College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1992 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 2, Issue 8) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 2, Issue 8)" (1992). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 80. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/80 Copyright c 1992 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers /{e!Qrin-of·tanking system proposed, page 4 AMBUCNSARSTLAWSCHOOL A Publication of The Advocate VOLUME II, ISSUE EIGlIT MONDAY, JANUARY 20,1992 TWENTY PAGES Smoking referendum slated for Tuesday By SUZANNE FITZGERALD versing the lobby, the current and ANDREW HERZIG policy is set by the undergradu­ The long-awaited, highly ate administration. It provides publicized smoking referendum that the lobby be the law school will be held on Tuesday, January smoking zone. Dopp feels that 21 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the existing arrangement violates the law school lobby. The loca­ the Virginia Clean Air Act tion was selected to give voters a (VCAA). She argues that the final opportunity to assess the air statute requires a reasonable non­ qUality before casting their bal­ smoking area and so the lobby, lots. While this referendum will as the sole means of access to all be non-binding, half of the stu­ areas of the building, ought to be dent body must participate in the smoke-free. voting before the administration The undergraduate adminis­ will reevaluate the policy. Stu­ tration, as well as the smoking dents must present their identifi­ contingency, contend that the cation cards to receive a ballot. current policy conforms to the Senator Charles Robb poses with former adviser Dean Tim Greg Brummett According to Elizabeth Dopp, Sullivan before last Thursday's speech. See story, page 3. the 3L who oft dons an Arthur See VOTE, page 20 Kent-model gas mask while tra- BA budget woes threaten cancellation of Barrister's Ball Organizers must either sell two hwulred tickets by January 28 or call off the event By PAM ARLUK is off." year, had the dance floor constantly The Virginia Room also has eight bar- The Barrister's Ball, planned for Feb. Last year, Barrister's Ball at the Vir- packed. "We were so impressed with the tenders, top qUality drinks with little, if 22 at the Virginia Room of the Williams- ginia Room was extremely successful. band, we hired them for our wedding," burg Lodge, is "an event for which you The band. Baby Huey and the Babysitters, said third years Michael Chu and S!eJXlanie See WOES, page 20 don't mind asking a date to travel 400 which Brooks has reserved again for this Rever. ;::~~s~:;:~=~dingtORiChard Budget cuts prevent hiring of new faculty If the SBA does not sell at least 200 tickets to the Barrister's Ball by Jan. 28, By LEEANNE MORRIS "We had seen some outstanding people Williamson and Professor Peter Alces, there will be no BaD this year, said Bnds. Despite agreement at a November fac­ who wanted to teach fa... ," but there is considered having a part-time program of Tickets, which are $20 per person, will be ulty meeting that a new faculty member always next year, he said graduate tax courses offered at night and on sale in the lobby, and Brooks will be was needed to continue the LLM. pro­ Reached at the University of Horida, on weekends. carrying them on his person at all times. gram, budget cuts at the College have where he is a visiting professor this se­ In the ad hoc committee's report, Alces' The reason that the SBA needs to sell at resulted in a hiring freeze which wiIlleave mester, Glenn Coven, director of the position was that many J.D. students are least 200 tickets by such an early date the position unstaffed for the next aca­ Graduate Tax program, said he was ap­ reluctant to take courses with full-time stems from the budgetary problems of last demic year. prehensive that the announcement leaves LLM. students and that a part-time pro­ year. Members of the Faculty Appointments things unsettled He said that he under­ gram. might result in increased enrollment After fInals last May, Brooks was in­ Committee were informed by Provost stood after the last Committee meeting in in J.D. tax courses. formed that the SBA owed CoIooiaI Wil­ Melvyn Schiavelli in December that they November that the position would be The emphasis of the report was that in liamsbw"g $6,(XX) from the Barrister's BaD will not be able to hire an additional tax staffed and the program would go on. order for the full-time graduate tax pro­ that had occwred in February 1991. The professor for next year. The Committee Last semester, Coven chaired an ad gram to continue as a credible program, debt was surprising to Brooks because the had to cancel scheduled campus visits by hoc committee fonned to study alternative another faculty member must be hired. amount should have been paid shortly three