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VOLUME II, ISSUE NlNE MONDA Y, FEBRUARY 3, 1992 TWENTY PAGES

Dean opts for vestibule Change in policy expected By NANCY KILLIEN said, "Sparked by concern over the pres­ Dean Sullivan issued a recommenda­ ence of smokers in the law school lobby­ tion on January 30 to change the smoking -an area through which everyone must policy at Marshall-Wythe from permitting pass--a number of students approached smoking only in the lobby to permitting the Student Bar Association about sur­ smoking only in the vestibule, the glassed­ veying student opinion on the issue. A in area between the lobby and the patio. referendum was held and 73 percent of Sullivan made the recommendation to those voting indicated an interest in Nancy Nash, Assistant to Vice President changing the current policy. The students for Administration and Finance William also identified an alternative smoking Merck. Earlier in the week, Sullivan met area. Based on the results of this student with student representatives to discuss the referendum, I am requesting that the outcome of a non-binding referendum on College smoking policy be amended to the issue. restrict smoking in the law school Nash said on Thursday that the smoking building to the vestibule area." policy "is not a working policy of the Board Sullivan said his January 28 meeting of Visitors. Dean Sullivan would make a with the students involved in formulat- . recommendation; the provost could review ing the referendum was "an attempt to Former Nixon aide Chuck Karl SchumannlCOUrlesy The Flat Hat it; but probably would take the Dean's Colson speaks. See story page 3. recommendation. " See CORRALLED, page 20 In his m·emorandum to Nash, Sullivan SBA withdraws funding for Grad Thing By KEVIN KRONER Brooks also said that next year, event comes directly from the later. Brooks announced on the 29th In yet another chapter in the the Grad Thing will be funded by Board of Student Affairs (BSA) In other SBA news, Brooks that ticket prices would increase continuing saga of the Student all graduate programs in the funds allocated for a twice-annual announced that his January 28th to $25 per person. When asked Bar Association' s budget woes, College, as opposed to exclu­ party for all graduate students. deadline to sell 200 Barrister's about the increase, Brooks said SBA has withdrawn funding sively by the SBA. Tracy Camp, Last semester's Super Grad Ball tickets was met. At last that he had planned to sell the from the Grad Thing. SBA President of the Arts and Sciences Thing at Lake Matoaka was count 235 Barrister's tickets were tickets at $25 all along, and that President Rich Brooks made the Graduate Program, made the similarly funded. The Spring sold at $20 apiece. The early the $20 price was an incentive to decision last week as a measure funding proposal at a meeting of event will be held in the Campus sales enabled SBA to make all of generate early sales. Brooks was to conserve funds. King of the the Graduate and Professional Center Ballroom. For a $4 cover, its preliminary payments for the See BREWS?, page 20 Thing Steve Shebest (3L) was Students Association after there will be beer, soda, catered event to Colonial Williamsburg. informed of the decision by SBA Shebest approached her with the food, and a band to be announced After meeting the deadline, Treasurer Stephanie Cangin last idea. week when he requested funds Shebest was quick to point Grade parity appears successful for this week's liquor license. out that this does not mean the According to Brooks, SBA's two end of the Grad Thing. Last By PAULA HANNAFORD Spencer's sections of these (Gerhardt); and for Civil Proce­ remaining financial commit­ Friday's event recouped its ex­ A close look at posted first­ classes. Apparently one student dure, 3.025 (Grover) and 2.950 ments, Barrister's Ball and penses along with money to pay year grades suggests that the did not formally withdraw from (Spencer). ·Graduation, must take priority the band. This means that there faculty are very serious about these classes when leaving school The grade curve for the Con­ over all other expenditures. will definitely be a Grad Thing sticking to the new policy on after the Property exam. Ex­ tracts sections are nearly identi­ Brooks said he could not guar­ this week. Shebest said it will be grade parity. The policy, which cluding this student's grades from cal, at 3.048 and 3.050 for Pro­ antee a successful Graduation if held at the Off-campus Student states that "[t]he distribution of the average narrows the differ­ fessors Selassie and Schaefer SBA continued to spend money House, next to the Bookstore. grades in all sections of the same ence in these classes to 0.042, respectively. An analysis of the on the Grad Thing. Traditionally, Sbebest stated that the current first-year courses should be es­ 0.039 and 0.053 respectively. Property grade curves could not the Grad Thing runs a $600 loss decision is just an extension of sentially uniform," was adopted The actual class averages for be calculated because, as of press over the course of the school the difficulty be bas encountered last April in response to concerns Torts are 2.957 (Hardy) and 3.042 year due to expenses exceeding all year long. He does not expect raised by the Gass of 1993 over (LeBel); for Constitutional Law, See YESSS!!!, page 20 gate receipts. As a result, this this latest development to pre­ disparity in grade curves in sev­ 3.069 (Devins) and 3 .007 year, SBA bas been reluctant to clude his plans for many more eral first-year classes. The dis­ fund the Friday-night, graduate­ Grad Things this year. The key tribution of last semester's grades - Inside this issue student party. is attendance. It takes 53 people in corresponding sections of each • PAD hosts free Brooks said funding for the for the Grad Thing to break even. first-year class are nearly identi­ • Graduation plans Grad Thing will be reevaluated As long ~ people attend, Sbebest cal. tentative, page 3. hinch, page 6. after Barrister's Ball. If Brooks promises a new and interesting The primary difference in the and Cangin feel there is more Grad Thing each week. class averages for Torts, Consti­ • Intramural basket­ than enough money to fund Brooks also took time to an­ tutional Law and Civil Procedure • Visiting profs settle Graduation, then the Grad Thing nounce a Super Grad Thing for result from one failing grade in in, page 7. ball poll,.page 19. may receive funding agam. February 15. The money for this Professors Hardy, Gerhardt and 2 ======Monday, February 3, 1992 THE AMIcus CURIAE Out of our heads From the Editors ... The lunch-time party sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta last As Mark Twain once said student body. Not exactly an nificant Non-voters, apparently, week was exactly the type of event this school needs to have (more or less): 'There are thret: overwhelming mandate, is it? no longer belong to the student more often. And while PAD did the leg work on the event, types of lies--lies, damned lies, Finally, in his memo the Dean body at Marshall-Wythe. The much of the credit should go to Professor Neal Devins, whose and statistics." Dean Sullivan's requests that the vestibule be Administration prefers to hide concern for the students in his Constitutional Law class started recent memo to Nancy Nash re­ designated the smoking area for behind the convoluted results of a poorly conceived referendum the whole ball rolling. questing a change in the smok­ the law school "based on the It was Devins who approached PAD about finding a more ing policy illustrntes how far from results of this student referen­ and declare itself to be following the wishes of the students. convenient, less expensive way of distributing his course reality you can get by piling one dum." It doesn't take a rocket packet for the class. And the system devised by Devins and statistical characterization on scientist to see that 29% is hardly The attitude the Dean's memo PAD members not only saved the students a frustrating trip to another. a majority. Considering the pre­ conveys, one of merely serving the bookstore or Kinko's--and $4 to $5 each out of their In the memo, the Dean makes cision lawyers usually employ, as a conduit for the will of the student budgets-it also provided a chance for the faculty and much of the fact that "73% of the language of the memo leaves students, is the most troubling part of this entire affair. students to socialize. those voting" in the smoking quite a bit to be desired. unhappy Since hearing about this economical, convenient way to referendum were interested in No one has ever suggested If so small a group of students provide course materials for their students, several other changing the existing policy_ that American educational insti­ can consign a group of their fel­ professors that rely heavily on course packets have expressed Through this phrase, a group of tutions are a democracy. The