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Bar Exam U-pass “vote” attack planned By Amanda Paar blindsides C-M LAYOUT EDITOR By Eric Doeh students approve or disapprove Dean Steven Steinglass and a STAFF WRITER of U-pass. faculty committee have proposed This spring, Cleveland-Mar- The controversy about U-pass a new plan to increase C-M’s bar shall College of Law students’ stems from the fact that a full-time passage rate. The core of the plan, tuition bills increased by $15 student is charged $15 regardless according to Steinglass, is simple; without warning. The hike is the of whether the student uses the that is, to send the message to C- direct result of a plan between RTA. M students and faculty that law Cleveland State University and This spring, CSU unveiled its school and the Bar Exam are very RTA to create U-pass. U-pass program. U-pass allows diffi cult. Many law and graduate stu- full-time undergraduate, gradu- Because of the high correla- dents did not even know that the ate and law students to ride on tion between law school grade Student Government Association all Greater Cleveland Regional point averages and fi rst time bar (SGA) was conducting a survey Transit Authority buses and rapid passage rates, both law school for U-pass. Nick DeSantis, SBA trains during the semester for a and bar exam preparation must be speaker of the senate, said that the one-time fee of $15. taken seriously. law school was not represented in To qualify for the program, Next fall, Bar Exam resources Jason Smith-Gavel any of the U-pass debates. an undergraduate student must are expected to expand with the DeSantis and Sasha Markovic, be enrolled for at least 12 credits, addition of a bar exam prep coor- Turow vacillates at deathʼs door SBA president, expressed their while a graduate or law student dinator to C-M’s payroll. Stein- Best selling author, Scott Appellate Defender’s Com- disbelief about SGA’s failure to must be registered for at least glass said that this administrative Turow, conceded that imple- mission, which oversees the provide prior knowledge about eight credits. position will provide a conduit for mentation of the death penalty is state agency that represents U-pass. DeSantis said that no U-pass was introduced to the students and faculty to express bar not an issue dismissed without indigent criminal defendants representative from the law school CSU faculty senate on Feb. 7, exam concerns. looking at both sides. and their appeals. was present when SGA voted in 2001 by Norman Krumholtz, ur- Another aspect of the plan, ac- Turow visited C-M on Feb. Law students are familiar favor of U-pass. DeSantis also ban studies professor. Krumholtz cording to Steinglass, is to avoid 4 to deliver “Confessions of a with his novel One L, which said the SBA has not decided on became involved with U-pass grade infl ation. Steinglass said he Death Penalty Agnostic.” describes Turow’s fi rst-year a course of action as of yet, but because of a thesis written by one will continue to strongly encour- Turow is currently the at . was considering perhaps taking of his students, Henning Eichler. See RESULTS, page 2 chair of the Illinois State Turn to page 2 for more. a survey to fi nd out how many See U-PASS, page 3

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This year has been no C-M’s team of Brendan Doyle, at the John Marshall Law School Tuesday, Mar. 2 exception. 3L, Dean Williams, 3L, and Sieg- Competition in Information, Tech- Prof. Dena Davis questions: if civil unions can be between Most recently, two teams mund Fuchs, 3L, also competed nology and Privacy Law. two men, two women, or a man and a woman, then why not from C-M’s Moot Court Program this month in New York at the This weekend, the team of between one woman and two men or one man and two women? returned from the Tulane Mardi Nationals Competition where Nick DeSantis, 2L, James Mar- Prof. Davis asks whether there exist any constitutional grounds Gras Sports Law Invitational in they argued complex trademark tines, 3L, and Christos Georgalis to deny this practice. New Orleans. The argued posi- and First Amendment issues. 3L, will head to Cambridge, MA tions centered on complicated The team went undefeated in oral to compete at The American Civil War. Civil Liberties and antitrust issues surrounding al- argument rounds, at one point in an Animal Rights Law Competi- Retribution, Parallels With Today legations that college football’s receiving a nearly perfect 99 out tion. C-M will also be sending two Tuesday, Mar. 30 Bowl Conference Series (BCS) of 100 score. The University of teams to the American Bar Asso- Today’s headlines are full of stories about challenges to civil in college football violates the South Texas ultimately prevailed ciation’s Tournament in Atlanta, liberties, possible prosecutions for war crimes and the incar- Sherman Antitrust Act. The team in the competition. This same GA. Both ABA teams, including, ceration of suspected belligerents without charge or trial date. of Kyla Pavlina, 2L, and Colin C-M team placed second at the Amy Scheurman, 2L, Nora Gra- Profs. Keating and Slinger will look back at some of the more Moeller, 3L, received the Second regionals competition this fall. ham, 2L, and Terry Billups, 2L, dramatic events of the Civil War and compare them to events Runner Up Award, placing in the Fuchs also took home the second Max Dehn, 2L, Sara Govrick, 2L, happening today. fi nal four teams out of the 36 teams place oralist award at regionals. and Dristine Koontz, 2L, will head competing from around the nation. The team of Susan Taylor, 3L, to Atlanta Mar. 4-6. THE GAVELGAVEL Page 2 LawLaw February 2004 New “plan” Fiction author tackles divisive reality By Jason Smith Guilty, The Laws of our Fathers, prudent and appropriate for the and therefore do not care if they battles bar MANAGING EDITOR , and Reversible most heinous of crimes.” How- are put to death. Furthermore, he death penalty is one Error. These novels, based upon ever, as a result of later experi- Turow explained that statistical Tof the most hotly debat- his real experiences as a lawyer ences, Turow’s view on the death evidence does not support this ar- exam woes ed issues of our time. Everyone in Chicago, have been translated penalty evolved. gument. “Murder rates dropped has an opinion either strongly in into more than 20 languages and, After leaving the prosecutor’s faster in states without the death By Steven H. Steinglass favor of or strongly opposed to have sold approximately 25 mil- offi ce, Turow worked on several penalty than in states without In the early part of the fall this form of punishment. Re- lion copies worldwide. cases involving death row inmates. it,” said Turow. Also, Turow semester, I appointed a special nowned author, , Turow’s most recent literary In 1999, Illinois Governor George said that Texas, notorious for its faculty committee for the purpose spoke on the topic at C-M’s endeavor is a non-fiction book Ryan appointed Turow to sit liberal use of the death penalty, of taking a thorough look at the Criminal Justice Forum Lec- entitled : on the Illinois Commission on has higher murder rates than the Ohio Bar Exam and developing a turer series on Feb. 4, 2004. A Lawyer’s Refl ection on