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College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 2005 The Advocate (Vol. 3, Issue 4) Repository Citation "The Advocate (Vol. 3, Issue 4)" (2005). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 42. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/42 Copyright c 2005 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers The Advocate VOLUME III, ISSUE THREE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2005 WILLIAM & MARY SCHOOL OF LAW Father Guy Theunis, a Belgian priest accused of incitement to genocide, testifying in his own defense at a pretrial gacaca hearing, Kigali, Rwanda, September 11, 2005 Cautionary Lessons from Rwanda by Tara St. Angelo Harvard Law School. He clerked participation, and the limited use of The conflict escalatedin 1994 when in the New Jersey Supreme Court technology. Waldorf began the lec- Tutsis were blamed for a plane Movies such as Hotel Rwanda and worked as a senior trial attor- ture by dispelling misconceptions crash that killed the presidents of and Sometimes in April have ney at the Civil Rights Division about the genocide in Rwanda. Rwanda andBurundi. Afterthat, the brought knowledge ofthe Rwandan of The United States Department Although a confl ict between the extremist Hutu militia took control genocide into mainstream culture. of Justice. In recent years Waldorf Hutus and Tutsis lies at the center of the country and used the central Most of our knowledge of the has turned his attention specifi cally of the genocide, it was not a result government to apply pressure and genocide focuses on the 100 days to the Rwandan genocide. He ran of ethnic hatred or state failure. coerce the people ofRwanda to per- in 1994 during which 100,000 the Human Rights Watch’s fi eld The Hutus and Tutsis speak the people were killed. Lars Waldorf offi ce in Rwanda for 2 years and same language, are part ofthe same Continued on page 5 has spent the most recent portion has been observing dispute resolu- culture and community, and often INSIDE ofhis career studying the aftermath tion proceedings, known as gacaca, intermarry. The confl ict between of this tragedy and how justice is in Rwanda since they began in the two ethnic groups began at de- SBA Rafting Trip 2 being sought. On October 4, 2005, 2002. Currently, Waldorf is writ- colonization. In 1959 the monarchy Lars Waldorf of The New School’s ing a book on gacaca with support was dissolved and Belgian troops PSF Summer Stories 6 World Policy Institute visited our from the United States Institute of withdrew from Rwanda. This cre- law school to present his lecture Peace. His lecture stemmed from ated a power vacuum which both Ask A Canadian 10 entitled “Mass Justice for Mass his experiences and observations groups fought to fi ll. Atrocity: Cautionary Lessons from in Rwanda. The conflict also stemmed Off The Beaten Path 11 Rwanda.” The Rwandan genocide is from widespread fear that Tutsi Waldorf holds a B.A. from unique in the speed with which forces were working with citizens Sex and the Law 13 Harvard College and a J.D. from it was carried out, the large scale to dispossess people of their land. News 2 Wednesday, October 19, 2005 White Water Rafting: More Fun than a Game of Cornhole? pulled off for a pitstop in Coving- by Tom Robertson ton, lured by the widely heralded The other working title for this calzones (called “turnovers” in article was “White Water Raft- rural Virginia) of a local mafi a ing: An Experiment to Determine hotspot. The restaurant, “Cucci’s”, Whether Girls Float.” But more is owned by a convicted felon and on this later. offers excruciating slow service On September 30, fourteen law that nobody dares to complain students and one Air Force pilot about. The turnovers were indeed drove west (if you’re looking at a delicious, but upon waking up map, that’s left) to tackle the mighty Saturday morning for the rapids, Upper Gauley River in Fayetteville, Team William and Mary found West Virginia. Numerous friends itself down a man, with Jason and mere acquaintances saw them Stickler (1L) confi ned to bed rest off with words of support. “Try and college football. not to die,” said David Bules (1 L), The survivors, torn from whose dark perspective on fun was slumber by a 5:00 am wake-up echoed by many others. “I heard call, trudged in utter darkness to someone died there recently,” said breakfast with heavy eyes and Thirty feet off frame, six locals were playing volleyball, wearing coal Memphis John Newton (1 L). With uneven footsteps. After a spirited miner helmets with lamps. Photo