The LGLA is a group of law students The LGLA is affiliated with the Na­ interested in the relationship between sexu­ - or for yourself! tional LGLA and the William and Mary Please support PSF and its mission by participating in its fund-raisers and by ality and the law. We are open ro all Gay & Lesbian Alumni/ae (GALA). Last Marshall-Wythe Law students and pledge patronizing the Gift Shop. year, we hosted the NLGLA Regional not to discriminate against hetero students Conference and sent several representa­ 1996-97 EVENTS based on their sexual orientation. tives to GALA's Homecoming Weekend Casino Night Oct. 26, 1996 The LGLA is generally committed to rais­ parties and meetings. The LGLA has also AmbulanceChase 5K Race Nov. 3, 1996 ing awareness of the issues facing the gay worked to forge strong relationships with Dinner Date Auction Feb. 7, I 997 community at M-W; we would be com­ other student groups; for two years run­ mitted to raising awareness of issues fac­ Pledge Drive April, 1997 ning, we have cosponsored kegs on the ing the lesbian community as well, but as patio with Mary & William, BLSA, and far as we can tell there hasn't been an out THE PSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1996-97 · theJewishLawStudentsAssociation. We Sue McCue (3L) Co-chair lesbian at the law school since 1995. We also have strong ties to the administration Ethan Smith (3L) Co-chair talk about lesbians anyway, of course, and . as our most noteworthy supporters are hope to discover a few on campus soon; Karen Field (2L) Secretary Dean Thomas Krattenmaker and Vice­ i.e., all of this talk of lesbians not just a Michelle Colitisas (2L) Treasurer is Dean Jayne Barnard. pathetic ruse to increase our straight male Susan Ludi (3L) We really do take our·non-discrirnina­ membership. Mike Grable (3L) tion pledge seriously, and we invite any On a more serious note, recent LGLA Rebeccca Eichler (2L) interested straight students to come to Kathy Lamothe (2L) successes include lobbying the adminis­ one of our meetings. Cristin Zeisler (3L) tration to actUally include sexual orienta­ To paraphrase Anita Bryant: The tion in the non-discrimination pledge that Peter Kirchgraber (2L) LGLA: It's not just for gays anymore. David Bruns (2L) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Good Luck To The 2Ls Participating In • Jan Starkweather (3L) .______...... • The Bushrod J\1oot Court Tournament .• A Relaxing Day at Waller Mill Park By Dave Riordan are parents can appreciate the has about 75 markers explaining est is to take Richmond Road out the left. Again, there will be a Among the best of value of sure-fire entertainment many of the different trees, past Outback Steakhouse. Look brown sign for the park. Williamsburg's many hidden for toddlers that doesn't involve shrubs, and bushes indigenous for the small brown Waller Milk So pack up a nice picnic lunch treasures is Waller Mill Park. It Barney or Big Bird. to this area. You can also get a Park sign on•the right. Alter­ and take your favorite honey out sits on the site of what used to be Stress is non-existent as you booklet from the information nately, takei-64toexit238. Take for a relaxing, beautiful day on a working grain mill in the late troll your hands in the water booth with more detailed infor­ Route 132 south and turn right at the lake. I 8th century. The park consists waiting for the excitement of the mation. It makes for a fine intro­ the first intersection It sure beats studying for fi­ ofa343 acre lake, a4.5 mile bike big one to bite. It really is a duction to the Peninsula's plant (Rochambeau Drive). Airport nals. After all, they don't begin path, and several walking trails, wonderful and romantic way to life and will certainly give you Road will be about 1.25 miles on for three months. one with a twelve station exer­ get away from the day-to-day some ideas on cise course. In short, there is grind of law school. Just don't exotic things for something for everyone. The expect to catch dinner. In three your own gar­ views around the part are breath­ trips, we've managed to catch a den. taking, especially during fall fo­ few fish, but the largest was Waller Mill Host liage time. barely a foot long and had less Park is only The lake is clearly the center­ meat than a foot-long at a base­ about I 0 miles piece of the park. You can rent ball game. from the law paddleboats, rowboats, or canoes The bicycle path meanders school on Route for $3 per hour. The fishing 4.5 miles through the dense 654. (Route654 from a rowboat is excellent. The woods. The path is not paved, so is also called Bar lake is stocked with striped bass, make sure you have mountain Airport Road, Williamsburu Crvssinu large-mouthed bass, crappie, bike tires. There are plenty of which may be . Jvhn TYler tii!!hway blue gill, and several other vari­ rough spots, fallen twigs, and confusing be- 22()-()S()S eties. You can buy a fishing overhanging trees to make it a cause the airport Review license at the lake, but be sure to challenge even for experienced closed twenty bring your own bait. bikers. years ago.) Last weekend, rn y family If you are a nature lover new There are two went fishing out on the lake. to the area, the Bayberry trail is a ways to get to the Thursday, S~ptetnber 26 Other older lawyers-to-be who must-do. It runs 1.5 miles and park. The easi- Monday, September 23 , 1996 THE AMicus CURIAE 9 More Tales of Summer PSF Style Kids Are People Too often ran high. The toughest Richmond Legal Ai.d handle, Legal Aid was the place. Not having worked in a legal moment of my internship came I wasn't disappointed. office prior to law school, this This past summer, I interned while I was sitting second-seat A bunch of chuckleheads in The Richmond Legal Aid of­ was my first opportunity to see at the Brooklyn office of the Ju­ during the cross-examination of Congress decided recently that fice has approximately nine full exactly what it is lawyers really venile Rights Division of the a six year old girl allegedly "radical' attorneys in Legal Aid time attorneys on staff. The of­ do. Legal Aid Society ofN ew York. abused by our fourteen year old offices were-using frivolous class fice serves lower income clients At the risk of sounding like a The Juvenile Rights Division client and she burst into tears. . action suits to advance leftist ide­ in such areas as housing, elder public service announcement, the ("JRD") is one of the country' s I' II never forget the way her par­ als at the expense of the taxpay­ care, employment benefits, and experience helped to reaffrrm my leading organizations in the field ents and brother looked at me. ers. Consequently, they passed a consumer affairs. I split my time sagging faith that lawyers can of child advocacy. The Division My supervisor reminded me that provision forbidding Legal Aid working for two attorneys, one actually make a difference