Deal- Capital Punishment, a commis- national average. strategy for improving the perfor- Turow is a partner in the ing with the Death Penalty. His sion responsible for examining Turow also discussed several mance of C-M graduates on it. The Chicago office of Sonnen- presentation at C-M, entitled the administration of the death “celebrated” diffi culties with the Bar Exam Committee, chaired by schein, Nath, & Rosenthal LLP. “Confessions of a Death Penalty penalty. death penalty. Turow said he Prof. Patricia J. Falk, conducted a However, Turow is perhaps best Agnostic,” was a brief synopsis While sitting on this commis- believes that several thorough review of what we have known for his work as an author. of this book, including America’s sion, and doing in-depth research people are on death row. Many been doing at this law school and His literary interest developed views on the death penalty, the on the death penalty, Turow was times, innocent people are ex- what other successful programs prior to his legal career. reasons for and against it, and transformed from being “unsure ecuted because of the “inherent are doing at other law schools in After graduating from Am- powerful stories behind death about how he felt about the [death paradox of capital punishment,” Ohio and throughout the country. herst College in 1970, Turow penalty statistics. penalty]” to a non-supporter. Al- said Turow. This review has led to the devel- received a fellowship to the An agnostic, according to though opposed to the form of While typically the burden of opment of an ambitious plan for Stanford University Creative Turow, is defi ned as somebody punish- proof in any criminal addressing this issue. Writing Center, which he at- who doubts that a particular ques- ment, proceeding is on the The Bar Exam Committee tended from 1970 prosecution, Turow built upon initiatives undertaken through 1972. Turow said he believes that in in prior years to further developed his capital cases the burden improve the law writing skills as a cre- shifts to the defendant. school’s bar pas- ative writing professor Because death penalty sage rate. Togeth- at Stanford until en- cases are “reserved for er, this dedicated rolling at Harvard Law the worst of the worst Committee has School in 1975. crimes,” the burden developed an ag- Countless prospec- shifts because “juries The gressive plan for tive law school students don’t want to not Dean’s attacking the Bar read his fi rst book,One convict because of the Column Exam issue. L, about his experience nature of the crime,” The plan as a fi rst-year student at said Turow. includes both short- Harvard Law School. Another diffi culty term and long-term strategies, and This book discusses the www.amazon.com inherent to the death the key features are as follows: ex- competitive and restless penalty is that the cur- panding Bar Exam support by cre- atmosphere at one of the best tion has a single correct answer or Turow, both in his book and in rent system is racist, said Turow. ating a new staff position devoted law schools in the country and that a complete understanding of his presentation at C-M, acknowl- However, according to Turow, solely to the Bar Exam; adding a has resulted in more than one something can be attained. Turow, edged arguments for and against black murderers are not more full-time admissions professional incoming law student being as a death penalty agnostic, be- the procedure. Turow addressed likely to be put to death than their to assist in the recruitment of a frightened about the law school lieves that several different valid the argument that the death penalty white counterparts. strong entering class; increas- experience. arguments exist for and against the is a general deterrent. Specifi cally, Rather, racism is apparent ing scholarship resources by ten However, while many death penalty. people are less likely to commit when analyzing who is the mur- new full scholarships in each of law students have read One Turow himself changed his murder if they know that they dered victim. “The system values the next five entering classes; L, Turow is popular among view on the death penalty as his might be put to death. white lives more highly than black gradually reducing the size of the the general public because of legal career evolved. In his early Turow, however said that lives,” said Turow. According to law school entering class by ten his successful novels, includ- years, as an impassioned young this argument “never made sense statistics, a killer is 3.5 times more per year starting with 250 fi rst- ing Presumed Innocent, The prosecutor, Turow said he used to me” because the murderers likely to be sentenced to death if year students in fall 2004 with a Burden of Proof, Pleading to believe the death penalty “was “have no concept of a future” the victim is white. comprehensive assessment after three years; continuing to use the full range of grades; retain- ing the law school’s commitment to diversity and opportunity, and RESULTS: Plan unveiled to stimulate bar passage continuing to strongly support Continued from page 1-- these students may look at their short-lived law nication to the potential law students will LCOP and the part-time day and age faculty members to use the full range of school endeavor as a failure, it is better for them be initiated by current students, faculty and night programs. grades. The purpose of more strictly follow- to realize early on that the legal profession may possibly even alumni. More tours will also Simply put, the plan envisions ing the curve is linked to the high correlation not be the best career choice. be scheduled so that more potential students a smaller and stronger law school. between a student’s law school “success” and Next, the size of the law school is an issue. have the opportunity to view the campus. C-M has been the largest law the student’s likelihood of passing the bar on Steinglass wants to be able to say, “We’re not Steinglass said that he wants to “reach out school in Ohio. The plan calls for the fi rst try. If the curve is not enforced, Stein- the largest, but we’re one of the best,” in the to the admitted student.” C-M to cede that title and become, glass said that students will leave C-M with the next few years. Steinglass said, however, that the values instead, one of the very best. false confi dence of thinking that they will not Applications to C-M have increased by 15 of the law school are not something that he The plan models itself on the havehave troubletrouble passingpassing thethe barbar whenwhen thethe numbersnumbers percent in the last two years. This means that will compromise in order to achieve higher top three law schools in the state simply do not support that feeling. the admissions committee can be more selec- bar passage rates. He said that maintaining and begins the process of compet- SteinglassSteinglass ssaidaid tthathat bbyy aadheringdhering ttoo tthehe tivetive whenwhen choosingchoosing whichwhich applicantsapplicants toto extendextend diversity among the students and faculty is ing seriously with them. C-M’s curve,curve, a llargerarger aamountmount ooff aacademiccademic offers to. a high priority. curriculum is as strong as any law attritionattrition mmayay