lows to the vestibule, why can't an interest in having PAD handle the distribution for them next students comprising about 35% fact is the Administration can a far larger group of concerned year. Let's hope the idea spreads even further. of the student body at the law recommend or implement pretty students obtain some improve­ It's the kind of situation where everyone benefits. Profs get school has been transfonned into much any policy it wants. And it ments in the parking situation? their needs for teaching materials taken care of efficiently, an overwhelming majority. The obviously wants the new smok­ Or better security measures students don't have to fight long lines or pay exorbitant prices, figure is accurate as far as it goes, ing policy. around the school and its de facto and everyone gets a free lunch when the job is done. Few but the memo doesn't contain Anyone who doubts the truth parking areas when women have been assaulted at the end of the things in life work out this well . . the complete figures from the: of this statement need only look Kudos to Professor Devins for a great idea, and to PAD for vote. Why not give Nash all the to their disavowal of the 50% block? Or a sidewalk that doesn't a smooth execution. And for those Professors thinking about numbers and let her do the math participation rule that Elizabeth look like a forgotten alley on the joining up with PAD next year, go for it. like most people, for herself? Dopp, the leader of the non­ wrong side of town in Tierra del they may not express it well, but your students will both see The memo goes on to say that smoking contingent, gave out to Fuego? Maybe the real reason the Ad­ and appreciate the concern. "the students also identifted an reporters before the vote. alternative smoking area," im­ The truth of Dopp' s statement ministration has been so respon­ plying that all 73% of those vot·· aside, the fact that every student sive on the smoking issue is that ing for a change agreed on the read it in the newspaper on the they can appear to be concerned THEAMICUS CURIAE new site. In fact, it was 59% of day before the referendum--and about students' wishes without those voting--not the implied slightly over half of the students expending either effort or money. A publication of The Advocate 73%--that favored the vestibule in the school didn't consider the Regardless of their reason, it's a "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting site. Those 166 students com­ matter enough of an issue to sad comment on the priorities of ofstudent news aJ1d opiJ1ion" prise a whopping 29% of the bother voting on--is now insig- the powers that be at M-W. Letters Editor: Jennifer Oick Managing Editors: Kevin Kroner, Heather Sue Ramsey To the Editor: different law firms, I find this tape is "Old and in the Way" by Production Editor: Debbi Holmes I am writing this letter in re­ reasoning preposterous. Never Jerry Garcia. Assistant Editors: Leeanne Morris, Mary Hlen West sponse to an examination I took has an attorney told me to limit I tried to contact my lawyer Political Editor. Nancy Killien last semester. My grade on the the length of a memo, nor have I about these blatant libels, but Arts & Entertainment Editor. Kevin Walsh exam was quite low, which re·· heard of such a request. The discovered I don't have a lawyer. Photo Editor. Greg Brummett veals my potential bias in writing more obvious reason for the Further, I am not sure that his Business Manager: John Edwards this letter. However, besides professor's electing this method insinuation about my physical News Reporters: Features Writers: being upset with the grade, I feel was to limit the amount of time it prowess (or lack thereof) really Pam Arluk Ronnie Clay that the method used to test my would take him to grade our ex­ lowered my reputation in the Greg Brummett Suzanne FitzGerald knowledge was particularly ar­ ams so he could more quickly community any further than it Claudia DeIGross Andrew Herzig bitrary (or should I say more ar­ celebrate Christmas with his presently is. The other problem William DeVan Brett Johnson bitrary than the average exami­ family. The other thing that is that one definite way of re­ Bob Dickinson Bill Madigan nation). strikes me as unfair about this ducing my reputation is by tell­ Katie Finley Michael Reynolds While others may disagree, method is the limi ted amount of ing the truth. Brian Golden Steve Schofield after having taken in excess of material upon which my grade in The first time I went to the rec Paula Hannaford Mychal Schulz twenty exams in the course of that class was based. Five pages. center it was closed. I did think Nancy Killien Kevin Walsh my two and one half years at Heck, why not make it two pages, physical thoughts, though, as I Todd Pilot Jarrell Wright Marshall-Wythe, I feel that I have or one, or one paragraph. walked to and from my car. The Steve Shebest the experience necessary to re­ Another method I detest I like second time I went, I attended a Andrew Smith flect somewhat critically on the to call the "lazy test-giver" low-impact, for-beginners-only fairness of JEflicular examination method. This method manifests aerobic workout. My dancing Sports Guru: Mychal Schulz methods. Thus, what follows is itself in several forms. One form ability astounded all, to the point Midwestern Correspondent: David Ziemer a brief criticism of examination involves using problems from that they were unable to watch Photographers: Bobby Carll, Carrie Leonard methods I have encountered since old exams (not necessarily your such a display. I must admit, Cartoonists: Bob Dickinson, John Lohmann I m~triculated at Marshall­ own) that were on reserve in the however, that I nearly had a heart Marketing Staff: Betsy Abraham, Vanessa Hliott, Jesse &win, Wythe. attack. Far from deserving ridi­ Carl Neff, Stephanie Rever, Stephanie Stakem The first method meriting See LEITER, page 20 cule, I feel that I did the only Production Staff: Marc Berstein, Greg Brummett, Keith Finch criticism is what I like to call the honorable thing in saving Wil­ Renaissance Man: Greg Brummett "lazy grader" method. This in­ To the Edi tor: liam & Mary from a law suit for volves limiting the amount of I strongly object to Mychal's negligently allowing me to work space in which the student can Myopia in your paper of January out. Letters to the Editor are not intended to reflect the opinions of write hi her answers, e.g., five 20. The column stated that I had I would hope that in the future the newspaper or its staff. All letters to the Editor should be essay answers in five written not been to the rec center in the Mychal would get his facts submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to publication. pages. According to the profes­ last two years and implied that I straiglll and quit putting nice guys Writers MUST submit their letters as computer flles. Please sor, he elected this method be­ do not have a favorite exercise like myself through such de­ include a double-spaced hard copy with your disk. cause the exam was supposed to tape. He is sadly mistaken. Al­ basement, obloquy and ridicule. We cannot print a letter without conf1rIJllltion of the author's mirror actual legal practice where though not generally known Especially when we do such a name. We may, however, withhold the name on request partners frequently ask for very around the law school as a prima good job of it ourselves. Letters over 500 words may be returned to the writer with a concise memos on specific legal dona of fitness, I have been to the Sincerely, request that they be edited for the sake of space. points. After two summers in ree center. My favorite exercise J ohn v. Edwards(3L) Monday,February 3, 1992 THE AMICUS CURL".E ======3 Nixon Confidante Tells W &M Gathering of Disgrace and Rebirth By BRIAN GOLDEN sider to go to {rison for his role in "Is it possible there's a God? the press with skepticism, ac­ Today, opinions about the In 1973, Chuck Colson the Watergate cover-up.