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•. " ...... I ... '2 T ·alk of the Town: Luncheon:' a't the Waldorf , Fordham's Law Alumni Association hosted ing. Such a trip, I thought, might be as driver had also forgotten that the Wa1dorf its Thirty-First Annual Lun'cheon at the unpleasant as the one out to the Lubavitcher had moved, and I had not noticed his error Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday. March Fir.~!. Yom Kippur Breakfast at Lenny's Clam Bar until we were halfway across the Queens­ Dean McLaughlin delivered the State of the on Cross bay Boulevard. My rears were boro Bridge. By the time I got to the hotel, Law School address. John D. Feerick '6 1 aJlayed when I learned that the Waldorf had the coat checliing ceremony had already received the Association's Award oj' moved lock. stock and barroom, to Manhat- commenced. I quickly rubbed elbows with Achievement and F. Lee Bailey gave the tan, / countless notables, waved to Professor Keynote Address. The --news story on this I awoke Saturday morning to the strains Sims and glided upstairs in search of a liba­ event didn 't make the deadline but Fqshion of the telephone's ring. It was my Editor, tion. and Food Editor. Dashing Dan Heyman Gwyneth MacKenzie Murphy, informing me As I reached the top of the stairs I bumped managed to file his repor·t on the social that it was time to awake and face the day. I into Clare Hogenauer, Class of '73. She aspects oJ the gala affair. realized that this might be difficult, as I had recognized me immediately, althol,lgh she I by Daniel Heyman drifted into blissful sleep only two hours was clearly unsure of the circumstances of Being a man about town and Bon Vivant, before. You see, readers, I had long ago con­ our acquaintance. I reintroduced myself I am often invited to attend the various func· cluded that in order to maintain the jet set and informed her that I knew her as a cus­ tions and gala affairs that make New Yor-k a lifestyle to which I had become accustomed, tomer of my father's hardware store and favorite of high society. Thus it surprised I would have to sell myself into indentured had once serviced her shopping cart. We me not that my presence was requested at slavery behind the stick-at a fashionable talked a bit and then repaired to the area the Thirty-First Annual Luncheon of the West Side' watering hole. As a result, I have where potables were being administered to Fordham Law Alumni Association at the not seen the light of day on a Saturday for the' guests. Waldorf-Astoria. I was delighted with the in­ nearly three years. In any case, I <1uickly The decline of the Waldorf was amply evi­ vitation, but slightly disconcerted by the donned my Giorgio Armani tuxedo, and flew denced by their adoption of the declasse fact that I )Vould have to ,travel all the way out the door. practice of selling their guests little tickets John Feerick out to Astoria so early on a Saturday morn- I was a bit tardy in my'arrival as my cab continued on page 8

The Student Newspaper of Fordham Law School Vol. XI No.8 March'lO, 1980 ,Shaw Honored by BALSA by Gwyneth Murphy noting the fine record of this many applications does not On Friday evening, February Fordham's Black graduates, leave milch time for recruitment." 22Qd, forty Fordham graduates "many of whom are present The Dean concluded by asking and students gathered for the Se­ tonight." he then addressed the the alumni/ae present to spread cond Annual Black Alumni Recep­ serious lack of minority students at the word about Fordham, and that tion, and the presentation of the Fordham. "if you know young people who first Ruth.. Whitehc:Jld Wha.ley ~cLaughlin acknowledged the may be interested in Fordh3m, Award. The Fordham chapter of fact that "despite Fordham's please encourage them to apply the Black American Law Student eagerness to attract minorities, we and attend Fordham Law School." Association