ooccur.ccur. TThishis hhigherigher ByBy beingbeing moremore selectiveselective aandnd rre-e- Also, there is no talk of eliminating the school in the region. attritionattrition raterate wouldwould bebe almostalmost ducing the number of admitted stu- part-time night program, despite the fact Our faculty consists of com- completelycompletely comprisedcomprised ofof thethe dents, a smaller faculty that the full-time students tend to surpass mitted teachers and scholars. Our fi r srstt y eyearar s tstudentsudents w hwhoo e nendedded toto studentstudent ratioratio willwill the part-time students in fi rst time bar pas- students bring academic strength their fi rstrst semestersemester oror yearyear result. sage. Steinglass said that the part-time and a range of experiences. Our with low grade Steinglass also night program enables many people who alumni are deeply committed to pointpoint aver-aver- plansplans toto spendspend already have full-time jobs and families the law school, and our commu- ages. more time recruiting established to obtain a legal education and nity has more resources than the Steinglass potentialpotential students.students. HeHe saidsaid thatthat whenwhen anan that is a part of C-M that he is not willing rest of the state combined. saidsaid thatthat whilewhile u offeroffer is made, under the new plan, commu- to compromise. nford.ed www.sta THE GAVEL n LAW FEBRUARY 2004 n 3 Law library expands collection, surpassing half-million milestone On Feb. 4, 2004, best-selling Following the ceremony, Turow relationship, which allowed for ing skills. author Scott Turow and Dean delivered the law school’s third students, registered with parking According to Williams, the Steinglass, added the landmark Criminal Justice Forum lecture Notes services, to park in the garage for purpose of this early preparation volumes 500,000 and 500,001 of 2003-2004, “Confessions of a in free. The deal was initially entered course is to re-acquaint students to to the state’s second largest legal Death Penalty Agnostic.” Brief into as a temporary remedy to the some of the legal theories and con- collection dur- overcrowded parking lots on the cepts learned early in law school, ing a ceremony CSU campus. University offi cials while giving an opportunity to in the C-M’s said they believe the recent pas- practice some of the writing and Joseph W. Bar- and Employment Law: Suing sage of the U-pass program al- reasoning skills needed in order to tunek III Moot Multinational Companies in U.S. leviated any need to continue the be successful on the Bar Exam. Court Room. Courts for Violations of Workers’ agreement. The 500,000th Human Rights” on Monday, Feb. BAKER & HOSTETLER volume placed 23, in the Joseph W. Bartunek III EARLY BAR PREPARA- CHAIR FOR SPRING SEMES- into the collec- Moot Court Room. TION COURSE TER tion was The Gary R. Williams, assistant Prof. Irene Lynch-Fannon History of Law BARRISTERS BALL dean for student affairs, has been has been named to the Joseph C. School Librar- The Student Bar Association is and will continue to present an Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Visit- early bar preparation course for ing Professor for 2004.

ies in the United Smith-Gavel Jason once again hosting Barristers Ball States: From on Saturday, Mar. 6, 2004 at the those taking the July 2004 Bar Prof. Lynch-Fannon will be Laboratory to Terrace Club at Jacob’s Field from Exam. The class meets every in residence during the Spring Cyberspace 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Saturday, from 1:15 to 4:00 p.m. Semester and is teaching European by Glen-Peter Tickets are $48 per person, in Room 237. Union Ahlers, Sr., As- which includes a dinner entrée and At the classes, students read Law sociate Dean for an open bar. The $48 price tag is and answer ten MBE questions and Information Services and Director LABOR AND EMPLOY- the lowest priced Barrister’s ticket and two bar essay questions on Com- of the Law Library at Barry Uni- MENT LECTURER since 1997. Barristers was held at the scheduled subject each ses- para- versity in Orlando, Florida. The The second Labor and Em- this same location in 2002. sion. Discussion and analysis of tive 500,001st volume placed into ployment Law Lecturer of the the answers also takes place. Cor- the collection was Turow’s latest HANNA GARAGE In addition, students in at- porate school year, Terry Collingsworth, www.law.wlu.edu work Ultimate Punishment: A executive director of the interna- Less than two years into their tendance receive feed-back on Gov- Lawyer’s Refl ections on Deal- tional labor rights fund, spoke agreement, CSU and the Hanna their essay questions regarding er- ing with the Death Penalty. on “The Globalization of Labor Parking Garage have ended their organization and effective writ- nance. U-PASS: Unavoidable bus fee creates stir Continued from page 1-- the administration reacting favorably to a generate a revenue of $146,145 for RTA. the demand for parking. Eichler’s thesis was based on the idea that student initiative.” As of Feb. 11, about 2,825 students had ob- Krumholtz said that U-pass has been CSU and its students could benefi t from Fall statistics obtained from the CSU tained their U-pass, said Joe Wegrzynowski, a tremendous savings for some of CSU’s public transportation. Institutional Research Department, headed assistant bursar. students. Without U-pass, Krumholtz said, Krumholtz presented the idea to the by Director Jeffrey Chen, revealed that CSU Gary Meszaros, director of auxiliary ser- “a student would have to pay $216.00 a faculty senate because the “U-pass could had a total of 9,743 full-time students en- vices, said that U-pass might potentially free semester to ride the RTA. Currently, RTA reduce the dependency on parking; an ongo- rolled. As a result, if every full-time student up parking spaces on campus. Meszaros charges $54 for a monthly pass. ing diffi culty for CSU,” he said. was charged a $15 U-pass fee; this would stated that as of yet, U-pass has not reduced When asked what he thought about As a former member of the City of concerns that students pay for a service Cleveland Planning Committee, Krum- which they may not use, Meszaros said holtz had worked with RTA in the past. He that students pay for many services that said that RTA’s collaboration with CSU is a they do not use. In fact, he said, “students move in the right direction for RTA’s image pay athletic fees, but many of them do not and its public relations. In the fall of 2001, attend a basketball game.” According to Krumholtz’s U-pass proposal was taken Boyle, “we pay for things we don’t fully under advisement by the faculty senate. utilize; that’s part of living in a democratic Between Oct. 2 and 3, CSU Student society.” Government Association (SGA), conducted Case Western Reserve University a survey to determine how many students (CWRU) has a similar program with RTA, were in favor of the U-pass program. Ac- but unlike CSU’s U-pass program, at cording to Eric Crawford, SGA treasurer, CWRU, only undergraduate students are the total vote was 613 voters (3.83 percent charged the $25 fee for the service. of the student body), of which 473 voted Steve Bitto, one of RTA’s vice presi- in favor of U-pass and 132 voted against dents and director