candidates for the job. ways to run the graduate tax program. In the report, Coven expressed con- after the dance, with proceeds from the Last semester the faculty, after voting That group' s report was discussed by the ticket sales. The reason for the $6,000 against abolishing the tax program en­ entire faculty at the November meeting. See HIRING, page 20 shortage is still undetennined. tirely, voted to make tax its highest hiring The committee, consisting of Coven, Thus, CW was reluctant to allow Mar­ priority. At the November meeting, Vice shall-Wythe to hold another event on its Dean Richard Williamson said that property for fear that it would not be "highest priority" in this context.meant -Inside this issue ~~~-.. , ----. '----- promptly paid. However, after several "bringing in the best people ... if they nun • Students save$$$ 'at Lerner .. "Trot Stones"' exam months of negotiation, Brooks convinced us down, or we don't want them, we'll i~om . period. ~ Page.lo. CW to allow the law school to use the hire a visititig professor" for the next Lawboob: Page 3. academic year. Virginia Room if a majority of the money " is paid up front Professor Paul LeBel, who chairs the • Sea <n':Ski Party antics reviewed "I'm not kidding," said Brooks "If I Committee, expressed regret over the p.gel"_ .,· .. <Ioo't sdl200tickets by Jan. 28, Barrister's Provost's announcement ~2:":::;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;:;:;;~T~=From====sJC===~~P= the Editors~:=========== ... Monday, January 20, 1992 THE A ~lICLS CURIAE Out of our heads Next month, students who Registrar's Office is forced to an attorney. Employers wanting All work and no play makes life very dull, especially when stumbled away from the Wailing carry GPA calculations to thou- to hire from the top twenty-five the work consists of ceaseless studying. Everyone needs a Wall will undergo another shock sandths of a grade point, indi- percent of the class will still be break from the grind, and the diversity at Marshall-Wythe as they leave Gloria Todd's office vidual numbers serve no purpose. able to make the distinction, but ensures that any student can fmd an activity that jibes with his with a slip of paper attaching a Dean Kaplan has proposed, they won't reject people within or her interests. number to their heads or, more and SBA has endorsed, a reso- the same percentile grouping With the start of the new semester, many student groups are appropriately, their resumes. lution calling for reform of the merely because Sue is number holding informational meetings and making plans for upcom­ The current system is not only current system. The idea is not 33 and John is number 43. ing events. Now is the perfect time for students who put off demeaning, but it fails to signify new. A similar proposal for 1bat's whatchariging the cur­ joining a club or group during the hectic fall semester to get any meaningful differences be­ change, made several years ago, rent ranking system will mean. involved in an extracurricular activity. tween students in the same per­ was vetoed by the student body. When the Academic Status For those interested in gaining practical legal experience, centile groups. It's an exercise in Reform of the system will Committee reports on altema­ there's the Court-Appointed Attorney Project, the Volunteer line drawing . taken to the ex­ force employers to look beyond tives to the present system, stu­ Income Tax Assistance program, or the Post-Conviction Assis­ treme, and we are the victims. the second or third line of a re- dents should consider whether tance Project. Groups like the International Law Society and In a school of highly qualified sume and determine if students they want employers to judge the Environmental Law Society can also provide information students, individual numerical have the type of background and them on the basis of individual and contacts for students interested in specific areas of practice. ranks are absurd. When the experience they're looking for in merit or an arbitrary number. Or you can escape the legal atmosphere altogether through Letters ---------- projects with Housing Partnerships, the literacy Program, or To the Editor: To the Editor: King was the figurehead and Big Brothers/Big Sisters, all sponsored under the umbrella Dear Oassmates: On Tuesday, January 21 those conscious to a revolution of group Law Students Involved in the Community. Do you believe in a "smoker's students who actually give a change, his use of and conviction As the third year class winds down its time at Marshall­ right to smoke"? Whether you damn will vote on proposed to aggressive non-violence was Wythe, the leadership of many of these organizations will be do or not, the answer to that changes to the school's smoking the seminal force behind the Civil passed along to members of the first and second year classes.