in the represents children in the five our child client was entitled to a attorneys from bringing any class of whom hapdled mostly hous­ day to day lives of people with­ Family Courts in NewYorkCity. defense no matter what and she action suits. Maybe this type of ing issues and the other who dealt out resorting to multi-million Nearly 85 percent ofthe case load was right but it didn't make it abuse goes on at other Legal Aid with social security and elderly dollar slip and fall cases. For deals with child protective cases any easier for me or for my su­ offices, but, from my brief expe­ clients (if you have a particular example, on my next to last day, such as child abuse, neglect, ter­ pervisor who had been doing this rience at Central Virginia Legal area of i~terest, you can make a I was able to get the Richmond mination of parental rights, and for ten years. It was great to Aid this summer, it seemed to request). Most summer interns Public Works Department to is­ adoption. The other 15 percent ·work with dedicated women and me that most Legal Aid attor­ are given the chance to represent sue a refund check to an elderly of the case load involves juvenile men who after years of working neys are too busy with legitimate a client before an administrative lady who had been ripped off by delinquency proceedings which in the Family Court, were not cases to be worried about bring­ judge. her landlord into paying the elec­ are quasi-criminal in nature. jaded and burnt out. ing time-consuming, frivolous From the first day on, I got to tric bill for both her apartment Thus, this summer I worked as Working as a summer intern lawsuits. handle things I wasn't sure I was and her upstairs neighbor for both child protector and defense for the JRD was, in some re­ Thanks to the Public Service capableofhandling. Fortunately, nearly two years. It didn't take attorney. spects, the culmination of my Fund, I spent part of my summer I don't think there are any mal­ any great legal strategy on my As an intern, I assisted JRD legal objectives. After a long working for Central Virginia practice suits pending (thank you, part, and frankly anyone could attorneys (called "law guard­ history of public service span­ Legal Aid Society in Richmond. Legal Skills). Under the super­ have done it if they had taken the ians") with various aspects of ning from pre-high school to the I had heard from several people vision of an. attorney, I inter­ time. Thanks to PSF, I had the cases. My duties ranged from present, I decided to attend law that if you were looking for a viewed clients, drafted pleadings, time and it felt good to actually conducting client and witness school to become a child advo­ place where you were given as ·and basically did whatever leg­ see my efforts pay off. interviews and review of discov­ cate. Child advocacy, to me, is much responsibility as you could work the attorneys needed done. -Alex Long ery material to preparing direct currently the most important pub­ and cross-examination questions lic interest area - not only be­ and drafting closing statements. cause every issue which affects I drafted motions and answers to adults, such as poverty, HIV, motions. I also was allowed to abuse, and race also affects chil­ make courtroom appearances on dren, but because there are cur­ the record, arguing motions and rently not enough attorneys The Green Leafe: Cafe entering pleas .on behalf of our willing to dedicate their time, clients. When the caseload per­ souls, and hearts to this emotion­ mitted, l undertook \ega\ research ally-draining field. l fmnly be­ and writing projects. My lieve economics plays .an caseload included arguing for the important role in encouraging best interest of children who had attorneys to dedicate themselves been abused or neglected as well to public interest. Thanks to the 20 T~ps. as defending children under the Public Service Fund, I did not Bottles~ · age of sixteen accused of com­ need to worry about economics l 00 mitting crimes including, but not for the summer, leaving me more Best .in limited to, graffiti, robbery, as­ The Beer town. time to focus on my cases and the • • • sault, sexual abuse of children, needs of my clients. Grea.t Selection of Fine Wines & Scotches. rape, and murder! - Tosha Foster Needless to say, emotions \I ~weryone Knows .That. ~· . LIBRARY from be accessed using your ID card card isn't working properly, con­ during the following hours: But did. you know that the G:reen Lea.fe tact the circulation desk. up Now that the system is opera­ Sunday:6a.m.-10a.m.; 10:30 dishes som.e of the. 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Rep-ublicans Have Gone Too Far, The Republican Welfare Package Seeks To Control Forgetting The Purpose Of Welfare T he Burgeoning Federa l Bureaucracy "How can a single "In 1965, welfare absorbed Christian Mastondrea around 1.5 percent of GNP mother of two, the Michael Coe average welfare fam­ -when Lyndon Johnson ily, find and keep a launched the War on Pov­ . ·"There, but for the grace ofGod , go I." "Welfare programs must contribute to erty; without reform, wel­ Those used to be words to live by. Today, low-earning job when the attack on family breakdown and ille­ it's "Those lazy vultures look how they she cannot afford gitimacy. Unless such problems are dealt fare was predicted to suck our tax dollars down a sink hole." health and·child with effectively, they fester, and grow, consume 6 percent of the Yes, that's right, the Congress has finally care?" sapping the strength of society as a whole GNP by 1999." managed to take a remarkable step into and extending their consequences in the early 1920's. With help from Wild poverty caused by the system designed to troubled families from one generation to (Senator Dan~el P. Moynihan), agree that Bill Clinton, history was_made and a mil­ alleviate it. the next." something had to be done. The recently Uon or so children were earmarked for a Let's look at it from another angle. Let -John F. Kennedy signed Welfare Reform bill may not be life of fun below the official poverty line. us assume that poverty is, in fact, the perfect and it may even exacerbate some Nastiness and division are the two key vicious cycle that begets more poor, and The welfare system prior to the pas­ short-term problems, but it is undoubtably themes in modem American politics. The that welfare is designed to keep these sage of Republican welfare bill was a a step in the right direction. fact that a Democratic President should people at a tolerable level of existence. disaster. It trapped the poor it was de­ In a broad sense, the welfare reform be part of this rape of the social security Without this crucial safety net, what orga­ signed to help in a debilitating cycle of bill seeks to do four things: (1) reduce net is even more disappointing. The sixty nizations shall take up the work of help­ dependency, subsidized and created in­ illegitimacy; (2) demand reciprocity and plus years of the New Deal ideal's of the ing the poor? The largest charity in the centives for familial dysfunction, and dis­ work; (3) promote moral renewal; and ( 4) great FrankUn Roosevelt have been turned United States is Catholic Charities of couraged the very behavior necessary to control costs. First, the social science aside for what is in fact a social Darwinist America who has concluded that all ofthe rise out of poverty and into self-suffi­ literature is unanimous in its observation approach. The history of welfare in this changes in the law could lead to a required ciency. Among the most despairing ef­ that children born out of wedlock are at a country stems from a time of great pov­ doubling of its operating size, a feat few fects of this system were the incentives serious disadvantage in life. By 1991 , 61 erty, when most of the Nation lived in believe is possible. The lesson learned for illegitimacy, divorce, and non-work. percent of poor families with children rural shacks, with no electricity and run­ reluctantly by FDR was that some prob­ Irrespective of the good intentions of the were headed by single women. ning water. Admittedly, some of the lems are so large that only the Federal initiators ofthe original welfare programs, Second, by demanding work and reci­ system had been stuck in a virtual time Government has the size to handle them. the perverse results ·of what followed are procity, welfare recipients are given aid warp as we\\, in desperate need of reform. l do not believe that the states are undeniabie. President Ke~edy acknowl­ and are expected to contribute to society­ TI1is proposal simply is not the an­ inherently evil but their record on the edged that welfare "as we know it" con­ for the given assistance. Instead of a one swer. The meanness of this bill is over­ matter is less than impressive. The states tributes to family breakdown and way handout from the state, we enter into shadowed only by the stupidity of it. had a chance in the early part of this illegitimacy. a relationship of mutual responsibility Punishing children for the indiscretions century and they dropped the ball. I do Ibe impetus for reforming welfare with those we help. ofthe parent is simply reprehensible. How not believe that the block grants that this is fust and foremost to ensure that those Third, by encouraging moral behav­ can a single mother of two, the average legislation proposes will convert such on the lowest rungs of America's socio­ ior from the recipient (marriage, work, welfare family, find and keep a low-eam­ programs as AFDC and WIC to programs economic ladder get what they need to education) and activism from private so­ ingjob when she cannot afford health and which will be used to the advantage of the reach self-sufficiency. A secondary, but cial institutions, the welfare bill should child care? Many people can not afford to recipients. This grant system will lead to significant, concern is to make certain help reverse the behavioral poverty which live on the minimum wage paid for their even more restrictive measures. that America' s taxpaying citizenry is get­ plagued our recent efforts. Behavioral limited work skills. No one with half a The plan itself is a package ofhate and tingmore"bangforitsbuck." The myriad poverty includes citizens justifying inac­ bratn would have an extra child on wel­ xenophobia. The 104th Congress has cut of 77 overlapping and sometimes con­ tion in local social institutions in the be­ fare to get the extra cash because the off legal immigrants from aid. These are flicting welfare programs has been an liefthat they already 'paid' the government increase in monthly allowance is smaller people who pay taxes the same as the rest extraordinarily expensive and complicated to take care of the problem and the recipi­ than the increased cost of the child. Now of us! Most people seem to think that this way of failing at this original task. In ents' eroded work ethic and dependency, to discourage a problem that most soci­ was a huge part of the budget, but my 1965, ·welfare absorbed around 1.5 per­ Jack ofeducational aspiration and achieve~ ologists said never really existed, we will understanding was that cash in kind social cent of GNP when Lyndon Johnson ment, inability or unwillingness to con­ punish the children by allowing no extra service made up not more than 3 or 4 launched the War on Poverty; without trol one's children, criminal activity, and money at all. percent of the federal budget. reform, welfare was predicted to con­ drug/alcohol abuse. The five year lifetime cap on receiving I will believe the promises when I see sume6percentoftheGNPby 1999. This Finally, in these days of exploding benefits is the scariest factor of them all. them. The Congress has said "Get off the quadrupling of the percentage of national debt and huge deficits, federal spending Many of these people are not capable of dole and get a job." Well great, of course '•resources spent might be defensible if the must be reduced, in welfare as in other maintaining a job, or more likely a job the welfare rolls will go down because programs worked instead of making mat­ programs. will simply not be found for them. What even if a job is not located the recipient ters worse. They don't work and it isn't Welfare reform was needed and nec­ happens if you lose the job through no will be thrown off. I am not opposed to defensible. essary. Here, everyone agrees. No one is fault of your own? There is some form of workfare, but the government would have The author of the companion piece certain exactly what works and where it possible income subsidy that may kick in to be prepared to provide jobs to those will agree that the previous welfare sys.: will work. Congress chose a wise ap­ for a period ofyears. What happens when who could not fmd them. The market is tern had bur.geoned into a uncontrolled proach. First, set down the general prin­ that time runs out? Can you support two not omnipotent; that "hand" may lift some monster which ruined the lives of its de­ ciples about what a welfare program rug rats on $5.25 an hour? How about up, but it also has the ability to crush some pendents while extracting exorbitant sums should do, then get out of the way. Some $6.25 an hour? It cannot be done! as well. Many of these people don'twant from its master. Everyone agrees that claim that we won't be spending enough, Let us not forget that even a capitalist to be on the dole, most don' t know what welfare reform was necessary. Surpris­ but spending has never been a measure of Supply sider will talk in terms of the they can do, and most are clearly only ingly, even President Clinton agrees, af­ effective welfare in the past. minimum level of unemployment being marginally employable. What has hap­ ter being swayed back to the substance of By making the legal space and proper about 2 percent. That is the rate that pened to our sense of community? Any his 1992 campaign rhetoric by unforgiv­ incentives available to the states to create unemployment will run at given an one of us could fmd ourselves with this ing opinion polls. Those ;ho decry the new and effective approaches to welfare, economy with full employment. For too level of desperation. I hope we can live Republican bill, whether forpolitics (Con­ we have fmally taken a step towards san­ long the debate on welfare has focused on with those one million extra children in gressman Charlie Rangel) or principle ity. the idea that this is a vicious cycle of poverty, and I hope you enjoy your $5 tax cut. THE AMicus CURIAE Arts & Entertainment Monday, September 23, 1996 11