of marketing, said RTA the program. agreed to join CSU in developing U-pass Crawford said that all students were because the program allows RTA to build eligible to vote. When the vote was con- its customer relations and tap into a market ducted, however, there was only one polling that should, but does not, use public trans- location, a table located on the fi rst fl oor of portation. the Student Center. When asked whether RTA is improving Many students have written Gary Wil- its image because of a possible proposal liams, dean of student affairs, expressing by RTA to the city to increase sales taxes their dissatisfaction about the $15 charge. (more than 50 percent of the RTA budget is Williams said C-M had nothing to do with from sales taxes), Bitto said, “U-pass is an the implementation of U-pass. Williams independent revenue source. The success said that he was asked by Steinglass to of U-pass will reduce RTA’s dependency on simply send out a general e-mail informing sales taxes.” students about the program. Both Krumholtz and Meszaros said that John Boyle, vice president for business U-pass is still in its trial phase. Meszaros affairs and fi nance at CSU, said, “I would said that at the end of the spring semester, stress that the impetus for this program came RTA and CSU have the option of opting out from the students, not from the administra- of the program. tion.” It is unclear as to whether Boyle was If the number of full-time students referring to the 4.85 percent of the student Jason Smith-Gavel enrolled in the fall is any indication of the body who voted for U-pass out of the 9,743 amount of full-time students registered for undergraduate, graduate and law students The law school was not represented in any of the U- the spring semester, RTA should benefi t who were charged the $15 fee. pass debates, said Nick DeSantis, SBA speaker of the from U-pass. If only 3,000 out of the es- Boyle said, “With the near unanimous timated 9,743 full-time students obtained support of the SGA senate and the suc- senate. Furthermore, no law school representative a U-pass, RTA would have a revenue of cessful student referendum, I view this as was present when SGA voted in favor of U-pass. $101,145 per semester. THE GAVELGAVEL Page 4 CareerCareer February 2004 Good Mr. Biggerman goes to Washington writing is Local young attorney gets dream day before the nationʼs highest Court By Colin Moeller the Supreme Court,” said Cleveland Bar 40’s, who claimed they were protected EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Association President Steven Kauffman in by the age discrimination law and that the no secret Few lawyers ever have the opportunity to a recent interview with Crains Cleveland company “pulled the rug out” from under argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in their Business concerning Biggerman’s experi- them. They say they were promised benefi ts th By Karin Mika lifetime much less before their 36 birthday. ence. “A lot of people never get there,” when they began working that were later LEGAL WRITING PROFESSOR Even more rare is an attorney from the city said Hadden. taken away. Q: What are your major pet of Cleveland, rather than from New York or The case before the Court specifi cally Prior to 1997, General Dynamics em- peeves concerning fi rst year Legal Washington, D.C. who is given the opportunity deals with the Federal Age Discrimination in ployees could retire with full health benefi ts Writing students? to argue before the nation’s highest as long as they had at least 30 years A: I would say that my major an- Court. Mark Biggerman is that rare of service with the company. But noyance is when students tell me that exception. a new agreement enacted with the legal writing is “stylistically” differ- Biggerman, a 35 year-old Cleve- company’s union granted health ent from the writing they’ve done, or lander visited C-M last month to benefi ts only to retirees who were that they can’t perform well because share his experience of arguing be- 50 or older by July 1, 1997. “If they can’t nail down what “I” want. fore the Supreme Court in the case you were 49 1/2 on July 1, 1997, I would say that unless a student has of General Dynamics Land Systems you’ll never get your benefi ts,” come from a writing background v. Cline. “Some of the time the whole said Biggerman. “We argued this where he/she was never expected grandiose aspect and importance of it is plain discrimination. You put to write intelligible paragraphs with comes up and I feel a bit dwarfed by in 25 years and all of a sudden appropriate topic sentences, continu- the immensity of it all,” said Bigger- you have these benefi ts yanked ity and precision in grammar, then I man. “It was intense.” out from under you solely on the guess, yes, legal writing is stylisti- Biggerman graduated in 1989 basis of your age.” cally different from other forms of from St. Mary’s College in Maryland The U.S. District Court for the writing. and attended law school at Ohio Northern District of Ohio did not The long and short of it is that Northern University in Ada, Ohio. agree with Biggerman’s clients, good writing is good writing no Not more than a few years later, Big- holding that reverse-discrimina- matter what the dis- german was recruited by Columbus tion lawsuits cannot be brought Legal cipline happens to attorney Bruce Hadden to assist in an under the ADEA. On appeal, be. The challenge uncommon age discrimination lawsuit the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Writing is understanding the which would wind its way through the www.okwb.uscourts.gov Sixth Circuit disagreed, holding necessary compo- federal court system and eventually to the U.S. Employment Act. The question before the for Biggerman’s clients. nents of what writing requires and Supreme Court. This opportunity not only land- Court is whether Congress, in passing the Although the Supreme Court has yet to then putting those components in a ed Biggerman before the high Court but also anti-discrimination law, sought to protect issue its opinion on the matter, the question- manner so that the reader clearly un- in periodicals. Biggerman’s name appeared younger, as well as older workers over age ing during oral arguments appears to suggest derstands what the writer intends. in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The 40 when their benefi ts differ. Biggerman’s that the Court is leaning in the direction of First-year students are always New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, client’s position is that, Congress intended the district court, a decision that would con- trying to nail down a universal truth the Lawyers Weekly and on the “Today Show” to make the law age-neutral. tinue to allow companies to give favored that enables them to do well, and it with Katie Kurick and Matt Lauer. “Biggermans clients in this case were treatment to older workers, such as better simply isn’t there. It isn’t the number “Each lawyer dreams of arguing a case to a group of about 200 workers in their health benefi ts and relaxed hours. of paragraphs, the number of cases, or the number of sentences; it’s how all of those components are put together, and aside from a few constants, there Grade posting concerns