- I never asked the question seri­ cording to Colson. Network news now-Reverend Chuck Colson are thought he had reached the pin­ The Colson who spoke in ously in my life until 18 years commentator Eric Sevart!id said, quite different. After leaving nacle of success, he told a gath­ \\ illiamsburg, however, was ago," Colson insisted. After "Chuck Colson's conversion is prison, he founded Prison Fel­ ering of more than 600 people on anything but a broken man. The much reflection about the "big the most improbable event of the lowship Ministries, which works campus last Monday. Speaking former presidential confidante hole" in his life, the self-described 20th century." According to with in.mates in more than 500 to the Campus Christian Crusade and convict was witty and mov­ "hatchet-man for the President" Colson, Walter Cronkite, Dan prisons in 31 countries. "I came in a crowded Trinkle Hall, the ing as he explained his remark­ formally dedicated his life to Rather, and innumerable car­ to realize why prisons don' t Boston native said he had heeded able successes and failures, and Christ. He then confessed his toonists had som~thing to say work," he said. "Inmates look to his father s advice and "worked the conversion to Ouistianity that Watergate role to prosecutors and about it. Even President Nixon lives of emptiness. Their farni- hard to get to the top." forever changed his life. went to jail for seven months. for years did not believe the Colson graduated with honors The beginning of Nixon's Not surprisingly, his conver- . conversion was genuine, Colson See SAVED, page 15 from Brown University, at _2 second term brought no end to sion experience was greeted by acknow ledged. became the youngest Marine the Watergate scandaL 'T here company commander dwing the was poison in the air," Colson Korean War, and at 27 was run­ recalled, as he told of the torment Jamestown Ferry Survives Bridge Vote ning the Capitol Hill office of a reporters caused him every prominent Republican Senator. morning, hounding him about the By ANDREW SMITH the board designate a corridor of fact that any proposed bridge He received his law degree latest accusations. A trip on the Jamestown Ferry land for the bridge and earmark would lie hard by the Jamestown from George Washington Uni­ It was during this period, to Scotland \Vharf in Surry S130 million in necessary funds Settlement (readily visible from versity, and after making a small Colson said, that he visited a County has been likened by some for the bridge construction. \"ben the Ferry), giving the preserYa­ fortune in his own Washington boyhood friend, Tom Phillips, as a trip into another era--a time the board met to decide, however, tionist element reason to fear for D.C. law firm, accepted Presi­ president of the Raytheon Cor­ when life was slower and more they voted unanimously to table the integrity of the historic area. dent Richard Nixon' s offer to poration in Massachusetts. genteeL the bridge idea for the time being The view across the James , they serve as his special counsel in Phillips told the troubled Colson, O thers woul d contend that and instead focus on an expansion reason, is basically the same as it 1969. And it all happened before "I've accepted Christ as my per­ when one journeys to the south of the Ferry service (bigger boats was when John Smith landed in his -lOth birthday. sonal savior." shore of the James RiYer, through and 2-1- -hour service), which 1607, and to span a bri dge across "I was 38 years old and one of Upon hearing that, Colson told the Surry time warp, he indeed would cost only about $-l-O mil­ it woul d ruin the effect. the five closest people to the the audience, "Having been enters another era, but one in lion. According to a staff member President. My offi ce was even­ raised in the vast spiritual which life was characterized by The Jamestown Ferry has been of neo-ferryist Legislator George tually right ne" t door to the Oval wasteland of the Northeast, I poyerty and unemployment. operating since 19_5, when it Grayson (D--Williamsburg), Office. I could call Andrews Air squirmed in my seat and ner­ These naysayers argue that in was founded by entrepreneur whose rallying cry of "Ferries Force Base and a four-engine jet vously changed the subject. " order for Surry to shake off the Albert Jester. The state bought Forever!" coul d be heard echo­ would take me anywhere I The personality change in his yoke of its economic retardation, the route in 19-+5 and has operated ing through the General Assem­ wanted to go. That's before John friend made a deep impression it needs to build a bridge across it continually since that time. The bly halls in Richmond, the high Sununu ruined a good deal," on Colson. Phillips was a scientist the James and get rid of the Ferry. Ferry has been controversial for cost of the bridge, in combination quipped Colson, as he descri bed who ran one of America 's larg­ The Commonwealth Trans­ the last several years, with the with well-organized opposition tUs heady eXperiences at me cen­ est defense contractors. Colson portntion Board, w hich appr o,'es anti ferry crowd clrunoring for a f ro m. the preser vatio nist s , t he ter of American political power. said he felt Phillips was a curious all major Virginia Department of bridge so that Surry might finally N alion·al· Pafk~erv ice , and.Wil­ But Colson's tremendous in­ candidate fo r Christian conver­ T ransportati on (\ DOT) capital realize its full potential, while liamsburg residents who don 't fluence and prestige would sion, but he was . 'haunted" by the spending programs, met in the pro-ferryists lament that a want to see any increases in aI - eventually give way to disgrace peace he saw in Phillips as the Fredericksburg in December to bridge would despoil the quaint and humiliation. A t -1- 1, he be­ \Vatergate storm raged around decide the fa te of the Ferry. The Surry wilderness. See SLOW BOAT, page 15 came the fi rs t White House in- hi m. VDOT staff recommended that Compli cating the issue is the Slouching towards graduation Commencment plans slowly taking shape By WILL DEVAN time left for the College to decide whether William and Mary Hall on Sunday, May Sullivan. Several awards will be pre­ With graduation only ninety-five days a speaker for this year is eligible for an 10, at 1:00 in the afternoon. It is designed sented, including the Virgini a Trial law­ away, the school has yet to frnd someone honorary degree. primaril y for undergraduates, and law yers Association award to the student who to speak to this year's graduates. Gradu­ Lynch also said that the process of students will be recognized en masse. best demonstrates trial advocacy skills, as ation Committee Chair Jessica Lynch (3L) selecting a speaker has been changed this Attendance is limited; each law student is determined by the Trial Advocacy staff; said that she was " waiting on the final year, with the graduating class being polled allotted five tickets. The speaker for the the Kruchko and Fries Prize for excellence word" from "some excellent choices," but two or three times. According to Lynch, main ceremony will be announced after in labor and employment relations law. that she would rather not say who those the school hopes to adopt further changes the February meeting of the College' s In addition, the Lawrence W. I' Anson choices are. The selection process has in the hope of creating "a more reasoned Board of Visitors. Award, created to honor the fOlmer Vir­ been complicated because some early process." Lynch encourages the current The law school will hold a separate ginia Supreme Court Justice, and awarded candidates had international connections second-year class to select a list of speakers graduation ceremony at 3 :00 that after­ to the student who has shown "great which slowed communications. Several now. noon. This ceremony, according to Lynch, promise through scholarship, character, of the 10 to 15 candidates considered have Law students are entitled to attend is more of a "recognitional event," and is and leadership"and the George Wythe had to decline due to poor health or con­ several different commencement cer­ very colorful because everyone wears their Prize, awarded to the student who has flicting commitments. emonies. The earliest of these is the hoods. demonstrated exceptional character, One reason for the difficulty in at­ College's Baccalaureate Ceremony, which In good weather, the law school cer­ leadership, and selfless service to the Law tracting a suitable speaker is that while is held in the Wren Courtyard on Sarurday, emony is held outdoors in Zable Stadium, School community will be presented to many schools pay their speakers a hefty May 9, at 9:30 in the morning. The a.k.a. Cary Field, and attendance is un­ members of the class of '92. honorarium, speakers at Marshall-Wythe speaker for this ceremony has yet to be limited. In case of rain, the ceremony will For the first time in several years, the must be ·content with the honor of ad­ announced. be held at Phi Beta Kappa Hall, where law school faculty may also award The dressing the audience and having their A President's Reception will be held seating is limited. According to Lynch, Hamilton Prize in Legal History, which expenses reimbursed. Lynch said that from 3:00 to 5:00 on Sarurday afternoon, the number of tickets allocated to each was originally intended for the student M argaret Thatcher, an early invitee, is in College Yard in front of the President's law student will "'ary depending on the demonstrating an outstanding under­ rumored to command $50,000 per House. Lynch noted that this reception number of graduating students who par­ standing of Reman law, a subject no longer speaking engagement. will give law school graduates a chance to ticipate. Four tickets, however, will prob­ taught at the law schooL On reexamining Although in the past some speakers rub elbows with the distinguished