ductions could begin only 13 days sooner . with registration, and tbat peacetime ' EditoritJls :· Letter·s registration would not get troops into 'battle fasterln an emergency are plainly and simply not true. B~timates are that without registration, the first conscripts The Untimeliness' of Exams Draft could not report for training until 90-100 Dear Editor: days after the outbreak of hostilities. In the The Fordham approach to scheduling of exams is truly curious. Why 10 ". The aQti-draft diatribe of the N'YCLU's average 14 weeks it would take to train Gara LaMarche . exams>; Convenience to the proctors should not be a consideration. Sincerely, carrying. a driver's license when driving, I Jonathan J . Klein, 3A and as harmful to privacy as renewing a FLS '80 magazine subscription! We routinely notify We have previously discussed various problems of scheduling courses the mailman, telephone company, and Con - and providing information r~lated thereto. This area is the responsibility Edison when we leave the country tem­ Cay Response porarily, and we tell the IRS that we have of Dean Hanlon. We would be he~rtened to see him apply some effort and changed jobs. In order to enroll in college, Dear .Editor: imagination to solving some of these problems. I think the main reason nobody brings up an 18 - yea~-0Id has·to undergo a physical ex­ amination, reveal physical disabilities,.and homosexual rights in their natural, so to speak, context is that, unlike blackness and 4V be classified 'mentally by the Educational ...... Of femaleness, hom{)sexuality doesn't Testing Service. What a terrible assault on one's constitutional rights! And what a definitively show in any universally-agreed­ catastrophe it would be for the government upon fashion. In fact, normally the only way The Disgrace of Minority Admissions to search the public record b-y computer, to know for sure if somebody is gay is to be (which is apparently more sinister than do­ told first-hand, a rare event, I'm told, for ing the job manually), to find out how old we straight folks. Therefore, anyone can be, 'The first Black woman to practice law in New Yo~k State graduated and often is, suspected of being gay and sub­ from Fordham. Surely this speaks for a history of encouraging members are. Threats to personal privacy? Obviously not, but the ACLU would have us believe jected to the consequences of the labeL This of minorities to enter the profession. Or was it a fluke? One need only take such nonsense. fact has two consequences. a look around to.see that we are a lily-white school. It is a'disgrace for a Mr. LaMarche decries the fact that it is a First, it means that one generally avoids school in the middle of New York City to have as little ethnic diversity as criminal offense to disobey the verdict of a raiSing the subject verbally, out of fear of draft board rendered without counsel and appearing to'have too personal a stake in it. this place does. When Dean McLaughlin spoke at the BALSA dinner Thus both homosexuals and heterosexuals several weeks ago, he acknowledged that the Admissions Office does lit­ not judicially reviewed before induction. While this appears unjust, reality dictates have strong motivation to be silent; if we tle recruiting .. Ana he made it clear why: Dean Moore and two secretaries that injecting counsel and judicial review in­ are silent, most' of us "pass" most 'Of the process over four thousand applications per year. N.Y.V.'s Admissions to the draft machinery would invite hear­ time. The second. consequence has been Office has a staff of 10. Columbia"'s has a staff of 6 (full-time) . . ings and appeals en masse, creating an in­ pointed out by feminists : the label

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Asian Students to P~frtlclpate in Notes on People: . .... '-: ' WWII 'Interntnent Conference "Is' This the Pa~.ty . to­ by Lisa Okubu who showed us that the need for American internment during This year Fordham's Asian Asian advocates and defenders is World War II as the law confronted Whom I am Speaking?" American Law Students' Associa­ becoming more critical. The im­ American citizens. A slide show tion has attempted to lay a founda­ pact of the law on Asians and produced by a woman who endured tion for a continuing relationship of racism and 'the law were focal the camp experience will give a 'support and joint activities with points of the address. In addition, a personal view of the aay-to-day life other AALSA's in the metropolitan panel discussion of legal career op­ and conditions at one camp. Next, area. The vicissitudes of chance in­ tions was organized with practic­ a pallel comprised of G. herent in the school's admissions ing attorneys in areas of immigra­ Hirabayashi, an American-born policy produce an Asian student tion, criminal law, legal' services, Japanese who defied the evacua­ population ranging from small one clerkship and small practice, giv­ tion order and eventually lost his year to n!,!ar zero the next. We feel ing potential applicants. and pre­ case in the Supreme Court, E: En­ one way to counteract this fluctua­ sent students insight into tradi­ nis, a former Solicitor General at tion is to increase inter-AALSA tional and alternative legal prac­ the Justice Departinent who was unity and to support goals and pro­ tice.