linger despite assurances is never one way to do anything. takes too much time. Sitting in even slower than before. (other) professors.” By James P. Lucas Moreover, the result in terms of “good STAFF WRITER your fi rst class of the new semester “We’re very concerned that What about the grades being writing” and “poor writing” has very They are a part of every and still waiting for a grade is not students get their grades in a posted on WebAccess before the little to do with style. student’s life; grades. Lost a pleasant experience. Lentcen timely fashion,” said Associate grades are posted on C-M’s web- I often try to draw analogies, not in the importance of Burkhardt, 3L, said, “it’s absurd Dean Jack Guttenberg. Gut- site so students can see where they sometimes for naught. Think about grades to a student’s future how long it takes and it’s very tenberg said that the oftentimes stand? According to Guttenberg, it this way. If you get up in the morn- is the process of grade post- frustrating. Sometimes you don’t lengthy process of grade posting the school’s fi rst priority is to post ing and intend to drive to school, you ing. To many students, this even have them when you start the is an issue at all law schools. “We the grades on WebAccess. Posting must necessarily open up the car be- involves a trying period of next semester.” are not alone,” he said. the grades along with the anony- fore you start the car, yes? And, of weeks over which they re- This is not the fi rst time the According to Guttenberg, the mous numbers of other students course, you must start the car before peatedly check WebAccess, problem has been encountered. main cause for this is the nature in the same class is, according the car is going to go anywhere, right? C-M’s chosen tool for such Last year, the chosen remedy was of law exams. He said that due to to Guttenberg, a courtesy to the This is certainly not a matter of a postings, to see if grades for to allow the records offi ce to post the open-ended questions students students. preferred style of driving. There are a particular class have been the grades directly, hoping to sim- encounter on such exams, law Students expressed differing simply some things in life that must posted.posted. BButut tthishis pprocessrocess plifyplify thethe pprocessrocess throughthrough a school exams take a long time to opinions on the issue. “I know happen before other things happen. takes time. grade.grade. IInn ffact,act, GGuttenberguttenberg ssaidaid tthehe other schools get their grades Likewise, if you do get up in the Lately, the consensus processprocess uusedsed ttoo bbee eveneven longer,longer, andand faster but it really doesn’t bother morning and intend to drive to C-M, around the circle of stu- that he has been “pushing the fac- me,” said P.J. Milligan, 3L. “It there are two mandatory elements dents at C-M is that ulty” to turn in grades more annoyed me my fi rst and second that will have existed by the end of the grade posting quickly.quickly. years and the fi rst semester of my this trip: starting the trip, and ending process Guttenberg said that third year, but I don’t think I’ll be up at C-M. the deadline for post- annoyed after I graduate,” said Jon How you get there is a different ing grades for exams Walsh, 3L. Walsh added, however, story. You might take the scenic route, taken in the fi rst week that his “second year was the worst make a couple of stops, take a route ofof fi n analsls o fof t hthee f afallll s esemestermester i sis delay.” that avoids construction or even stop the fi rst rst weekweek ofof JanuaryJanuary.. HeHe saidsaid Walsh said that a part-time stu- to visit a friend along the way. There grades for exams taken during the dent worker on the staff having the is one thing you cannot do, however, smaller chain second week should be posted the responsibility of helping with the and that is drive to Pittsburgh and then of command. second week of January.January. matter might solve the problem. say that “stylistically” you have made It turned out, Records Offi cer cer RoslynRoslyn PerryPerry Whether additional staff or more the trip from home to C-M. however, that noted this “staggered system” and stringent deadlines are the answer Good writing is the same, it this method saidsaid thatthat fi rrst-yearst-year pprofessorsrofessors wwereere to this issue, it seems that, putting merely employs the organizational was particularlyparticularly ggoodood iinn mmeetingeeting tthehe it mildly, students, those persons elements that we must employ on a deadline. “Grades are fi rstrst priorprior-- whose futures are at stake when it day-to-day basis in nearly everything ity,”ity,” sayssays Perry.Perry. However,However, sheshe comes to grades, are not satisfi ed we do. added, “we had delays because of with the process. www.cameron.edu THE GAVEL n CAREER FEBRUARY 2004 n 5 Music industry grabs for tech-crazed lifeline RIAA must join the fi le sharing it canʼt beat to be able to compete in its own market By Michael Luby companies to adjust their priori- a buzz, much of the material is still a pay site and computer giant, tion was about to occur, the music STAFF WRITER ties including signing new artists available online. Furthermore, CD Microsoft, is rumored to be enter- industry should have anticipated n a recent editorial in the or marketing major groups. It incentives do not solve the incen- ing the fi eld. Furthermore, the it, engaging in a massive public Washington Post, Don caused independent and major tive of fi le sharing: cheap or free fast-selling iPod mp3 player and education effort and creating pay IHenley, drummer for the chain stores to close up shop. prices and easy access. its new partner, iPod mini have sites for access to copyrighted Eagles, wrote, “When I started ButBut mostmost importantly,importantly, itit causedcaused Prof.Prof. BrianBrian GlassmanGlassman saidsaid mademade thethe processprocess eveneven moremore at-at- material. in the music business, music was thethe iindustryndustry ttoo rreadjusteadjust hhowow iitt ddoesoes the long-term solution is going to tractive. However, many critics Over the important and vital to our culture. business. As technology evolved be web-based sales, and that the have argued a well-trained hacker past Artists connected with their fans. andand ccontinuesontinues ttoo eevolve,volve, iitt bbe-e- lawsuits are a general deterrent, can still access the sites for free, sev- Record labels signed cutting-edge comes increasingly apparent that discouraging others from partak- which would ultimately upset the artists; the music business was many of the solutions currently in ing in fi le sharing. Certain tentative copyright agreements healthy and strong.” placeplace aandnd beingbeing developeddeveloped mustmust web-based sales and lead to a breakdown in Henley told of the varying bebe iimplemented.mplemented. IIff ssubstantialubstantial sites are the technology. problems artists now face as they changes are not made, the entire gaining College have lost much control of their music industry may disappear. publicity students tend eral years, own music. Some of this is at- TheThe mmostost nnoticeableoticeable cchangehange in recent to be downloading has tributed to fi le sharing and some hashas bbeeneen