per­ ably be the maximum. the documents establishing the award, have received honorary degrees, these are sonages who will be speaking at the various At the law school ceremony, each however, the facuity has concluded that awarded on the basis of the speaker's commencement ceremonies. student will be individually acknowl­ other achievements. According to Dean The next ceremony is the main gradu­ edged, and walk to the dais to receive a See GRAD, page 15 Timothy Sullivan, there is not enough ation ceremony, which will be held in mock degree and shake hands with Dean 4 ======Monday, February 3, 1992 THE AMICUS CURIAE Law Watch By KATIE FINLEY gave local governments coyered involved but that coup partici­ sion will eventually apply to bill is now on the Senate floor and PAM ARLUK by the Voting Rights Act greater pants expected his support. businesses of all sizes and will and is awaiting approval by the Around the Nation: power to change their political NORIEGA TRIAL RE­ require many changes including House, which still has an op­ ROE REVISITED The Su­ structure without approval from SUMES Manuel Noriega's trial wider office doonvays and hall­ pOTituni ty to reattach the 9th preme Court has agreed to rule the federal government. In two in Miami, Fla. is scheduled to ways, lower bank A TM ma­ Circuit. on Pennsylvania's restrictive Alabama counties, voting rights resume with Defense opening chines, movie theaters with V A BEACH POLICE BRU­ abortion law which provides for lawsuits led to the election of arguments on Feb. 3 after a delay wheelchair space, and restaurants T AlLITY Federal investigators a 24-hour waiting period, paren­ blacks on the County commis­ for U.S. District Judge William with Braille and large-type have closed six cases of alleged tal consent for minors, requires sions. In Presley v. Etowah Houveler to recuperate from heart menus. police brutality after finding in­ most married women to inform County Commission the Court surgery. LONG HAIR OK A federal sufficient evidence to bring in­ their husbands of their decision held that the local government TYSON IN COURT Champion judge has ruled that prison dictments. However, two other to have an abortion, and requires can decrease the duties of such boxer Mike Tyson began his trial regulations requiring Native cases, including allegations by a doctors to inform patients of fe­ cornmissions without Justice on January 27 in Indianapolis on American inmates to violate their Hampton man beaten in an arrest tal development and alternatives. Department approval. The dis­ charges of raping an 18-year-old religious beliefs by cutting their during the 1989 Greekfest riots, Planned Parenthood of South­ sent argued that this rule allows beauty pageant contestant last hair are unconstitutional. remain open. eastern Pennsylvania v. Casey states to evade the requirements July. Tyson defends that the sex And Close to Home: REAPPOINTMENT OF will be argued in April and will of the V oting Rights Act. was consensual. If convicted, he PRECEDENT-SETTING JUDGES BELONGING TO address the scope of constitu­ ACLU FILES SUIT IN could face up to 63 years in jail. GUN CASE A Virginia Beach WEUTE CLUBS STALLED tional protection for abortion DUKE'S HONOR The ACLU The trial is expected to last two to Circuit Court jury ordered a 10- House Democrats held up the rights. of Rhode Island filed a federal four weeks. cal gun dealer to pay $100,000 reappointment of two Hampton SUPREME COURT AIL­ lawsuit to force David Duke's TOUGHER DRUNK DRIV­ for selling a semi-automatic Roads judges, Joseph E. Baker, LOWS DIAL-A-PORN name onto the state's Republican ING LAWS A new federal pistol to an adult when it was and Fred P. Aucamp, because of SHIELD The Supreme Court presidential primary ballot. Al­ highway program offers states obvious that the weapon was their current memberships in all­ cleared the way for a federal law though the Rhode Island Secre­ millions of dollars to implement intended for a minor who later white country clubs. Several designed to shield children from tary of State decided to leave tougher drunk driving laws. used it to kill a school teacher. Democrats said that the judges' dial-a-pom telephone services. Duke's name off the ballot be­ States will receive a large grant if The award was less than the $3 reappointments will continue to The law, known as the Helms cause Duke is not a nationally they lower the legal limit to .08 million requested, but was the be stalled until either the clubs amendment, requires telephone recognized candidate, the ACLU blood/alcohol concentration, es­ first in the United States against are integrated or the judges give companies to block access to the claims that such decision was tablish a system of sobriety a gun dealer involved in the up their memberships. sexually explicit messages unless made on the basis of political checkpoints, improve enforce­ "straw purchase" ofa fuearm. SENATE STOPS DRUG customers ask--in advance and ideology. ment of the 21 year old drinking JUDGESHIP DENIED FOR REHAB PROGRAM The state in writing--to receive them. In RUSSIAN OFFICIALS age, provide for loss of driver's NINTH CIRCUIT The Senate Senate has passed a bill that will Dial Information Services Cor­ CHARGED Russian prosecu­ licenses within 30 days of con­ Courts Committee and the Sen- kill a statewide drug rehabilita­ poration of New York v. Barr, the tors have charged 15 former high viction, and make prevention ate Finance Committee have tiOIll program for first-time of­ Court rejected the argument that government officials in the failed programs self-supportive. passed a bill that does not in- fenders that permits drug arrests such a restriction was an in­ hard-line Communist coup fol­ DISABILITIES ACT IN EF- clude a fourth judge for the 9th to be erased from their records. fringem~nt on free speech. lowing a four and a half month FECT The first major phase of Circuit, which has one of the The sponsor of the bill said that SUPREME · COURT RE­ investigation. The investigators the Americans with Disabilities highest case loads in the state. there are no similar provisions in LAXES VOTING ACT RE- concluded that Gorbachev was Act went into effect Jan. 26. The The circuit includes Williams- the law for those arrested of other STRAINTS The Supreme Cmnt neither directly nor indirectly public accommodations provi- burg-James City and York. The cnmes. Co-counsel program debuts at Marshall-Wythe By STEVE SHEBEST law school. It's a chance to cast light on whose first Co-Counsel withdrew from sel of a particular gender or race or from When this year's 1L class received some preconceptions you gain as a first­ the program prior to meeting her. "He a particular geographical location. their general information packet, there year, such as billable hours." called for the first time recently when he Channing Hall, alumnus of Marshall­ was a new addition to the standard forms The idea that all members of their was in town for a trial, but I missed the Wythe and chair of the Co-Counsel which plague all incoming students. ThIO chosen profession are required to complete call. I guess the ball is in my field, but I Committee to the Alumni Association new form was an invitation to take part in an impossible amount of billable hours don't really want to make the call." Board, processed the forms and regularly the Co-Counsel program, a project which each week is one notion the Co-Counsel 'The best advice I can give to junior corresponds with both junior and senior pairs Marshall-Wythe alumni with first­ program hopes to discredit. Ironically, it counsel is to call if they tell you to. These counsel. Hall encourages senior counsel year students in order to facilitate the has been the biggest problem for the pro­ are all enthusiastic alumni who wouldn't to make the initial contact with the fust­ . transition to the study of law. Guidelines gram so far. have volunteered if they didn't want you years, given the student's understandable for the program remain rather loose, with "As a fust-year, it is really impossible to," said Holloran. reluctance to make demands upon a the alumnus, or "Senior Counsel", and lL to believe that these practicing profes­ The program, proposed to the Alumni practitioner's time. Other members of the "Junior Counsel", being left to do what sionals have the time to spend answering Association Board last year by Bruce Titus Committee include student representative they will with the relationship initiated by your questions," said Hooloran. "When ('71), received ovenvhelming response Mike Rausch (IL), Assistant Director the program. they tell you to call any time you have a from the flISt-year class. "We had arranged Hayhurst, Professor Emeric Fisher, and "~t really is whatever you make of it," question, you don't think they mean it and for about 30 alumni to take part in the other alumni. said Page Hayhurst, Assistant Director of don't want to trouble them. Even when program, and received almost one hundred Students who missed their fust chance Development and Alumni Affairs. 