Pinhead Gunpowder ForEveryone; REM Goes Big Time Corporate By Dov Szego fountains overflowing . .. " It's funny, in that owns those four guys intends to make nation, but it seems to me that songs Pinhead Gunpowder: Jump Salty that the song starts off with a sample from far more than that off those five albums. recorded in one place sound different This album isn't particularly new; it a Jane Fonda workout tape, "bend your Either way, REM's new Warner deal ex­ from others, but somewhat similar to each came out in 1994. The songs on it are knees, rest your knees against your el­ emplifies corporate music in the 90' s: other (notably, the Seattle tracks seem to older than that, mostly from various com­ bows, little bounces with your buttocks. swift, sudden, brutish, predatory, and big. be the more distortion reliant, harder pilations and 7 inches released by the One ... two . .. three . .. four.'' There's Sixteen million a disk is defmitely not songs). The other interesting thing about band since 1991. The band never got big, a little story about some homeless guy bad for four eccentric guys from Athens, New Adventures is the incredible list of they don't tour, and none of their albums watering plants growing in through the Georgia, or anyone else for that matter. instruments used. Sounds as common as have ever gone Gold, much less platinum. sidewalk. All this over overdriven power (Some say that this is the biggest deal in the guitar and as unusual as the electric They were never reviewed by Spin or chords, and the usual solid r:hythm sec­ the history of the business; it wasn't so sitar; the bozouki, the ennio whistle, the Rolling Stone, though they' ve seen a lot tion. Nobody does it better. "It's my important to me that I felt the need to arp odyssey, the farfisa, the mellotron, the of ink from Maximum Rock 'n Roll (which Armageddon scheme. It's _my twisted research the matter, however). No one autoharp, and the guiro all fmd homes in none ofyou have ever heard of: it's a punk future dream. It's right around the corner, can argue that the band hasn't paid its the REM sound. I have to admit that even 'zine from San Francisco, considered by just you wait and see.'' dues, in any event After something like with a dictionary, I don't know what all many to be the monthly definitive bible of The lyrics on this album come prima­ 14 albums in about that many years, in­ those instruments. are. punk rock). Hell, this isn't even their rily from the mind ofCometbus. He sheds cluding some platinums and golds, REM As a cursory overview, the disk is newest stuff, 1995's Carry the Banner light on his sociopolitical views with such is arguably one of, if not THE best known pretty good. It's not the best, it's not a E.P. gets that labeL songs as "Freedom-is ..." "We're stripped act in the business (despite live shows classic, but it's pretty good. It certainly So now that half of the potential read­ of human dignity, forced to live in pov­ that, from what I am told and have seen, covers a wide range of tempos, dynamics, ers have tossed the paper away, I can tell erty, 'cuz in this land of the ' free' our are vaguely reminiscent of the vegetable and lyrical topics, and there are no par­ you why this album is here, and why freedom is all fak,e. We're wage slaves to ward in an old fol!Big Yellow Taxi" ster. Stipe uses virtually no vocal effects­ ment, or even Green. Slow, deliberate "Cometbus", Mike Hirsch, ex-frontman earlier, and they do it better. This song his overdrive pedal, the maracas return; in lyrics and melody, Stipe's near-patented of Fuel, now fronting Torches to Rome~ was written by Joni Mitchell during the short, New Adventures is almost what you "I'm a reject" content, and a plethora of they storm the country, and Billie Joe '60s, and the whiny "save the planet" might call "old-school" REM. instrumental sounds and flavors charac­ Armstrong, best known for his antics as lyrics show it It's best known as the "you There are two particularly interesting terize this as classic REM. REM uses the frontman of eMpTyVee.'s favorite don' t know what you got 'til it's gone" things about this album. First of all, the primarily acoustic guitar and a near syn­ sons, Green Day. There's something to song, because of the chorus, which goes, songs wer_e recorded with various crews copation to the beat to create a tune that is be said about the simplicity and raw anger "Don't it always seem to go that you don't in various studios, in various cities across a-lmost infectious in its simplicity; this of a good pop-punk band, and this crowd know what you've got' til it's gone? They the country. Perhaps I have a good imagi- See MUSIC on 13 does it better than anyone. paved Paradise and put up a parking lot" Jump Salty is, again, .a compilation of Billie Joe gets the honor of singing, again earlier material released by the band on over the tight rhythm section. Not only do the Fahizah and Trundle andSpring E.P .s they do the song justice, by covering it at The Concert Corner as well as some tracks from 4 compila­ all they make a completely different audi­ By Dave Mincer tions (including the Lookout! Records ence aware of the song and its message, Many interesting shows are COJ;Uing up in the near future. I wouldn't miss the Can ofPorkcomp). Still, the material fits meanwhile updating the song to make it Smd Coughing show for the world. Don't forget, if you are bored on any Friday together pretty welL PG has a very tight, "sound more 90s." Did I actually say that? or Saturday night, you can head to Dance Party USA at the Flood Zone in almost hardcore sound, clearly the result Needless to say, the Pinhead 9unpowder Richmond. Richmond also offers a somewhat more exciting bar scene than the of the many years· each of it's members version is a bit faster, louder, and harder 'Burg. Every Wednesday, the Flood Zone also features the band Agents of Good has spent with other crusty-punk bands. than the original, and the guitar part has a Roots. All the songs are nearly brutal in the little more distortion to it Punk-rock