· Informal discussions among involved in the events surrounding­ grams of other minority student applicants, law 'students and at­ the evacuation, and L. Sager,' an groups. torneys with· the purpose of N.Y.U. professor 'will give an un­ Fordham has joined N.Y.U., demystifying the law school ex­ precedented analysis of the head: :Rutgers and Columbia in the plan­ perience ended the day. This last on collision between the Constitu­ ning and implementation of two activity was especially interesting tion and the rights of individual major outreach efforts this year. as individual perceptions were ex­ American citizens. Afternoon In November, an Asian American pressed and participants had the workshops on four areas of im­ Law Day was held at Columbia, opportunity to compare attitudes mediate interest are scheduled: ' and schoolS all along the Eastern and experiences at different law the topjcs are 1) .impact of urban seaboard sent representatives. schools. renewal on Asian ' American com­ General program goals were to in­ The upcoming spring AALSA munities with the film Save crease the number of Asian event is geared primarily toward, Chinatown, 2) case background of American applicants, to provide law students, It's tiijed Not in the criminal injustice on the West information on the admissions pro­ Casebook: 'Asian Americans and Coast of Chol Soo Lee, 3) law and· cess, to foster an awareness of the Law, _and is being held on other stFategies in the workplace, Asian American community legal March 15 starting at 10:00 a .m, at and 4) the ' Doh •. rty v, Rutgers­ issues and to promote inter-school the N,Y,U, Law School in Newark Law School case and support. The keynote speaker was Washington Square. The morning defending ' Affirmative Action. We an attorney from the Asian Law Stamling Josephine Fallon (left) and Mary Barrett. Seated is Hele" session promises to be a: thought­ invite all interested students to at­ Makowski, who is retiring after 26 years of service. Caucus in Oakland, California, provoking look into the Japanese tend. / FLS Comes in Last in Minority Enrollment Moot Court Potpo,urri . Fordham Law School has the lowest percentage of minority students of any of the ten graduate and undergraduate divisions of Fordham Univer­ First Year Arguments before the Jessup team members something from Jessup that I sity. According to a report in the January issue of Inside Fordham, of the We attended first year oral argued, but we talked to them last didn't get from working on the in­ 1098 students enrolled in the Law School, 1044 (or95.1%) are white. The re­ arguments last week and were week after a practice session with ternational Law Forum or from mainder break down in the following manner: very impressed by the emerging Professors Chiang, Sweeney and classes." Every 'team member Number of % of Total professionalism -of those we saw Teclaff. "They really worked us concurred with O'Connor's asSess­ Racial/Ethnic Group Students Enrollment argue. Afterwards, we asked them over, but that's what we wanted," ment of the hard, but beneficial, what they thought of tlieir first ex­ said Bill O'Connor. "We won't work involved. American Indian 0 0.0 perience as advocates. argue before a Jessup panel that Black 17 1.6 "We had heard rumors that we knows more than these guys." The team was optimistic about Asian 23 2.1 would be intimidated and that the its chances. Fuerth said, ". feel Hispanic 2 0.2 judges would be nasty, but this Looking back over the five mon­ confident we will win, particularly Puerto Rican 12 1.1 turned out not to be the case," said ths they have spent on their briefs after seeing the other teams' By comparison, Fordham College is-85,7% white, the College at Lincoln Alan