'There they tell you to call collect,"--as many forms from the first-year class," said to become involved in the program will are few guidelines involved because we senior counsel do--"you still are afraid to Hayhurst. "It took a little while to do, but have an opportunity to sign up for the were a little afraid of overkill. The senior take time away from someone who you we eventually found enough alumni who remainer of this semester at the Co­ counsel is really just another resource believe is under the constraint of all those were eager to help out. Some alumni even Counsel Spring Reception on Saturday, available to the student." billable hours." agreed to take on two junior counsel." February 29 at 5:30pm at the Williamsburg Matt Holloran (lL) agreed. "It's a Another related problem frequently The program looks for alumni who are Winery. chance for fust-years, who have yet to be occurs when the senior counsel are unable practicing within a reasonable distance of The Alumni Association Board, a exposed to little 'real' working knowl­ to initiate contact with theirjunior coun­ the school, thus allowing more opportu­ nonprofit incorporated entity, co-spon­ edge of the practice of law, to look outside sel. "I have yet to meet my replacement nity for interaction with the students. sored the recent mock interview program of the law school for possible direction in Co-Counsel," said Debbi Holmes (lL), The form asked students to indicate a with the Office of Career Planning and preferred area of law, but is liable to be Placement. It also provides other senices broadened with the incoming fust-year to alumni of Marshall-Wythe, including a Don't forget the next meeting of the class. "We hope to provide the students party for graduating students on the last with an opportunity next year to rank day of classes and a directory of alumni . Anlicus Curiae preferences, so we don't have to find 100 listed alphabetically, by class, and geo­ alumni who are practicing in the area of graphic area of practice. Wednesday, February 5, 1992 environmental or international law ," said Other members of the Alumni Asso­ Hayhurst, indicating the responses re­ ciation Board include Deans Yick and 7:00 p.m., Room 239 ceived from a majority of this year's lL's. Sullivan, and Richard Brooks, whose sta­ Hayhurst would also like to provide op­ tus as president of the SBA gives him tions for students to chose a Senior Coun- access to the Board. MondayYebnurry3, 1992 THEA~c'sC c~ ======5 BLSA rap session focuses on current issues in civil rights On King holiday, a discussion of his Dream

By TODD PILOT National Anthem", and an arrangement of Professor Paul Marcus, a Visting Pro­ of the frustration in the African-American On January _0, the Black Law Stu­ "Precious Lord" sung by several Mar­ fessor from the University of Arizona community and a plea for compassion on dents' Association (B~A) hosted its an­ shall-Wythe students, including Andrea School of Law, summarized the dispute important issues. nual program to celel1rate the birth of Dr. Amy (3L), Adrian Nelson (3L), David surrounding the proposed legislation, Opinions on the subject of segregated Martin Luther King, Jr. This year's pro­ Whitted (IL), and Joan Ziglar (3L). Fol­ saying that most people in Arizona either schools were mixed. Leonard Spady (IL) gram was a structured rap session, de­ lowing the musical selections, the rap insistently supported or strongly resisted pointed back to his segregated grade school signed arOlmd the topic "\Vhat Happened session began. the bill. Marcus went on to say that the as a prime example of "separate but to the DreamT The focus of the session Discussion leaders Brian Bonner (2L) bulk of the resistance concentrated on unequal". However, several audience was a discussion of present day issues in and usa Nicholson (2L), began by asking flaws in Dr. King's private life and a members, most of whom had endured the African-American and greater com- audience members for their feelings re- desire not to take too lightly the creation busing, indicated a strong desire to send munities within the context of Dr. King's garding the opposition in Arizona to rec­ of state holidays in honor of individuals. their children to African-American philosophies. ognition of Dr. King's birthday as a state In conjunction with the discussion re­ schools, stressing the importance of cul­ The program began with the" egro holiday. garding Arizona's refusal to establish a ture and the comfort bred by matriculat­ state holiday in honor of Dr. King, a music ing with children of similar backgrounds, video by Rap group Public Enemy was characteristics, and ideologies. shown. The video, entitled l3y The Time I Time abbreviated a discussion on po­ Black History Month Activities Get To Arizona, has been criticized by the lice brutality. But not before LeRoH media as advocating violence against Gilchrist (3L) repeated a comment made »ublic officials. The video splices scenes by Colin Powell where he [powell] said In celebration ofBlack History Month, Feb.12: Black History Month FIlm from the civil rights movement with a that he could have ended up just like BLSA has planned a number of activities eries: "A Long Walk Home" at 7:00, speech by a fictitious Arizona governor Rodney King if it weren't for the fact that for February. For more information. roomTBA. who vows to oppose a King holiday as his face is highly recognizable because of consult the Black History Month calen­ Feb. 13: Panel Discussion: "IssueS Facing long as he's in office. At the end of the his position as the Chairman of the Joint dar on the BLSA bulletin board. Black America" Room and time TBA. video, each of the public officials opposed Chiefs of Staff. Feb.19: Black History Month Film to the King holiday is killed. The BLSA program paid tribute to Dr. Feb.3-13: BLSA alentine's Day Series: ''The Josephene Baker Story" Interpretations of the video and its ef­ King, while stimulating thought on a Rose sale. at 7:00, room TBA. fect were varied. Kyle Johnson (IL) felt number of issues which still exist, though Feb.4: BLSA1SERCH panel discussion: Feb.22: BLSA Law Day for prospective the video distorted the philosophies of Dr. sometimes in a less familiar context, within "The Black Prism: The Spectrum of students King and contradicted his non-violent the African-American community today. African-American Experiences" 6:00 Feb.23: Call to Worship, St. John's approach. On the other hand, Adrian BLSA and Students for Ethnic, Racial pm in Room 119. Reception before Baptist Church . elson(3L) interpreted the scenes as an and Cultural Harmony (SERCH) will co­ hand in the Student Lounge. Feb.26: Black History Month Film Series attempt by Public Fnemy to show America sponsor a panel presentation on Tuesday, Feb.S: Black History Month Film Series: Feb.27: Musical Anthology: "Sounds what would have happened if African­ February 4 entitled 'The Black Prism: "Jungle Fever" at 7:00, room TBA. of Blackness" location TBA Americans had reacted in the same violent The Spectrum of African-American Ex­ manner to.oppositio,!- to the civil rights periences" at 6:00 in RQOnL.II9~ A r~ ~trugglc =1ll1m)' Alncri=n;; had. 'P;""'",la tion wiH ~ h~ld i~ t.h~ . ,,~':"t t';'..ci.ge Hampton (2L) saw the video as a warning prior to the-pi-e;eniaiion:. . . Institute plans annual Student Symposium Rodgers Auto Repair Shop By GREG BR M~fEIT 6:00 p.m. in the McGlothin !,,100t 146 Jackson Street On the evening of February Court Room. 13, the Student Division of the Student advocates in the moot Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 Institute of Bill of Rights Law court exercise will argue the (Grove section) will present its third annual Stu­ merits of a federal law restricting Phone: (804) 220-3846 dent Symposium. The topic for the sale of firearms in high crime this year's symposium is "The areas before a judicial panel Second Amendment: The Right chaired by Judge Miha. Sarah to Bear Arms." Brady will deliver the keynote Among the events planned for address for the Symposium at the evening are a moot court, 7:00 in the moot court room. presided over by the Honorable The final phase of the program Abner J. Mikva, Chief Judge of will begin at 7:30, also in the the United States Court of Ap­ moot court room, with a "town peals for the D.C. Circuit, and a meeting" discussion of legisla­ keynote address delivered by tion imposing trict liability in Sarah Brady, Chairwoman of the sale of handguns. Professor Handgun Control, Inc. and the Paul Marcus will serve as mod­ Center to Prevent Handgun erator for the meeting and solicit Violence. Brady's husband is audience participation. James Brady, the aid to former' Panelists at the meeting will President Ronald Reagan who include Dennis Henigan of the suffered permanent injuries as a Center to Prevent Handgun result of John Hinckley's attempt Violence, Richard Gardiner, le­ to assassinate Reagan. gal counsel for the Kational Rifle The tudent Divisioo will kick A sociation, Professor Paul off the sjmposium with an open LeBel, an expert in law and microphone for those wishing to economics, and three :\'1-W stu­ publicize their views on the sec­ dents. At the conclusion of the ond amendment and its ramifi­ discussion, audience members cations. in the law school lobby and the paneli ts will vote on the Service with a smile at noon on the 13th. The formal adoption of a model strict liabil- symposium activitie begin a ity statute. 6 ======:===== Monday, February 3, 1992 THE AMICUS CURIAE Draper's Scholars combine ·career interests, cultural exchange