with All tickets can be purchased by charge at 671-8100. Prices at the door will be mixture of three power-chord rhythm fig­ a conscience, whoda thunk it? slightly higher. For more information, call the Flood Zone at (804)643-1117, the ures, solid bass-lines, mechanically pre­ This album rules. Anyone who listens Boat House at (804) 622-6395, the Miller Concert Line at (804) 622-3679, or the cise drum-tracks, and socialistic, to anything other than the Grateful Dead Cellar Door Concert Line at (804) 463-7625. anarchistic lyrics roared by any one of the (or something pre 1900's) should own it Green Day fans, alternadorks (same thing), band's four members. The entire album Here is a calendar of upcoming shows: has a very cooperative, tight, friendly feel hardcore type-people, and just about any­ in that everyone takes turns at the mike body else can appreciate it It is a staple of Tues., Sept 24: Goldfinger @The Abyss, Va. Beach my collection; it spends much time in my and everyone performs his musical func­ Wed., Sept 25: Third World @The Boathouse, Norfolk car, it has spent weeks being played over tion perfectly. Sat, Sept 28: The Backdoors @The Boath'buse, Norfolk night, and its completely obliterated case In "Future Daydream" the inike actu­ Sun., Sept 29: My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult @The Abyss, Va. Beach is a testament to the use it has been through. ally gets passed around, as each member Fri., Oct 1: Jars of Clay @The Flood Zone, R!chmond takes his turn in singing about a hope that Mon., Oct 4: · Kiss @Hampton Coliseum, Hampton REM, New Adventures in Hi Fi the city they live in (San FranCisco) will Sun., Oct 13: The Funk Junkies and 2 Skirmy Jays @The Abyss, Va. Beach Something about an 80 million dollar, be destroyed. "Now now I want to see all Fri., Oct 18: The Reverend Horton Heat and Reach Around @The Boat 5 album record deal makes my stomach the skyscrapers and the factories crumble house, Norfolk roll like a butter churn. Maybe it' s the fact down to the ground and we' II walk around Sat, Oct 19: Fishbone and De La Soul @The Boathouse, Norfolk that 4 guys are making more money than and pick through the wreckage scattered Sun., Oct 20: Soul Coughing @The Abyss, Va. Beach _ some small countries doing what a lot of in the streets. Now new I want to see Tues., Oct 22: The Butthole Surfers @The Boathouse, Norfolk people do for beer money. Maybe it's the .. malls with paint peeling off of cracked Fri., Oct 25 : Phish @Hampton Coliseum, Hampton strong implication that the corporate label walls, all the plants overgrowing and the Fri., Nov. 22: No Doubt @The Boathouse, Norfolk 12 ======. Monday, September 23, 1996 THE AMicus CURIAE Agents Bring Good Vi be To W&M ·Campus By Melissa A. Augusti one album, " Where' d You Get That story of a girl who' s not so fme inside. So now to the question what's their Agents of Good Roots, a band out of Vibe?" and have temporarily turned down B~t still, official lead singer Winn, sound like? Drummer Brian Jones offers Richmond, Virginia, visited William & an offer to sign with RCA records. Why? who received a Masters degree in Classi­ one description: "We're arock-n-roll band Mary's campus on Saturday, September Winn explains that they' re young and cal Guitar from VCU, is known and fa­ with a motown, 60's jazz vibe. It's soul 14th. They performed to a sold-out crowd they have got time. " We're all only 23 vored by the crowd for his deep, raspy music." Among all the new young jazzy, in Lodge One of the University Center. years old. Right now we just want to vocals which manage to flavor any melody funky, folky, alternative, and the most The band includes lead singer and guitar­ concentrate on writing good music and with a hint of blues and soul. The secret recently coined "electra-coustic" bands, ist, Andrew Winn from Roanoke, and getting better as musicians." to Winn' s mysterious vocals is actually who knows what the great dividing line saxophonist J.C. Kuhl from Baltimore. Indeed, a rare element to this young attributed to a freak accident. When Winn is? 1just happen to think that listening to The drummer, Brian Jones, is from Pitts­ band is that each one of them on his own was fourteen years old his family went on Agents is like a good feeling that taps you burgh and graduated from the University is a talented musician. No one or two a skiing trip. During one of their outings, inside and asks you to dance. So if you're ofRichmond in 1995, and Stewart Myers members carry the band' s success. Not Winn found himself skiing too closely to up for that chilled-out, dim-roomed, sway­ a William & Mary alumnus from Roanoke, only do they all help write the songs, but a row of telephone poles. He lifted his ski ing-to-moody rhythms-with-a-good-feel­ plays bass. Haven't heard of' em? Don't they all pt

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Monday, September 23 Faculty Favorites Film Series: Judy Ewell of the History Department introduces Wednesday; October 2 "Viva Zapata!" at 8 p.m. in the Tucker Theatre. Free. 1996 Bush rod Washington Moot Court Tournament Quarter-Finals: At the law Register to Vote: at the University Center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. , for more school, open to law students, time and location will be posted in the lobby. information call 220-6157. If you don't vote, you can't complain - so guarantee your Men's Soccer: vs. Loyola, 7:30p.m. • right to bitch, go register to vote! Friday, October 4 . Tuesday, September 24 1996 Bushrod Washington Moot Court Tournament Semi-Finals: At the Jaw Register to Vote: at the University Center between II a.m. and 2 p.m. school, open to Jaw students. Time and location will be posted in the lobby. Barry Sheck: speaks on the "Power of DNA Evidence in the Courtroom" to the Bar Review: The Rockin' Robin, Richmond Road, Time TBA. Virginia State Crime Commission in Richmond at 10 a.m. at the General Assembly Building at 9th and Broad Street. Saturday, October 5 1996 Bushrod Washington Moot Court Tournament Final Round: At the law Wednesday, September 25 school, open to law students, time and location will be posted in the lobby. Phi Alpha Delta: Hosts an Ice Cream Social on the law school patio at 12:45 p.m., Women' s Studies Lecture: Professsor Cam Walker ofW&M's History Department please come out and them. will speak on "Lyon and the Ladies: The Early History of Women at William and Lunch with the President: W&M's President Tim Sullivan holds an informal Mary." -- luncheon with students at 12 noon at his home on the main campus. Call Gail Sears Tribe Football: vs. New Hampshire, I p.m. Zable Stadium. at x 1693 or send her an email at [email protected] .edu for reservations. Later dates Men's Soccer: vs. American, 7:30p.m. include October 18, November 7, and November 25. Entertainmen..tLaw Lecture: Martin Silferi, of Mays & Valentine, Virginia