courtesy of Trey Freeman. over 350 miles ofinterstate to cover, pep talk from the head river guide there was plenty of time to let the that involved 30 minutes of tips bright yellow rafts onto the river Smith, and Melissa Sonnon (1 Ls) encouragement marinate. on how not to die, the gang bussed around 7:30 am. fl oated downriver where they were Six of the adventurers, led by through soupy fog to the mighty River rapids are classifi ed on fished out in front ofapproximately fi rst-time rafter Carrie Harris (1 L), Upper Gauley and shoved two a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 is the fi fty curious onlookers. gentle gurgle of your buddy’s hot Back on land, all energy and tub and 6 is mad dogging Niagara focus turned to Cornhole, an un- HE DVOCATE T A Falls. The path down the Gauley derappreciated sport screaming included four sections of Class 5 for national exposure, in which "Complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" rapids. The fi rst test came at “Pil- two-person teams of “Cornhol- low Rock,” where one overzealous ers” attempt to toss beanbags into Editor-in-Chief: Nicole Travers river guide took his raft high off a softball-sized hole carved into News Editor: David J. Byassee the rock and dumped Carrie Harris a wooden box. The game gets Copy Editor: Nicolas Heiderstadt Editorial Policy overboard. The guide then hurled a competitive quickly, and it is no Features Editor: Raj Jolly The letters and opinion pages of safety line, yet succeeded only in wonder that the law students took Assistant Features: William Durbin The Advocate are dedicated to all hurling himself overboard, losing to Cornhole like a Canadian to Business Manager: Jennifer Rinker student opin ion re gard less of form both the equipment and Harris. poutine. The 2Ls asserted their Layout Editors: Myriem Seabron or content. The Advocate reserves Another raft managed to scoop dominance early. Whereas your av- Nicole Travers the right to edit for spell ing and Harris from the water, but, sadly, erage Cornholer uses an underhand the safety line was lost. grammar, but not con tent. motion analogous to horseshoes, Letters to the Editor and opinion The water itself was a bit of standout Richard Neely employed Writers: articles may not nec es sar i ly refl ect a mystery—the rafting company the stroke of a jumpshot, which the opinion of the news pa per or listed the temperature at 58 degrees, was, in a word, breathtaking. And Adrienne Di Cerbo Kelly Pereira but the wetsuits felt superfl uous. to his right, stood Trey Freeman. its staff. All letters to the Editor Matt Dobbie Jennifer Rinker “People have asked me how cold should be submitted by 5 p.m.on “There is no one more clutch when Will Durbin Tom Robertson the water was,” explains Dennis it comes to the Cornhole,” says the Thursday prior to publication. Rob Eingurt Myriem Seabron Chong (2L). “And I tell them to J.D. Goodman, rookie 1L south- The Advocate will not print a Margot Freedman Will Sleeth ask the girls. They would know paw. Luckily, 2L dominance was letter with out con fi r ma tion of the Raj Jolly Tara St. Angelo since they all fell in, and the guys tempered by Williamsburg native, au thor's name. We may, how ev er, Michael Kourabas Zach Terwilliger didn’t.” The ladies’ next chance Christi Cassel (1 L), who with one Mike Lockaby Nicole Travers withhold the name on re quest. Let- to get wet came at another Class fateful toss, clearedthe cornhole by ters over 500 words may be returned 5 called “Shootin’ the Box.” Ac- three feet and hit Freeman square to the writer with a request that cording to Trey Freeman (2L), the in the groin. Address Correspondence To: the letter be edited for the sake of second raft shot the box backwards There will be a rematch. Free- The Advocate space. and nearly fl ipped. “We looked man made it clear that the trip is on William & Mary School of Law P. O. Box 8795 around and there were only guys for next fall. So grab a beanbag and Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 on the boat. All the girls bailed.” start training—Cornhole is easy to (757) 221-3582 Diana Holl, Kelly Pereira, Loren play, but diffi cult to master. News THE ADVOCATE 3 Defender of Dragons, Monsters, and Bogeymen by Kelly Pereira U.S. Supreme Court. The “prima drink expensive vodka.” That is not school, but something clicked in When was the last time that facie” provision of the state statute to say that there are not hardships him when he began law school at you read the Bill of Rights? When was struck down, and the court along the way in standing up for Texas Southern.