ByBRETIJOHNSON paring compensation schemes being outside and appreciating sometime in September or Octo­ been selected as Drapers' Schol­ Imagine crossing the Atlantic and medical malpractice in the natural beauty of "all the b<:r 1993. As the Drapers' arship recipients. As Drapers' for a year of postgraduate legal various countries, Tara applied trees" here in Williamsburg. Scholar, William will receive an Scholars, they have the unique study without having to pay for for the scholarship in order to In September 1992, William UL.M. degree from Queen Mary opportunity to study in a foreign it. Sounds great, huh? Two pursue her interest in interna­ DeVan (3L) will fly to London to College. He is still unsure of his country, meet other people, learn students at Marshall-Wythe, Tara tionallaw. Tara modestly claims begin his year as a Drapers' course selections, but is inter­ to think about the law from an­ Lochhead and William De V an, she was awarded the scholarship Scholar. Selected from ap­ ested in international commercial other perspective, and expand have this opportunity through the because her classmates were busy proximately twelve students , law and economic development. their interests in international Drapers' Scholarship and its ex­ applying for the required practi­ William applied for the scholar­ Both William and Tara feel law. They also get to serve as change program. cal experience positions. ship by submitting a resume and that they were fortunate to have "anlbassadors" of both Queen Each year the Drapers' Com­ In addition to taking Legal a letter of 'interest to Dean pany of London, England and Skills and Constitutional Law so Sullivan and the Faculty Advi­ the College of William and Mary M-W first-year students will sory Committee consisting of award one graduating law student know what an LL.M. student Professors Levy, Selassie, and from Marshall-Wythe a scholar­ looks like, Tara has enrolled in Heller. ship to attend Queen Mary and what Professor Linda Malone When asked why he believed Westfield College at the Uni­ referred to as "sexy classes." he was selected, William cited versity of London for an aca­ Among others, these classes in­ his experience as a Legal Skills demic year. A similar opportu­ clude Employment Discrimina­ teaching assistant and the per­ nity is provided for a graduating tion, Environmental Law, and spective he has gained on the 1m." student at Queen Mary to Law & Development. A big way legal education is conducted attend Marshall-Wythe fora year. change for her is having to leam here, as well as his willingness to The scholarship award includes to type--in Lomdon all of her continue writing for the Amicus full airfare, tuition, room and papers and assignments were Curiae as a "Drapers' Scholar board, and a stipend to cover handwritten. Correspondent" while he is in living expenses. Tara is very upbeat about her London. William claims that his Future solicitor Tara Drapers' experience so far, re­ grades were not likely a factor in Lochhead is this year's British marking that everyone in Wil­ the Committee's decision. recipient of the Drapers' Schol­ liamsburg, both students and the As the scholarship recipient, arship. Tara recently completed general public, have been very William was able to defer his her LL.B. degree at Queen Mary friendly. Her positive attitude offer of permanent employment College. In England, a legal even extends to living at Ludwell, from a Richmond law firm in degree is acquired after three which Tara says she doesn't mind order to spend next year in En­ years of undergraduate study. doing. gland, His classes in London, Greg Brummett Before being abl.e to practice law, Tara does admit to perceiving which will begin in October 1992 Tara enjoys Williamsburg, but one year of post-graduate work American legal education as be­ and last until June 1993, will be wishes Americans would learn to is nonnaIly required as well as a ing "unnecessarily stressful." year-long courses. William says drive on the proper side of the period of practical experience. Making sure she doesn't feel any he will likely write his examina­ road. Having written a paper com- of that stress, Tara relaxes by tions after he returns to the U.S.

4. [)ED§()~ T()UCti PAD serves free lunch By Bob Dickinson supplemental materials. Imagine two seven foot long sub However, in the case of a packet that sandwiches. Now :imagine them gone in will supplant a text, such as the one for five minutes. Just such a feat took place in Devins' class, or one that is particularly the lounge on Wednesday, January 29, large, the cost is passed on to students 1992 when Phi Alpba Delta presented the receiving the particular packet. Such Neal Devins Memorial Student-Faculty packets may be printed and sold by a Mixer. commercial photocopier, or printed by Scheduled to laslt from noon until 2:00 the college and distributed by the College P.M., the two sandwiches were devoured Bookstore. by ravenous students by 12: 10. None of Devins himself approached a PAD the faculty arrived in time to enjoy a member about the possibility of the fra­ munch, but even if they had, it's likely the ternity taking over the printing and dis­ only thing chomped! would have been the tribution of his course packet, thereby hands of those foolish enough to stick saving student's money. Since the Me­ them near a sandwi·ch. morial Mixer, both Professor Jayne The two subs were provided by PAD as Barnard and Professor Jim Moliterno have part of a deal cut with Professor Devins expressed interest in working with PAD and the administration to sell Devins' to distribute such materials for their photocopy packet to Con Law students. COlU'Ses in the future. "It's more convenient "Each student saved $4 to $5, and PAD for the students," said Barnard, noting earned approximately $1 per packet," said that members of Devins' class were able Kathleen Wobber(3L), the PAD member to purchase the pack in the law school who headed up the sale. "PAD put the lobby, rather than standing in line at the money we made back into the school with bookstore. Both professors said they also the mixer." In fact, PAD dipped into its favored saving Marshall-\\ ythe students treasury to provide two more subs, ordered money by allowing PAD to produce the at 12: 15 when the sharks had stopped packets. circling, and delivered at 1: 15. Sale of Devins' materials was approved According to As.sociate Dean Connie by Vice Dean Richard Williamson as a Galloway, incidental supplemental ma­ one time affair, with the proviso that PAD terials are generally printed by the College spend its profits in some way to benefit CHILDQE..... M:lE ()UO FUfUOE.. ... printing service. The charge for this ser­ the school. PAD members decided on the vice is debited agailllSt an account funded student-faculty mixer. According to PAD OPerated b y TOn' ~ with $25 from the fe:es of each law student members, any future sales will most likely so there is no direct billing for the require approval by the administration. ~10nday.February 3, 1992 THE A?>lICUS CURl~ ======7 Visiting Profs traded corporate practice for life in the classroom