Beach Wednesday, October 9 speaks on "Learning and Practicing Entertainment .taw," at 4:15p.m. in Room 119. Virginia Lawyers for the Arts: The Law and The Arts Society is organizing a trip Mr. Silfen represents entertainers, recording artists, and record companies among to Richmond's 1708 Art Gallery to hear the chair of the VA Lawyers for the Arts from others, and has practiced entertainment law for over 30 years. He will be teaching 6:30p.m. to 9:30p.m. If you are interested in attending please drop a note in the LAS Entertainment Law at M-W in the spring semester. Co-sponsored by Dean Jayne hanging file. Barnard and the Law and The Arts Society. Field Hockey: vs. Old Dominion, 5 p.m. Thursday, October 10 Fall Intramural Golf Tournament: Deadline for entries, two-person teams, sign up Oscar Hammerstein's "Show Boat": William & Mary theatre department's season at the Rec Center front desk, 221-3314 for more info. The tournament will be on opens on the main campus at Phi Beta Kappa Hall on James town Road across from the Friday, September 27 at the Colonial Golf Course, a $35 fee includes 18-hole greens Shortstop Cafe. Tickets are sold at the door or in advance at the box office, call 221- ...... fee, cart, soft drinks and food. 2674 between 1-6 p.m. M-F, or between l-4 p.m. on Saturdays. Register to Vote: at the University Center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bar Review: .rM Randall's, 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, September 26 Friday, October 18 Register to Vote: at the University Center between II a.m. and 2 p.m.' Fall From Grace: The annual fall semi-formal dance sponsored by the SBA will be Bar Review: The Corner Pocket, Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center, 7-9 p.m. held at Trinkle Hall in the Campus Center. Tickets go on sale in the law school lobby We're serious this time .. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursdays beginning on Monday, September 30. Tickets will be $10 on the frrst two days of sales, then $1 2 until the day before the Friday, September 27 dance, then $15 at the door. Ticket price includes the great D.J., hors-douvres, and all Family Weekend begins on the Main Campus beverages. Come out and enjoy the fun! Women's Soccer: vs. Air Force, 7:30p.m. Watch a bunch ofwomen kick balls against Muscarelle Exhibit: An exhibit ofNell Blaine's later work will open with a reception the defenders of our country. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The show will be up until December 1. Fall Intramural GolfTournament: at the Colonial Golf Course, for more info check the front desk at the Rec Center or call 221-3314. Thursday, October 24 Bar Review: Pitchers, at the Marriott on McLaws Circle, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, September 28 Cross Country: Women' s and men's vs. Pennsylvania, 1 p.m. Watch other people Friday, October 25 run a long way. ·supreme Court Preview: Sponsored by tl:le Institute of Bill of Rights Law, under the very capable direction of our Professor Paul Marcus. Law Students are encouraged to Sunday, September 29 attend. At 6:30p.m. there will be a moot court argument of the Clinton v. Jones case; Warner vs. Warner: Incumbent Senator John Warner and Democratic challenger 8:00p.m. a discussion of 'What Do the Supreme Court's Opinions Over the Past 5 Mark Warner debate at the University Center at 8 p.m. Tickets should be requested Years Tell Us About Future Decisionmaking by the Court?" from the Office of University Events at 221-1365, but at press time they are rumored to be sold out. The debate will be televised by all of Virginia's public broadcasting Saturday, October 26 stations, with a national debate between Congressional leaders to follow at 9 p.m. Supreme Court Preview Continues: Hear leading Jaw professors, the Acting U.S. Field Hockey: vs. Wake Forest, l p.m. Solicitor General, and d istinguished members of the press discuss possible develop­ Women's Soccer: vs . George Mason, 2 p.m. ments in this years session of the Supreme Court; 9 a.m. Civil Rights, 10 a.m. Business, Commerce & Property, 11 a.m. First Amendment, 1:30 p.m. Voting Rights, 2: 30 Monday, September 30 Criminal Law, and 3:30 p:m. Federalism. Fall From Grace Tickets Go On Sale: The fall semi-formal dance sponsored by the PSF Casino Night: Come out and support a great cause! Help the Public Service Fund SBA will be held at Trinkle Hall in the Campus Center on .October 18. Tickets go on raise money for student internships with public interest legal charities. Play blackjack, sale in the law school lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p:m. Monday throu~hursday s . Tickets roulette, craps and wheel of fortune. There will be a DJ, beverages, snacks, and raffle will be $10 on the first two days of sales, then $1 2 until the day before the dance, then prizes. Tickets are $1 2 at the door, $10 in advance, and $8 for volunteers. $15 at the door. Ticket price includes the great D.J. , hors d'oeuvres, and all beverages. MUSIC f rom II hollow claim. He did make some an awful thing to say. I know this tion. REM fans should, and prob­ "Why pay to snarfmilk when the song seems almost obvious to observations, and I'm quoting show doesn't matter. It means ably do, own this album. As for label will cram the whole cow up me. The lyrics are pretty cool them today. 'Judgenotlestye be nothing to me. I thought I might the rest of us, the wierd thing your nose for free?" There's too . Something about some guy judged.' What a beautiful re­ help them understand, but what about an $80mil band is that they nothing so important about this on a TV show trying to tell people frain. The studio audience dis­ an ugly thingtosee." Such words get pushed everywhere. I've album that you need to feed the about how he understands the agrees. Have his Jambs all gone are strangely satisfying ill-S_uch a heard most of this album on the corporate machine with your teachings of Jesus. "I can't say astray? Call me a leper ... 'You simple se_tting. radio, and I don't even listen to fourteen bucks. that I love Jesus, that would be a are lost and disillusioned! ' What So now for the recommenda- the radio. So the question arises: THE AMicus CURIAE Sports Monday, September 23, 1996 14