Winkler. "Oral argument," and arguments, the team had some briefs. " Center is 73,1 % white and the Graduate School of Business Administration Yuriko Tanabe added, "was more useful observations. "Interna· is 93,8% white, The University enrolled 2,544 minority students represent­ fun than writing the brief and a lot tionallaw is unique among the sub­ ing 19% of the total enrollment and 21.8% of the undergraduate enrollment. jects I have studied," said Tom Wagner Update less agonizing." The Wagner team - - Karil The report noted that racial and ethnic identification is self-reported by The experience reminded some Fuerth. "When you research inter· students at registration and that no attempt was made to independently national law, you can't run to a Nowak, Virginia Phifer, Jack that law school was not eternal and Hughes and Dan Gib­ verify the information, that one day soon a client would be Shepard's or a key word digest, and cases are less important bons, Bonnie Grigoropoulos, An­ counting on them. "This exercise drew Heller 1l f: between Broadway & Colu~bus Lisa Okubu . 1 \ K.J . Nolan •• Breakfast served 7 'at:" - 11 am I clip this coupon for II • - • I \ { • FREE 10 oz. 'SODA (('I 1980 The Advocate, Fordham University School of Law, Room • 048A 140 West 62nd St., NYC 10023. Letters should be typed, triple • with any sandwich . spac~, and in Strunk ~nd White style, ~eadline: March 24. • .~. ./ . ·• Offt'r good until April 10 - opf-n til II pm • • --. I ___ ~ __ ------~ Page 4 March 10, 1980

I BA LSA Dz'1J!ner continued from page 1 he "iooks forward to getting out and doing some good work." Following the presentation of the STUDENT BAR ASSOCII award, Cornelius Blackshear '71 discussed the value of 'a Fordham Wi!? ( education. He noted that the ex­ cellent training received at Ford­ ha~ prepares the student as well For President Sullivan or Leo " as, "and probably better than, J other law schools-including the "holos by B. Werbin big names." Blackshear stated system which arise out of Rose that graduates must take an active JOliN LEO Hill's treatment of the Law School role in attracting students to Ford­ Many organizations and groups as its bastard child and an ham because of the fine education make up Fordham Law SchooL organization that addresses itself Fordham offers. The job of the SBA and its Presi­ to the many difficulties associated dent is to back and support these with attending a commuter school groups by either wearing the hat of in a large urban area. an initiator or of a supporter. During the time spent working as the Executive Director of a Organizations such as the U r ban large non-profit organization, I Law Jouran!. Il)ternational La\\, developed various skills which Forum and the Moot Court Board have proven to be invaluable when are autonomous bodies but ,each dealing with bureaucracies..

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J puryand .trION ELECTIONS the Blockheads by KJ Nolan out. "Wake Up and Make Love" Last summer saw the first single was the same song in both incarna­ by and the Blockbeads, a tions, but the Stiffs Live version whimsical salute to the pleasure of seemed only a typical Sunday mor­ V.R. -. Gribetz or pain entitlted "Hit Me With Your ning ("I'll go and get the Post!And ~elly Rhythm Stick." The record was a make some tea and toast.") for smoothly produced near­ any married coupl~ in the world. Eurodisco riff punctuated by some Funny thing, though: it was still GAIL KELLY and monetary boost to the objec­ SID GRIBETZ well-placed guitar/synthesizer fun. Anger, Irritation, and Resent­ tives of the Placement Office and a I have been asked why I finally bullets and Dury's by-now char­ ment are but a few of the feelings stronger cooperativ'e effort with The second B,ockheads album, decided to fUn. for SBA office. acterisitic vocals. "Hit me! Hit that I share with many classmates the faculty and administration to Do It Yourself. took Ii new musical When Willie Sutton waS asked why me!!" he screamed until he'd toward daily existence at Fordham recognize, acknowledge and deal tack. Dury, like a number of late­ he robbed banks, he replied, made it fairly obvious that he I Law School. It is in response to with the interests of the students. "because that is where the money Seventies rockers, was intrigued ,'~:~ wasn't