tthehe nnot-so-recentot-so-recent aaddi-ddi- months. been looked at as the to other sources. However, the tiontion toto CDCD packages.packages. ThisThis hashas Chief end-all-be-all of the music theme is clear: the music industry come in the form of free DVD’s,DVD’s, Executive industry. Some claim it is single- is different more so now than ever accessaccess ttoo ssecretecret bbandand wwebeb ssites,ites, of Apple handedly going to destroy the one before. WillyWilly Wonka-esqueWonka-esque golden ticket Comput- business and others argue it will of The biggest problem record contestscontests andand manymany otherother novel-novel- lead to even more diluted artists the biggest companies encounter is fi le shar- ties.ties. NNumbersumbers hhaveave iindicatedndicated reappearing over and over again. participators in ing. File sharing has forced record that although certain extras create Technology will always be a fi le sharing. For part of the process. One day, it this reason, Penn State is possible fi le-sharing could be University President Graham passé and the latest handheld will ers, Spanier, who works directly with let users rip live music and send it Steve the RIAA to address downloading directly to their home computer, if Jobs, is cred- onon collegecollege campuses,campuses, hashas proposedproposed it has not been done already. ited with much of the alternative charging students a mandatory fee, The consensus appears to ac- solution development. built into tuition, allowing them to knowledge that eventually there Jobs formulated a deal with all download legally. However, fi ve will have to be some cohesion fi ve major record labels and many minutes in a college dorm will give on the part of both sides which more independents, which allowed you an idea of where most students will ultimately bring a workable him to offer songs through Apple’s stand on that issue. solution. It is likely to be in the online music store, iTunes, at 99 Chris Adkins, 2L, said it might form of pay-sites. Whether that is cents per song. Pepsi has in- have worked fi ve or six years ago, per song, per album or some other creased public awareness about but today students have become form, the Internet will ultimately iTunes through its promotion, in too accustomed to high speeds account for any change made. which one in every three bottle and free fi les, and that is a trend The RIAA is currently in a caps wins a free song. that is unlikely to be erased. state of turmoil with its margins In less than one year, iTunes Prof. Glassman said he agrees. thinning every quarter in terms sold its 30 millionth song, caus- According to Glassman, several of sales and the pay sites making ing many copycats to join the years ago, technology allowed very little profi t themselves. The revolution. A revitalized Napster, copying, but it was done in real- industry is slowly reaching the re- previously in the file-sharing time, one-at-a-time. alization that it is better to partner arena, has already developed Glassman said that as digitiza- www.askbj.com up and fl ow with the technology.

The SBA cordially invites you to the Barrister’s Ball Date: March 6, 2004 Time: 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Place: The Terrace Club at Jacob’s Field Cost: $48 per person, including dinner, open bar, D.J. and dancing all night long Last day to purchase tickets: Wednesday, March 3 THE GAVELGAVEL Page 6 OpinOpin ion ion February 2004 Boob-tube hype artifi cially infl ated A branch of the U.S. government is cur- entire breast was not even revealed. A me- upset about the breast baring were parents. for the head, was appropriate for children? rently investigating whether specifi c activi- tallic, star-shaped nipple shield tastefully Parents did not think that it was appropriate These very parents who criticize the fi nal act ties violated the nation’s laws. Sure Presi- covered the nipple itself. Technically, the for their young children to be subjected to of Jackson’s breast being revealed should dent Bush’s intelligence on weapons of mass show did not even contain nudity. Bathing such a display. Were these parents watching have, if they were that concerned with their destruction before going to war with Iraq suits, dresses, and lingerie are common on the rest of the Super Bowl coverage? Be- children, turned off the television much ear- is being questioned. Furthermore, Bush’s cable, as well as on network television, fore the act in question, there were several lier in the night. If they did not, they only service to the country as a member of the revealing more than the now infamous instances that should have raised a red fl ag have themselves to blame. Texas Air National Guard is coming under nipple shield. for these “concerned” parents. Finally, as for adults themselves who fi re. While this analysis of Even so, how does a simple part of the The commercials, usually a high- were offended by the show, do you watch Bush’s service seems highly human anatomy get us into such an uproar? light ofof SSuperuper BBowlowl SSunday,unday, wwereere mmoreore any television at all? Not that long ago, as a irrelevant and unnecessary, The EuropeansEuropeans areare probablyprobably wonderingwondering whatwhat crasscrass t thanhan presenter at the MTV Video Music Awards, another recent investigation Gavel all the fuss is about. In Europe, nudity usual.usual. D Didid Lil’ Kim revealed more than Jackson for an Editorial thethe parentsparents extended period of time. Kim was “felt up” seems almost absurd. Opinion is tolerated, if not completely accepted. Most people in America TelevisionTelevision showsshows regularlyregularly displaydisplay continuecontinue t too by Diana Ross and everyone laughed. There know about, and have seen, the exposure of notnot onlyonly nudity,nudity, butbut alsoalso sexuallysexually ex-ex- letlet ttheirheir cchil-hil- was no outrage. Many claim that MTV is Janet Jackson’s right breast during the Super plicitplicit scenes.scenes. FFurthermore,urthermore, nnudityudity iiss drendren w watchatch different from network television. Bowl halftime show. This thethe gamegame However, network television has be- “wardrobe malfunction” after a horse come slightly more daring in recent years, (keep trying to spin it Janet fl a tatulatedulated i n in even embracing nudity into some of its eve- and Justin) has resulted in an a woman’swoman’s ning programs. Unless you have some sort investigation by the Federal face?face? DidDid of weird fetish with balding, overweight, Communications Commis- the parents continue vertically challenged actors, most people sion (FCC) into whether toto letlet theirtheir kidskids watchwatch afterafter would probably rather see Jackson’s breast a dogdog viciouslyviciously attackedattacked a than Sipowicz’s backside on NYPD Blue. CBS’s broadcast of the act .livesimplywithstyle.com violated federal indecency www People need to lighten up and laws. This investigation stop taking things so seriously. will no doubt cost taxpayers No one saw anything on Super a signifi cant amount of mon- Bowl Sunday that hasn’t been seen ey. Doesn’t the government every morning. If the parents who have better things to do with thought their kids should not have this money? How about giv- seen the incident