Stitch Center 0 Puck, Canada -Gets Beaten At Its Own Game By Mike "StitcJ:J.:' Melis the. Skins are 2 - 1 while the Cowboys are separate ways. hockey sticks skating around their parked What's big news in sports these days? I - 2 after giving up an 18 point lead to the Needless to say, Canada is currently in cars. (Crazy kids. I blame that crazy rock Well, it depends on who you ask. Foot­ Colts, led by "Captain Comeback," Jim a state of shock. The Great One himself, and roll music! ) ball fans will talk about the beginning of Harbaugh. All I have to say is: the season Wayne Gretzky, was quoted as saying, Nevertheless, Americans should take both the college and NFL football sea­ is still new and I m sticking with the "It's probably a crushed country .. . It's a note of what has happened to our neigh­ sons-; just don't bother calling them on Cowboys. (Heart of a champion, baby!) hard loss to swallow. It's devastating." bors to the North and the sport they in­ Saturday or Sunday afternoons unless you In baseball, however, the season is old After all, Canada invented the game in the vented. Sooner or later, one of our have a wide screen TV with surround and the playoffpicture is becoming clearer. 1800's. Hockey is part of their national dream-teams is going to get beat and then sound. (By the way, I'm a football fan, so (For those who aren't big fans, the season identity. Now what's left? Ice and snow, we will be in a state of shock. Yes, folks, feel free.) Baseball fans are getting ready is very old.) Cleveland has already of course, along with Mounties, Canadian as improbable as it seems, I m talking for the playoffs as their teams continue clinched the AL Central Division with the bacon, and a large population of French­ about basketball. Sure American kids are . jockeying for first place in their respec­ best record in the Major Leagues while speakers who can't get along with any­ playing hockey, but like kids all over the tive divisions. Don't bother calling a Atlanta is still on top of the NL despite a body. Even The Kids in the Hall have world, Can&dian kids are playing basket­ hard-core baseball fan either, unless you've recent losing streak. New York and Bal­ split up. ball. (Compliments ofNAFTA ?) taken a course in probability and statis­ timore continue fighting it out for first But in the grand scheme of things, As evidenced by the NBA's tremen­ tics. (My reaction is, to paraphrase Chevy place in the AL East, with the loser most have the Canadians really lost? After all, dous international popularity arid the rise Chase, I was told there would be no math likely claiming the wild card spot. The their sport has won over a new g<:neration offoreign basketball talent, such as Steve ... ) Finally, hockey fans are celebrating best race, however, is in the NL West, as of American fans. The NHL has success­ Nash and David Benoit (I don't know a victory that most sports fans don't even San Diego and L.A. battle back and forth. fully expanded to · many southern U.S. where he's from, but he sure sounds Ca­ know about - more on this later. For San Diego, the last time these guys cities. Hockey jerseys have become popu­ nadian.) By the time you read this article the didn't suck, Steve Garvey was hitting home lar apparel among American youth . . In The world is playing more basketball biggest game in the young college foot­ runs offNL pitching and the ladies in the addition, with the advent of in-line skates and slowly closing the gap on the U.S. In ball sea~on will already have been played. stands. (based on my experience, I like to call baseball, the gap is not only closing, but Danny Wueifell and Peyton Manning will Now back to hockey. About a week them devices of death), kids are playing expanding the other way. Doug Flutie have gunned it out in Knoxville, with the ago, the U.S. beat Canada 5-2 in the fmal hockey without having to have an ice ·ruled the Canadian League, so football is winner taking an early Heisman lead. Of game of the best-of-three World Cup rink. safe. · course, I'm talking about Florida at Ten­ Hockey fmals. By the way, these weren't For example, in my neighborhood, Maybe Canada might not be the team nessee. By the way, Tennessee's stadium a bunch of college kids or amateur hot­ when I was growing up we sometimes to beat us first, but don't think Canadians holds over 100,000 people! Don't be shots playing, these were the pros, the played baseball or football in the street if aren't dreaming of the day when some surprised if. this game factors "into deter­ best in the world. Representing the Cana­ we didn t feel like getting to an open field. trash-talking young phenom tells mining not only the SEC champion but dians was a dream team consisting of Now, when I'm at hom.e, I see kids play­ Anfernee Hardaway to take off, eh! or also the national championship. Gretzky, Lemieux, Lindros, and Messier, ing hockey instead. And I don t live in calls Grant Hill a hoser while leading Turning to the pros, it's a tale of two among others. U.S. goalie Mike Richter Minneapolis (thank goodness); I live in a Canada to a world championship or an seasons, one just beginning while the other led the Americans with a spectacular per­ small city south of Richmond. The up­ Olympic gold medal. just beginning to end. Since my last formance, making 35 saves. Of course, tight neighbors nightmare of seeing a kid It's not going to happen anytime soon; article, some fans outthere (and you know this is the worst thing to hit Canada since with a baseball and a bat out on the street I'm just saying don't be too shocked when who you are) have pointed out to me that Bob and Doug MacKenzie went their has been replaced by seeing kids with it does. W&'M Sports Roundup Tribe Football Posts Two Straight ·Victories

~y Kristan Burch quarterback Mike Cook, the the fourth quarter W&M took ward Waughn Hughes moved W&M player and immediately FOOTBALL Tribe was able to move ahead for control, scoring 19 unanswered into fifth on the W&M all-time proved his ability, scoring the After losing its opening game good in the fourth quarter. Cook points. scoring list when be netted the first two W&M goals early in the of the season, the Tribe captured threw two touchdown passes in The scoring frenzy in the fust two goals agains ~ Oneonta fust half. Wade Barrett added victories in its next two contests, the fourth quarter, connecting fourth quarter began with a field State, bringing his career point . another Tribe goal before inter­ beating Rhode Island and VMI. with Tim Leedy and Josh goal from Brian Shallcross. Fol­ total to 78. mission, leaving the score at 3-2 On Sept. 7, W &M traveled to Whipple. The Rams were able to lowed up by a· 19 yard touch­ Forward Rob Bryden gave at the break. Hughes and Barrett Kingston, Rhode Island where it put seven more points on the down pass from Cook to Dave the Tribe its third goal when he each scored again in the second handed the Rams their fust loss board, but it was too little, too Conklin. After Shallcross added found the net in the second half half to secure the Tribe victory. of the season. The Tribe was late, as the tribe prevailed 23- I 6. another field goal, the fmal blow for his fust career goal for the Against the Spartans, W&M able to overcome the rain and In its first home contestofthe came from Alvin Porch on a 67 Tribe. Despite out shooting again was the fust team to fmd tum in its fust Yankee Confer­ season, W&M faced VMI Sept. yard run for another touchdown. Hartwick in the