just talking about danc­ these feelings and a strong convic­ by the possibilities of in the ing-a necessary distinction, since tion in the student body that I right · hands, - and the musical dancing seemed to be the point of decided to run for Vice-president of tracks are the first full Rock-Disco the lyrics. The B Side of the single SBA. Although, I am not so unaf­ experiment. A few punks-Blondie found Dury slipping into a thick fected to preach a transformation of is the obvious example-wet their cockney accent and musing that attitudes, I will urge a concerted ' feet with a track or two, but.the "There Ain~t Half Been Some effort to meet with greater success . Blockheads revised their whole Clever Bastards," such as Van the concerns and requirements of sound. Some viewed it as selling Gogh, who "was an eyeball the Fordham Law Student. These -pleaser/He must've been a pencil out~ while o~ljS.preferred to think concerns include a determined at­ of It as buymg m. Through it all, squeezer/He didn't paint the Mona tempt at rerouttqg Law School tu­ though, Dury maintained the Lisa/That was an Italian geezer." tion to Law School programs and persona he'd establish­ It was a telling package; the New e~eryman not supplementing the ' under­ ed on the first album. This com­ Ian meets the old Ian, arid the con­ graduate school; a greater effort Gail Kelly bination of slick blu~yed Sid Grihetz frontation proves that they're the (Remember Silk Degrees?) and is." Well, the SBA is where our same little guy after all. money is. The time has come for celebration of the simple turned 'tqat money to be spent responsiv€·· Ian Dury and the Blockheads out to be something really unex­ ly, to support meaningful student first came to American ears as pected~co with a quiet, almost Secretary: Murtagh . activities. For too long we have part of the 1978 Stiffs Live an­ self~ffacing charm. witnessed the petty quibbling on the thology. The set was cull~ from a Dury, Dury still sings .in a subdued --- - SB~ when responsible groups seek British tour that featured ANNE MURTAGH That was the first time I saw a croon'1hat emphasises the subject funding. A broader range' of more along with , Nick substantial number of day and Lowe, and Wreckless matter of his lyrics. In "Quiet," he This past year I .was honored by night students together. We must - substantial extra-curricular ac­ plays the role of the beleaguered tivities will give some depth which Eric. Dury fronted two cuts, a being elected to represent my class encoura~e interaction between day parent trying to put the ki4s to bed. is often lacking in the Fordham music-ballish story of a fUJi-loving as a member of the Student Bar and night students for it would lad named "Billericky Dickie," He lOoks at his world and comes up Association. The Student Bar prove to be a mutually beneficial legal education. Groups should not with "This is What We Find" a be required to finance informa­ and a straight ahead rocker called Association's purpose is to serve eX[leI'IelK~ both and complacent number that refu~ to tional programs through raffles, "Wake Up and Make Love." Ian the students, its goal to mak(' Ford­ also fronted the album's closer, a view comfort as boredom. It could ham Law School a better place for example. I'll ensure greater full-cast rave up of his "Sex " get tedious very easily, but the both academically and socially. support for meaningful extra­ Drugs " Rock " Roll." These early listener's interest is held by a con­ This past year the Student Bar curricular activities. $r&st with the streamlined dance I also pledge to work hard to ef­ performances found Dury snarling Association showed potential to ac­ out his lyrics in a proper Punk melodies to which he's set these fectively represent the study body complish those ends. ilow\:::Y'er, not style, and this left listeners un­ lyrics. Dury's fascination with in the operation of the SBA. The ad~ enough changes were made. The prepared for the studio sound of his disco is forgivable-refreshing, this I ministrations of the university and reason for is because found first album, New Boot and Panties. even-because it's so much fun to that there is a deficiency in com­ espeically of the Law School are see this ordinary guy indulging munications between the faculty, open to student input. Student- · New