really were con- ing further tax breaks to the cerned about what their children people who pay more than were exposed to, they should have their fair share? realized long before the “wardrobe Let’s get back to a more malfunction” that the programming important issue, namely was not appropriate for children. If “boob-gate.” While media parents are concerned about what “coverage” was almost www.canadianpress.com their children can see on television, non-stop in the days immediately proceed- common in everyday life. It is not they have a simple solution…turn ing the Super Bowl, this coverage continues hard to fi nd nude beaches all along www.cialis.com off the boob-tube. today, almost one month removed from the Europe’s coastline. So, does all this nudity male’s privates? Did the parents continue event. In Cleveland, we have one station in meanmean EuropeansEuropeans havehave a problemproblem andand areare toto aallowllow ttheirheir cchildrenhildren wwatchatch aafterfter sseeingeeing 3300 particular to thank for this “overexposure.” obsessed with sex? Actually, the opposite commercials for erectile dysfunction? How THE GAVEL Action News, Cleveland’s fi nest television is probably true. many parents had to fi eld the question from news program (is it really the news?) often By openly embracing nudity, Europe their seven-year-old child: Mommy, what is CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW addresses important news events, includ- has fewer problems than the more repressed erectile dysfunction and how does Levitra CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY 216.687.4533 TELEPHONE ing non-stop coverage of the halftime “sur- United States. The openness about nudity and Cialis cure it? 216.687.6881 FAX prise,” in its highly riveting and journalistic is probably partially responsible for sexual Aside from the commercials, the parents [email protected] segment known as “The Buzz.” crimes in Europe being signifi cantly lower did not have to reach much further than the The media coverage and the FCC in- than of their counterparts across the pond. halftime show itself to fi nd more behavior vestigation are direct results of the public However, it is simply unrealistic that the they should have deemed inappropriate for outrage that ensued after Jackson’s breast United States will suddenly change decades children. Did the parents think that Nelly was revealed live on national television. of sexual repression and embrace a more grabbing himself was appropriate for chil- Why has this event caused such an uproar? open view on the human body. dren? Did the parents think that Jackson and Was it really that big of a deal? While not embracing sexuality, there Justin Timberlake having simulated sex, errr are still questions about why people were dancing, was appropriate for children? Did Jackson’s breast was exposed for less Colin P. Moeller than one second from a vantage point ap- so upset about the halftime incident. It ap- the parents think that Kid Rock’s wardrobe, Editor-in-Chief proximately 20 feet away. Also, Jackson’s pears that the main segment of the populous i.e. an American fl ag with a hole cut out Amanda M. Paar Layout Editor

Jason M. Smith The wrap-up: fi fty fty cents cents could could save save a life Managing Editor My doms are sold in the lower-level Over Staff name men’s restroom in the Law Build- 3300 Anonymous 1L is Brad- ing. Americans From the Stephen Bittence ley Condom vending machines are have al- Jay Crook John- also found in the University Cen- ready caught the disease Mail Eric Doeh son and ter, Viking Hall, and the Business this year. I can throw Josh Dolesh Christopher Friedenberg I’m a Building, but the one at Marshall numbers around all day long, PailPail Alex Hastie sells the least every month. but the point is that people Michael Luby Whatever that reason may are catching and dying from James Lucas be,be, II’m’m hhopingoping tthathat tthehe aaspiringspiring AIDS everyday. Mark Merims attorney reading this will take Even worse, one out of four you could save a life, the time to, as the saying goes, people who have the virus do not be it your own or your Advisor Thomas Buckley Gazette Printing WRAP IT UP. even know about it. partner’s. Printer member of As you may already know, There is no way to cure AIDS, Brad Johnson http://www.law.csuohio.edu/students CSU’s Safe Sex HIV/AIDS is being contracted at but there are ways to prevent it. CSU SAFE SEX ALL RIGHTS REVERT TO AUTHOR Committee. Con- an alarming rate. By buying and using condoms, COMMITTEE THE GAVEL n OPINION FEBRUARY 2004 n 7 Catching some zzzʼs as the drool leaves Open Mike Slobbering slumberer imagines sleepytime euphoria in C-M paradise 2L sounds off By Josh Dolesh lube and you are left in a very it, the dusters used by the cleaning about pro bono work! on recent events GAVEL COLUMNIST compromising, Something About crew (who, by the way, do a fabu- Implement no drooling ou don’t really feel Mary-esque portrait. This is the lous job in all the places that do not zones that would work in it at fi rst, but it hap- exact reason the library does not have roaches) merely spread drool conjunction with the pre- By Michael Luby Ypens. It creeps into have video cameras. (Or so I am from place to place. Therefore, I existing quiet zones. STAFF WRITER clear-eyed virgins, caused by the led to believe.) have come up with some solutions Some have suggested Ahhhhhhh! You can almost smell numbers and letters a thousand I’m sure that if spit were as to help curb the epidemic that by that we get more sleep at it, the feeling permeates. The smell miles away. It is a magic eye for valuable as blood, the law library now must be eclipsing in size that home. The slumped over, of mediocrity. Isn’t that what spring the mind. The patterns are rec- study desks would have built in of undergraduate binge drinking. sleeping type laugh at that semester is for anyway. Those hopes ognizable, the colors routine. A spittoons for saving that marvel Make the study desks fully idea. I have paid far too of grading onto Law Review are all swatch of red, or was it a splash of mastication. If those desks equipped with disposable one- much money to be robbed but gone. Your meager attempt at of brown? Sometimes a familiar were people, the lawsuits would time-use desk covers like a of one of the unique funding spring break via the loan picture in black and white. Often a be endless (or would they, after all doctor’s examination table or a experiences of being an check was spent on Fat Tuesday. cascading wave of symbols fading ,you were sleeping. Where is the toilet seat in a chronically dirty over worked, underpaid Oh and of course, the Indians into a central abyss, a dark crack intent? All right, maybe you were bathroom. I propose we nix the law student. Besides how start up another new season of con- drawing your eyes and pulling negligent). recently fi xed condom dispenser would I know when I have vincing locals that this is the last your head closer to the historical The coffee drinking, drool- in lieu of a dispenser of these desk studied enough? In clos- year of rebuilding. The only thing nose catcher. ing, snoring, eye resting, library covers. ing, I offer a plea to all you showing up less than