ByPAMARLUK Professor Glenn Coven is away. Both Professors were very compli­ about the subject matter. Miller, while 'Teaching is the next best thing to ~liller is looking forward to taking mentary about the quality of Marshall­ pleased with the quality of the student being independently wealthy," says Pro­ advantage of this semester on the east Wythe students. McFadden noted thaI in body, said he thinks that the students need fessor John Miller, one of the two visiting coast, since he and his family have spent both of his classes, students have a wide to "loosen up and participate in class more professors at Marshall-\, ythe this se­ little time in this part of the U.S. He and range of experience and are very excited often." mester. The other visitor is Professor his wife have already taken their two Patrick McFadden from Loyola niver­ children on a_trip to Washington, D.C. sity of Chicago, who said he is happy to be Professor Patrick McFadden is teach­ in Williamsburg this semester so his dog ing both a regular class and a seminar can finally become accustomed to trees. section on International Law. The semi­ ' ~1i1ler, visiting from the University of nar focuses on the Persian Gulf Crisis. Idaho, went into ta;'I; law because when he McFadden says he became interested was practicing general litigation, he wasn't in international law while attending able to sleep with himself at nights. "Now Georgetown University Law School, that I do tax law, I sleep just flne," he said where he received a Masters in Foreign This semester, he is teaching federal in­ Service in addition to his J.D. He practiced come tax and the LLM. class in corporate corporate law in Dallas for 2 years and realignment to Marshall-Wythe students, was then invited back to Georgetown for and believes in injecting both a practical a one year fellowship and a position as an and ethical component to his classes. He adjunct Professor. After teaching for a spoke to his federal income ta-.: class about year, he too was hooked on the lifestyle. the importance of finding your "inner "I'm still excited about teaching," he said, voice" when practicing law. "even though I've done it for eight years." Miller describes his background as McFadden said he is very pleased about "blue collar" for a professor. He gradu­ the seminar he is teaching, which deals ated from the University of Kentucky with the implications of the Persian Gulf Law School, and was not a top student, War. He explained that although the War but "just did what I could to get by." raised some issues still unsettled by in­ However, after he left general litigation, ternationallaw, certain events-osuch as he became Corporate Counsel for the State the way the U.N. intervened--will have of Kentucky, where he was involved in a precedential value for future international considerable amount of ta-.: litigation and conflicts. 'The Persian Gulf is a great decided to go back to the University of international topic for pedagogical pur­ Florida for his LL.M. poses," he said. This time, he poured him~elf into his McFadden said he has also been sur­ studies, was asked to stay on at the Uni­ prised at the extent of the small town versity to teach for one year, and decided atmosphere in Williamsburg, which is a 10 make teaching his career. He obtained major contrast 10 whal he is used 10 in the job a!'. an associate llrofessor at the Chicago. "Peollie really do know each International'Law Guru-an-loan - Greg Brummett niversity of ldaho, and last semester others business here," he noted. Never­ Patric1\. McFadden relaxes in his . received a phone call asking him to leach theless, he said that he, his wife, two kids, temporary digs at M -W . at Marshall-Wythe this spring while and dog are very pleased to be here. '92 Graduatesl The Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam is REQUIRED for admission in 38 Jurisdictions and for waive-in to D.C. The next MPRE is Friday, March 13th Friday, February 14 Tuesday, March 3 Filing Deadline MPRE Lecture and for the March MPRE in-class testing Room 124, 4:30pm

Wednesday, March 4 Monday, March 9 2nd Showing of Spring Discounts End MPRE Lecture Room 124, 4:30 pm Wednesday, May 27 BAR/SRI starts in Williamsburg [b(Q)ubrl BAR REVIEW To register, see your BAR/BRI reps Kate Atkins, Ami Kim or Mychal Schulz or call (800) 876-3086 ,

THE AMICUS CURIAE Crossfire Monday, February 3, 1992 8 Bush has a plan. What about the Democrats? Buchannan's isolationist "America First" concept was care system would work you need only travel to the an antique even before Woodrow Wilson proved it Student Health Center. Bush's moderate -- dare I say Jarrell Wright wrong once and for all. And Congress has been con­ "prudent" -- plan reflects a much more realistic approach spicuously inert, failing to advance an economic recovery of assuring the highest quality care at the lowest possible Despite the significant accomplishments of his plan that even comes close to deserving the adjective cost to the largest section of the COWltry. The alternative, adjministration, George Bush has become the favorite "credible." Instead, Bush's opponents have been reduced to put it gently, is even mone imaginative and takes even whipping-boy of sniveling liberals and neo-Goldwater to whining -- and have elevated it to a new art form. more liberties with the facts than Oliver Stone's JFK. conservatives. In the State of the Union Address last In this light, Bush's modest economic recovery plan Finally, Bush proposed significant cuts in defense week Bush presented his domestic policy agenda to the must be viewed with a certain degree of respect No one spending relative to domestic programs. Because of the nation and gave the whiners on lboth ends of the political is suggesting that it is perfect, but it does have. one unprecedented foreign policy successes of the Reagan spectrum a choice: Either stop grumbling or come up distinction -- it's the only one that anybody has bothered and Bush administrations, we now can -- and should -­ with something better. to put on the table. sensibly consider reductions in military expenditures. In evaluating this plan, it is important first to examine What exactly does the plan entail? The argument that such cuts should be even deeper, the real-world constraints confronting Bush and the Perhaps its most controversial element is a capital however, leads down a dangerous path. The collapse of nation as a whole. When put into perspective, the gains tax cut. I do not pretend to know the ins and outs communism has made the world a safer place, and our recession we are experiencing is relatively mild -­ of capital gains, and I seriously doubt that anyone else need for a vast nuclear arsenal is consequently reduced. Americans have one of the highest standards of living of writing on this page can claim to be an unimpeachable But instability continues to exist - indeed, the aa;eleration any country in the world, and given the serious problems authority on the subject. But I will go out on a limb and of international change in the face of the Soviet Union's facing the former Soviet republi

was accompanied by several auto executives at the federal regulations--but one has to wonder how long ta"'payers expense) he whined his way to what he temled these features of the new Bush "vision" will remain. R. L. Clay "major concessions" by Japan. The Japanese government After all, hasn't the "regulatory Q\'erkill" he complained agreed to buy American made mini-vans for official of taken place under the Cabinet departments and agencies I supported George Bush for President in 1980, I'm use ...three of them I believe. That flood of orders will of his administration? ashamed I was so gullible. Since entering the White make quite a dent in the trade deficit. What about the issues the President didn't address? House, he has proven time and again that he is not a man The President argues for a reduction in the Capitol George Bush was an avowed Pro-Choice advocate in of his word, nor a man of conviction, nor a man wOrtllY Gains Ta~ citing the fact that 6 of 10 who will benefit earn 1980. Obviously, this position has changed. I wlderstand of leading our country. under $50,000 annually. What he diml't tell the American mixed feelings about the issue, certainly it is one with President Bush discussed many issues in his State of public is that nearly 70% of the money protected by this valid arguments on both sides. However, by the time one the Union Address this past Tuesday, among the most move would go to the wealthiest 1% of our population, becomes a serious candidate for the presidency, he prominent was winning the Cold War. Indeed, foreign that's right, the wealthiest 1%. Bush took great should have reached some SOirt of a firm decision. It's not affairs is said to be the crowned jewel of the Bush arsenal. pains to mention the unemployment benefits extension his current position as mush as his flip-flop on such a If that's true, why was the President so horribly late in and the help it will provide to those hardest hit by the fUIldamental issue that is so distasteful. The abortion recognizing Yeltsin as the true leader in Russia and recession. Guess how many times he vetoed that bill. issue as it turned out was just the first on a long list of agonizingly slow in recognizing the new republics as The deficit is at an all-time high, and the excess of position reversals. independent? The Cold War was won in spite, not due to expenditures over revenue has increased every year that In 1988, Bush billed him elf as the "Environmental the efforts of President George Bush. Bush has been in office. Time to get another economic President," The former Soviet Union isn't the only serious mis­ plan, Mr. President. yet a ·.S. law (passed in August of 1990) calling for an take by Bush in foreign affairs, he continues to show Education was on the State of the . nion agenda. The embargo of tuna caught in a manner which kills dolphins favoritism to China in spite of Ilhat country's persistent Head Start Program was to be the cornerstone of the Bush has