Boots featured all three of himself in lush production and administration and the students. f"culty groups have worked the Stiffs Live numbers, and oUiers funky musicianship. We must construct new channels of together in the past to Jmprove of a sinlilar vein. This time Do It Yourself is by no means a communication. The' new mail areas such as curriculum plann­ ' though, Dury's vQcals wer~ pure disco album. Indeed,. the boxes are potential channels but ing. Nevertheless, not much has restrained, half spoken and even a album's high point on Side Two the key to their success is' coor­ Anne Murtagh . been accomplished, despite the bit polite. He came off like nothing good faith efforts of past Executive more than a gentle, middle-aged goes beyond disco. A carefully dination and organization. Coor­ socially. It's about time we all mixed set of four cuts begins with dination and organization are the Boards. Everybody ,seems to be working-class Dad who ,liked rock unite,. share idf!~~, mllke chan~es the same slick idiom established keys to maintaining any form df working through committees th~se "roll as much as darts at the local and give of our tCi.el.LS u~ld time to on Side One, picks up a slight edge communication among a ' ('0'11- make Fordham the best law school days. I needn't remind you of the pub. It wasn't too much of a sur­ old saying that a camel is a horse prise to find out that, except for the for . the enjolYa~ly silly "Uneasy munity of over 1,000 people and in New York. As Secretary, I will Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy," and . these are the talents I feel i .could formed by a ·committee. We need middle age, that's what he was. A inform you of just bow you can do slides into some stunning guitar bring to the job of secretary. this, how you can get involved, how sm06ther administration and I'll closer listen to New Boots revealed strive to eliminate much of the red something more. The Stiff an­ riffs,and a straight rock" roll beat our efforts can be unified and how for . "Mischief. " The whole thing The communication g ..;:, at r'ord­ you are being served by the Stu­ tape that is tyiug up { ordham. thoiogy had given the impression culminates with "Dance of the ,ham Law does not only encompass . Those of you who know me, of a boozed-out tough staggering dent Bar Association. Screamers," in which Dury, now faculty, administration and stu­ through my work on the SBA this out of the pub to pick a fight with fairly manic with gathered energy, dent relationships but includes past year, or through my ir­ the first skinhead he saw. The brings the band to a furious peak. relationships solely ' between the reverent questionings · in class, softer vocal and cleaner in­ It' is a powerful quartet of songs stUdents. The opportunities for day know that I won't let bureaucratic strumentation of New Boots made that leaves the -ized I and night students to meet are in­ technicalities get in the way. it easier to follow the lyrics and it "Lullaby for Franci/es" sounding frequent. This must be changed. I'll De vigilant to prQtect our turned out he was really chronicl­ VOTE like'the afterthpught it probably On February 14th I and the other rights, but I've also got a sense of ing the Iife{)fa Mr. Nice Guy who was. first year representatives coor­ humor. As -Ed Finneran said, loved his father, watched over his dinted a Valentine's Day Tang, "Sid's a natural." kids and liked an occasional night continued on paRe 6 I

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Alumna LALSA Recruits Stud~nts by Norma Ruiz Students AssociatioIi) - has co­ The Puerto Rican Law Students sponsored LSAT Clinics, par­ Ruth Whitehead Whaley -Association was born in the Spring ticipated with the Harl~m Lawyers ~. # - of 1975. · The idea of forming Association and BALSA in a free For most of, .US, ~eceiving a ham classmate, appointed her before her death in 1973, and a PRLSA grew out of a recognition outdoor Legal Clinic, operated a L.L.B. from" " Fordham Secretary of the Board of son, Herman, who is Field Of­ tLat . there were too few Hispanic Legal Referral Center in conjunc­ represents tlfe_ s.J.Iccessful Estimate. In addition to these fice Director for the New York Students at FLS. That ),ear, the tion with Accion Civica Evangelica culmination of the three