attendance is You just couldn’t take it any- session is a rite of passage for all Getting rid of the condom closet droolers out there at the sunshine and we’ll leave that more- a crying woman, a rotted law students. I pride myself in machine makes even more sense C-M, be not afraid, display one alone. leg, extra carpet, fully automatic this buffoonery. Sure one might if we convert the little used “old your drool with pride, for Parking has been nothing short weapons, a vacation home in the look foolish, but it is a select few library”library” intointo a statestate ofof thethe artart when you of a nightmare so far. At least when mountains. The images leak from that can say they have drooled on sleepingsleeping lloungeounge fforor uusese dduringuring en- I end up three miles away because your mind, a thin drizzle of slime. the same desks as high powered those extended study jams. the Hanna Garage isn’t open, I can You smell smoke, stale smoke and attorneys and conservative judges. Put wet wipes under every U-pass it back to school cardboard. Your kidneys hurt. Are And the bigger the drool the better fluorescentfluorescent light.light. ThisThis for free...I mean $15. you losing your mind? Alice in the student. That puddle of drool wayway ourour lessless fortunatefortunate In a direct violation Wonderland? You are far beyond. the size of a pancake is merely an patronspatrons couldcould brushbrush ter of state law, San Fran- You’re Timmy, stuck in the well, indicator of how hard you study. upup oonn vvagrancyagrancy sstatutestatutes the cisco has begun issuing and Lassie is out, sizing up some It is very comforting to often whilewhile fresheningfreshening upup onon real marriage licenses to Schnauzer. see that I am not the only one spill- their personal hygiene. TTalkalk worldworld itit gay couples. Similar- You wake to fi nd your fi ngers ing sleep sauce. will be too ly, several states have recently stiff, stuck in a death grip around I see all walks late. won various court battles across the a ring that uses 40 percent less of life drool- nation concerning gay rights. material than a second paper cup. ing, women In response, many others are Your body is still making an ef- and men, rich taking steps in their respective state fort even though your mind has and poor. But legislatures to counteract the trend. retreated to “standby.” A stream I am not fool- It’s curious to wonder what’s more of drool has crept down through ish, drooling is monumental. The fact that these tiny the scruff on your chin and col- a nasty way to baby steps are slowly guaranteeing lected in the crack of your book. spread germs rights that should have happened As you lift your head, your nose and infection. years ago or that Dubya himself wants to enact a constitutional slides through the puddle of mouth And let’s face www.abcnews.com www.posterboys.netwww.posterboys.net amendment preventing it from hap- pening altogether. That coming from a man who promised weapons of mass destruction but delivered a death count higher than one Ameri- The friends grade posting left behind can per day. The following is the fourth in a six- In undergrad, and most certainly high guilt when you go home immediately af- Former Phoenix Bishop, Thomas part series following a first-year C-M school, there were easy ways around every ter class ends. Sometimes I don’t even O’Brien has been convicted of a hit- student from orientation to spring exams. assignment. Corners could also be cut bring my bookbag home. There’s still and-run and is one of the few Bishops The waiting is the hardest part. Ev- with little or no consequence. As much time to study harder, work on outlines in the history of the Roman Catholic eryday over the holiday break I spent as I had hoped that this would remain true, and be more involved in class discussions. Church to have been convicted of a looking for my grades from my slacker antics are not working at C-M. As of yet, I have not begun to out- felony. In a related story, the Mary- the fall. And everyday I was 1L And this fact is beginning to ruin my life. line for any of my classes, I’ve missed land Supreme Court has overturned disappointed. The grades were First year Even as I relax after class at home I can’t numerous reading assignments and my three gun convictions against former not showing up for weeks. My life stop thinking about the work that I should fi rst inclination when class is over is to altar boy, Dontee Stokes, who admit- fi nal grades from fi rst semes- Part III be doing. Does anyone else fi nd themselves go home and forget about everything. ted to shooting a priest. ter were not in until a week doing this? I can’t relax and have a good There’s always tomorrow, at least It’s nice to see the Church is after the spring semester had begun. time. I stay up at night wor-wor- rying forfor a fewfew moremore weeksweeks therethere willwill be.be. taking measures to ensure they are They are people that had to leave school about my future and how By the time spring break is over, a better-rounded set of individuals. after starting back up in January. This is very, I’m going to make a liv- there will be no more tomor- Not only do they practice corporate very unfair to those who waited only to real- inging aafterfter I ffailail oout.ut. rows and the stress of pre- ethics, but also see to children’s ize that law school was not going to work out. I’ve offi cially exam preparation will turn rights, Second Amendment protec- What do those people do? They’ve succumbed to uncontrollable fear. tions and of course the right to grow purchased all their books and paid their But until that day weed inside the church rectory. rent, only to fi nd out that it was a complete comes, I’m planning In response to a line in the waste of their time and money. If I was on enjoying myself and Outkast song, Hey Ya, Polaroid has one of these people, I would be furious. not spending weekends released a statement warning users to I understand that grading takes a sub- in the library. At least not “shake it, shake it like a Polaroid stantial amount of time to complete, but that’s what I’ll keep picture!” Wait a minute. They still where is the accountability for professors telling my- make those things, and people still whose tardy-grading harms a student’s self. use them. livelihood? The answer to that question is: Good luck to Doug Haines. there is no accountability. I hope the admin- Who? Doug Haines, for U.S. Con- istration can realize how unprofessional and gress representing the 12th district unfair of a situation they’ve created for this of Georgia. He’s a public interest group of disenfranchised, former students. lawyer, environmentalist and run- As for those 1L’s still here, a new se- toto thethe pressurespressures ofof beingbeing ning a full-force grassroots, door- mester begins. And those friends we’ve a first-year law student. to-door campaign. He’s probably lost since the fall have taught us at least Yet, the beginning of ev- full of it too, but at least people can one important realization: work hard or ery semester is still a golden put a face to the person doing noth- quit law school. This is a simple truth. age of sorts. There’There’ss very little ing for them. www.compugeeks.com 8 n FEBRUARY 2004 THE GAVEL