Sunday game, the net, with Hughes getting ence win of the season. W&M 14 at Zable Stadium where it MEN'S SOCCER 16-13, the Tribe was unable to credit for the goal, but Luke was the first team on the defeated the Keydets, 40-21 . The After five games, the Tribe recover from the two goal lead Jamroz responded for UNC scoreboard, scoring a touchdown Tribe scored twice in the fust has accumulated a winning whl!h Hartwick took at the be­ Wilmington by scoring the next in the fust quarter off a I 2 yard quarter, with a touchdown r~­ record of 3-2, having yet to face g~ing of the second half. two goals. Janu:oz went on to run by Sean McDermott. In the ception by Billy Commons and a off against a Colonial Athletic A similar weekend split was win the TournaiD,entMVPaward second quarter, the W&M de­ one yard run by Tim Witcher. Association opponent. The achieved Sept. 13-14 when . for his stellai-play. ~nd three goals fense took charge, pinning the VMI recorded a touchdown in weekend of Sept. 7, W&M split W&M hosted the Papa John's/ during the Classic. For W&M, Rams deep in their own territory the second quarter to set the score its weekend series of away Nike Tribe Classic. The Tribe this 1-1 weekend record was and eventually scoring a safety at 14-7 .by the end of the half. games, beating Oneonta State, downed Vanderbilt, 5-3, but was good enough to earn the Tribe a to raise the W&M lead to 9-0. After intermission, sloppy play 3-0, before falling to Hartwick, then overpowered by UNC second place finish in the Clas­ By the end of the third quar­ by the Tribe lead to two VMI 4-1. These two matches were Wilmington, losing 2-l. Against sic. ter, the Rams had tied the score at touchdowns, as the Keydets part ofth~ Mayor's Cup that was Vanderbilt, freshman Gabe WOMEN'S SOCCER 9, but, behind the strong arm of pulled to a 2 1-21 tie. Going into hosted in Oneonta, N."¥. For- Valencia made his fust start as a See W&M SPORTS on 15 Monday, September 23 , 1996 THE AMicus CURIAE 15 Who The Majors When We Have IM Sports By Nate Green In their flrst game, the Briefs the losing tree. Joe Tighe, Rec­ drunk with the joy of having a ln the Co-Ree league, We As the Yankees, Orioles, Pa­ destroyed the competition 19-1 . Sports Coordinator, puttogether new baby daughter ·or he just Just Ate, formerly the team dres, and Dodgers continue to With an early 5 run lead, the a team designed specifically to may have been drunk, allowed known as X-Large Please, has battle it out in the big leagues, game was momentarily stopped beat the Briefs. How does one do multiple homeruns and gave this shown early season dominance here in sleepy Williamsburg the in order to hand out complemen­ this you ask? It's simple, you group of known communists the going 3-0. Pandemonium that is Fall Intra­ tary hard-hats, then the shelling just get a bunch of guys who lead 5-0. ln a Sunday "Hey let's play mural Softball has begun. Tops continued. don't mind commuting between The Briefs were able to chip two" double-header, We Just Ate, on the list ofiM teams represent­ Back-to-back-to-back innings and play them deep away, and in the sixth took the came out sluggish winning the ing the Law School are two sec­ homeruns by Sean don 't squeeze enough to establish a roaming lead on a Green pop· fly which first 1, 5-6. But ond year teams, Legal Briefs the Ducharme, Ken Mayheiu charge on their cellulars. dropped in because the center­ in the second game the sluggish and We Just Ate. live long andprosper, and intimi­ ln the first inning, the Briefs fielder was playing closer to became sluggers as the collec­ Legal Briefs, winners of last NateGreen fmishedofftheshell were retired in order as shots Paul's than to Busch Field. Un­ tion of second years, plus first years Men' s A title, have picked shocked under-grads as the game from Kiefer, Ed oldtime Haughy fortunately, fate was not smiling year Jeff TIIMMBERRS and up exactly where they left off a was called on account of the eh coach, and Mayheiu, became on the valiant Briefs as the Thugs third years Lynn cool-Whipkey, season ago. Team captain and slaughter rule. cans of com for the barely vis­ were able to push two across in and Monica Atticus Finch, shortstop, Joe Kiefer and that ln their second game, the ible outfield. In their half of the the bottom of the sixth. Not to banged out the hits as pitchet: baby off the field, has his team Briefs, winners of seven in a row inning, Tighe's Thugs w~re able worry Briefs, losing builds char­ Danielle Boo-Berry held the poised to repeat as intramural dating back to last year, got their to take advantage. Jim acter. Yeah right, loosing sucks opposing team to only five runs. champs. first taste of the bitter fruit from McMahon-o-man, who was still I say. Final score, 16-5.

W&M SPORTS from 14 tational in which it defeated Penn­ throughout, but in the second together to pull out a 16-14 vic­ nents in the Classic was Dela­ its third regular season game, the sylvania and Loyola. The Quak­ half Missy Wycinsky came up tory. The Tribe went on to win ware. The Tribe quickly disposed Tribe continued its winning ways ers of Pennsylvania opened up with all the offense the Tribe two of the next three games of the Blue Hens in three games by defeating its next three oppo­ the scoring in Friday's match, needed as they pulled it out 1-0. against the Wildcats, taking the to set their overall record at 3-0. nents. On Sept. 10 the Tribe but the Tribe responded by notch­ match, 3-1. W&M next faced The Tribe extended its win­ defeated Campbell at home on ing the next eight goals. After VOLLEYBALL Bowling Green, with the Tribe ning streak to four matches when Busch Field. By half-time in this the early Pennsylvania goal; the The volleyball team hosted squeaking out a 3-2 victory. it beat George Washington on contest, W &M had established a Tribe defense stepped up, allow­ the Hi-IQ Classic Sept. 6-7 at The Tribe won the first game Sept. 13 . The match went to five 3-0 lead. Missy Wycinsky and ing only one shot on goal for the William & Mary Hall, and as a easily, but gave up the next two games, with W &M winning the Witney Cali added second half remainder of the game. After result of its three victories in two games. W&M was able to pull it second, third, and fifth games, · goals as the Tribe took an easy this decisive 8-1 victory against days, the Tribe came away with back together in the 4th and 5th taking the fmal game 17-15. one 5-1. the Quakers, the Tribe stormed the title. Despite trailing 14-10 games, and came out with a hard The Tribe flnished off its Over the weekend of Sept. into its Sunday match against to Northwestern in the flrst game fought victory. weekend road trip with a 3-0 loss 13 , W &M hosted the Tribe In vi- Loyola. The game was tight of the Classic, W &M worked The third of W&M's oppo- at the hands of Maryland.

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