year jobs with the City, Mrs. Whaley Department of Commerce, first year G.lass (both day and even­ (an association of Hispanic chur­ trauma that is law school. For was very active in Democratic Ruth Whaley received an ing divisions) boasted four ' ches), I helped' form a National Ruth Whitehead Whaley '24, it politics and served on the Ad­ Honorar.y Doctorate of Humane Hispanics - okay, maybe five. PRLSA and sponsored forums at meant much more. In an age - mission Board of the Greater Letters from her alma mater, Realizing that perhap,s FLS of interest to the general stu­ when very few women and pro­ New York Fund, Livingstone, College (in Hispanics were not applying to the dent body as well as submitting ar­ bably fewer Blacks went to law Ruth Whaley was a member Salisbury, North Carolina). In law school because of misinforma­ ticles to The Advocate from time to school, she was the first Black of various professional October, 1977, she received the tion or misconceptions about the time: woman-to graduate from Ford­ organizations, including the first BALSA award, given to an quality of the legal education at Gaining admission to the law ham Law School. Passing the New York Women's Bar, New alumna "in recognition of ser­ Fordham, Jaime Reyes, Edmund schools' remains our primary con­ Bar and starting to practic7 York Lawyer's and National vice .to the community." Cardona and Nelson Guzman cern, especially NOW , in view of were also more significant for Bar Associations, _She was ,a Because she was. too ill to ac­ founded PRLSA. They immediate­ the fact that there are only fifteen ' Ruth Whaley. She was the first leader among Black women of cept the award, herself, her son ly launched a publicity campaign Spanish-surnamed students in at­ Black woman to practice law in aimed at recruiting college tendance in both divisions. , New York State. stud~nts. Thereafter, PRLSA par­ Moreover, we attempt to expose Several years after passing ,ticipated in Law Day at various students to careers in public in­ the New York bar, Mrs. Whaley law schools, sent news releases, terest work, as well as the tradi­ decided-for" what her son calls visited college campuses and ap­ tional fields. Notwithstanding the "sentimental reasons"-to take peared on radio and T.V. Spanish­ field- studentS seek to pursue, we the bar of her home state', North language talk shows hailing the ad­ try to)mpress upon our members Carolina, She passed; becoming vantages of attending FLS. Well, the need to serve the Hispanic the first Black .woman to pass the campaign must have worked community, whether it be within the North Carolina Bar, She because in the next entering class the chosen field of endeavor, as an was also a member of the there were nine Hispanics. advocate for 'their constituency or Federal Bar, was ' certified to - Since then, PRLSA - now known outside the field in voluntary ser­ argue before the Supreme Court as LALSA (Latin American Law vice to the community., and argued before the Second ., ... . ' , . " . - . Circuit Court of Appeal~ many - Ruth Whitehead Whaley times, her day: founder and first Herman accepted it for her, For twenty-odd years follow­ President of the Black Business Two months later, Ruth ing her graduation from Ford­ and PrOfessionaL Women's Whitehead Whaley died. _ Your Conscience ham, ,Mrs, Whaley had a Club, Mrs. Whaley also served The life and accomplishments ' and Selective Service: private practice in downtown as Vice-President of the Na- of Ruth Whitehead Whaley are Manhattan. Though her prac­ tional Council of Negro Women. a tribute and inspiration to her DRAFT REGISTRATION,YES OR NO? tice was general, she was She was listed 'in Who's Wh<>- in race, her sex, and to Fordham. regarded as an expert in civil ' A merican Women. Who's Who BALSA's decision to name its a talk-given by service law, and won several in the East. and The Dictionary annual alumni/ae award in her landmark cases in that a,rea. of International Biography. honor is cer~inly appropriate. Dr. Joseph Fahey Ruth Whaley left her private Although mani of Ruth (See page one) When he Director of Peace Studies Institute at Manhattan College practice in 1948 when she was Whitehead Whaley's contem- presented this year's award to appointed Commissioner of poraries found it necessary to Justice James H. Shaw 'SO, Her- THURSDAY, MARCH 27, at 3:00 Housing and Buildings for the choose between career and man Whaley said, "of all the City of New York, by Mayor family, she did both. She had a honors my Mother could have in the Lowenstein Chapel, Room 221 O'Dwyer. He was Commis­ daughter, Ruth Whaley Spear- ,and did receive, this would have Sponsored by Campus Ministries, Rm. 217 sioner until 1951, when Mayor man, who taught with the New meant the most to her." Vincent Impelliteri, a Ford- York City Public School system -G.M.M. another day. Blockheads And it works. Dury grafts every- APOLOGIES continued from page 5 day life onto disco flash and makes The whole concept is neatly sum- the mundane exsiting in a genre marized in the Blockheads' cur- dominated by hacks who are To ILF for really blowing rent single "Reasons to Be Cheer- unable to make the exciting ex, ful (Part 3)." ~ , year or so after citing. Rockers who feel obligated it (the article, which Blondie scored with "Heart of to give the author of "Sex & Drugs Glass," the Blockheads came up & Rock & Roll" a chance find appeared on page one of with this record, the second major themselves liking a disco record in Rock-Disco crossover hit. A spite of themselves. last month's Advocate relentless drum beat, sultry tenor "Cheerful" does not appear on is put together correctly sax solo and some hot funk guitar Do 1t Yourself. which means that licks have made "Cheerful" a suc- the success of the former won't on the ILF office door). cess with the 'KTU crowd, but it's necessarily boost sales for the lat­ still good old Ian and he's still g~t ' a ter. This is a shame. Do It Yourself thing for simple pleasures ("See- is the product of a canny and sane ing Piccadily /Fannie Smith & rocker who can use a studio From the Dean for Willie/Being rather silly and por- without drowning iIi it, and who 'SUPPING ON THE SUPP.: Bob Gaynor 2B, ~ook first place in Fordh~m 's ridge oats") and his vocals are still makes everyday life fun again. calling The Advocate quiet, ' matter-of-fact-conver- You'll be hearing from him . nth Animal Law Book Eating Contest, sponsored by West Publishing. sational. You'd assume the band's (Note: A small, number of copies Bob is ~how~ h!!re eating his way to the Gold in the Fed. Supp. Competi­ a "subyersive rag." chant of "Why doncha get back in- still have the "Rhythm Stick" tion. Bob also took a Bronze in the grueling Supreme Court Reporter divi­ to bed" to be sexual in any other bonus single. They are labeled, and sion. Said Bob. "Those Rehnq~ist opinions are the hardest ~o swallow:" context, but here it seems nothing are worth looking for. They won't more than Ian trvinll to face, be around much longer.) ~~~,.q,~~.q,~<.QI.q..q.~~ § ' § SUPPORT To all citewinners- THE WAGNER I. ;~~~e~~~~E~l;~i::~~ ! George Maniatis Ludmila Kaniuga-Golad TEAM YOU WHEN THE WATER I~§~ William Gillespie byRobertAnderson RUNNING § Howie Konar i directed by Dr~ ,Henry Grinberg § Please come to The Advocate March 27-29 March 2Q, 21-' 8 pm; :'22, 23"":"'2:30 pm 1 offic; on Tuesday. March 11 A dmission Free (Tickets requ'ired) _ at 12:30' p.m. to claim your Call David Hayden. 355-2200 itt New York Law School :mr: prizes. THE LIGHTHOUSE AUDITORIUM i II East 59th, Street ew ~~.",. ~~9'N.....' 9' >

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my left>: Bill O'Connor, wearing a grey Marybeth Sullivan, who wisely tefused to order. Dishes full of "food" disappeared in Talk of the Town NBO pinstripe suit; Susan Eisenhauer, partake of the soup, added that it was "too the blink of an eye. Most guests agreed that continued from page 1 displaying a chartreuse HalsUm jumper; thin." F. Lee Bailey, the guest £peaker, ar­ this was a blessing in disguise. with which to purchase drinks. After queu­ David Vaida, wearing a brown Paul St\.1art rived after tfle soup plates had been col­ After the meal came the speeches, almost ing up for a $3.60 ticket, I queued up for ' three piece suit; Bob Patterson, our lame lected arid-word quickly spread throughout all of which were in the bawdy Dean Martin drink. - duck SBA President, who had rented a 'the room that he had inside information con­ "Roast" tradition which we have all come to Bourbon in hand, I sauntered into the green polyester tuxedo; Marybeth Sullivan, cerning the soup's preparation.