ne\'er been enforced. Recently, a federal judge human rights violations and iron fis t poli tical tactics. presidency's drive for better education, and is a proven ordered the ban into effect, but the Bush Administration He also allowed the success thall was the Gulf War to be success. Bush promised to "fully finance the program" is asking an appeals court to block the law. Also, tarnished by letting Hussein to stay in power. in the election campaigns '88, now he claims to have redefinition of "wetlands" luIS cost severe losses to lands The economy is of major concern to all Americans, done so. Head Start, however, is a two year program, once protected. but Bush has no cogent plan to address this problem, always has been. What he bas "fully funded" is one year The recent State of the l" nion Address was the latest although jobs and trade were highlighted in his speech. of that program. in a long line of reversals and contradictions. These On jobs Bush lauded the recent Transportation bill as Bush now professes a keen interest in the nation's contradictions and reversals started long ago with abor­ meaning "jobs building roads , jobs building bridges and health care crisis. The crisis in health care didn't just tion, continued with "read my lips, no new taxes," and jobs building railroads." It is also legislation that he occur, it's been raging on for quite some time. \\llat did now includes the recent Transportation bill, emironmental fought tooth and nail, lobbying extensively to build a just occur was the loss of a front-running, well-known issues, the unemployment lx:nefits extension, and 0 on, coalition strong enough to uphold a presidential veto. Republican in Pellllsylvania by an upstart who latched ad nousewn. The tate of the Cnion Address was billed Only after he failed at that did he sign the bill into law. onto the health care issue. as the "defIning moment of the Bush Presidency," and Now it's a major facet of his economic plan. There were some aspects of the State of the l"nion indeed it was. It once again proved that political expe­ Bush's trade policy with Japan seems to consist of Address that were beneficial--defense spending cuts, diency is the only true ma~im of the current Adminis­ asking for mercy. On his recent trip there (on which he student loan interest exemptions, and a downscaling of tration, acrificing hone ty and integriry as necessary. THE AMIcus CURIAE Featured Commentary· Monday, February 3,1992 9

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Insta-Career: a modest proposal that just might work By KEVIN WALSH every homeless person thought that once interest to memorize it. and beer and a T.V. set with cable. This The job market, as many of us know also. In my less-lucid moments of panic, Next, call your new identity and ar­ should gi ve you about six months. fIrst-hand, is very tight right now. We've a warm steam grate seems like an inviting range for a lunch date. Most lawyers I Now comes the tough part Unless you been counseled to trust in the skills we alternative to this middle class angst. know are really into lunch. Offer to pay, really go all out and get plastic surgery, learned in law school - and a little creativ­ So, instead of sitting around feeling pretend you're a new client, whatever you chances are you won't really look that ity - and soon enough the job we've been sorry for myself, I've drawn up a plan. have to do. Once you're in the restaurant much like the person whose life you are waiting for will eventually come around. Using the skills I picked up in law school with your new identity, say this "I have a assuming. This is where the skills you With a little elbow grease, some 1980s­ - and a little creativity - I think I've fash­ loaded Smith & Wesson pointed right at learned in law school come in. We all style netwodcing, and a little patience and ioned a plan that's going to make me a your pancreas and I really need a job. know that, when making a legal argu­ luck, some day my job will come. winner once and for all. Don't try any funny stuff." That "funny ment, always pretend like it's second na­ Well, that hasn't happened and drastic The plan is startIing in its simplicity stuff' line sounds corny, I know, but it ture to you. Stick to your guns - no matter measures are called for. and devious in its perfection. I think I've always seems to work on T.V. how stupid, crazy, or futile - and pretty My dream job has gone from a career seen it done in a movie before, so how Explain your plan to your new identity. soon you'll get other people to start be­ that challenges me intellectually, pays me hard can it be? Who knows? He or she might be quite lieving You. Hitler did it. President Reagan like a king, and allows me to contribute All you have to do is kidnap an existing agreeable and just go along with it. If did it. Jim Baker did it. You can too! meaningfully to the scholarly under­ lawyer and take his place in society. those depressing surveys people are al­ So for instance, when other attorneys standing of the law and positively to the Presto! Job security... or at least - Presto! ways hanging up around the law school ask you why you look so different, jusr say public perception of lawyers to one that Job. It's that easy. Fust and second years are to be believed, most lawyers bate their "Yeah, that Grecian Formula works pays American money, doesn't involve will note that this works just as easily for jobs anyway. During this part, it's prob­ wonders!" When clients ask you why breaking any major laws, and won't require summer employment. ably a good idea to throw in a few non­ you're not bald anymore, say knowingly, either wearing a name tag or using the Now, obviously, a little preparation sequiturs (like saying, in mid-sentence, "Let's just say, Hair Club For Men." When expression "Paper or plastic, ma'am?" I will be necessary. Go into Martindale­ "The hens in the yard are recei ving your kids ask how you lost all that weight, used to dream of the following exchange: Hubbell and, after determining the city transmissions from Pluto" or '''Satan is wink and say "Clean living. Nothin' but My Secretary: "Mr. Walsh, the Chief Jus­ where you want live, open to a random my personal computer' - wouldn't that clean living." And when your spouse asks tice is on the phone again." Me: "Betty, page and stick your finger in the middle of make a cool bumper sticker! !?1''). This is just who the hell you are, say gently, "Oh tell him I'll get back to him and .. .please, it. Whatever name is nearest your finger to set up an insanity defense just in case honey, you've always been so playful - call me 'Kevin'" Now I have nightmares is your new identity. You might want to this scheme falls through. that's what I love about you!" about the following exchange: Big, Hairy photocopy that page and carry it around Get the lawyer to pay, take the keys to So there you have it. Insta-career! You Guy: "WALSH!!! Can't you dig any with you, so you become comfortable the luxury car, and walk out of the restau­ can walk around smugly now like all your faster!!!!" Me: ..... please, call me with your new name and identity. It could rant. You have acquired the fIrst "perk" of friends with jobs. You can thumb your 'Kevin'." blow your cover if someone asked you your career as a lawyer - a nice new car. nose at O.c.P.P. You can live confidently Everyone keeps telling me not to worry, your birthday and you had to pull out this Then you take the lawyer back to your with the knowledge that the skills you that things have always worked out well dog-eared Martindale-Hubbell sheet and house and chain him or her up in the learned in law school - and a little creativ­ in the past. I can't help but imagine that read off it. So it would be in your best basement with a year's worth of Cheetos ity - have fInally paid off. Collect them all! This week: the power brokers of Marshall-Wythe! More clip 'n' save Marshall-Wythe trading cards

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VITA plans training to assist local taxpayers Alumni Associatio.n's Mock Interview Pro.gram gave participating students a chance to practice their interview skills in a realistic atmosphere but without the additio.nal The William and Mary chapter o.f VITA 01o.hmteer Income Tax Assistance) will ho.ld pressure o.f having a scarce summer jo.b o.n the line. a training sessio.n o.n Saturday, February 8th in Room 119. The sessio.n, which wiUlast Student participants related a range o.f experiences, but all had generally positive fro.m 9:00 a.m. to. 4 :00 p.m., will be co.nducted by perso.nnel from the IRS o.ffice in comments about the program. Several students discovered that "conceptualizing" No.rfo.lk. The training sessio.n will be video.taped fo.r potential members who. canno.t answers to. the representative questio.ns in ithe OCPP interview packet is quite attend. different fro.m answering the identical questio.ns in perso.n. Others fo.und that The W&M chapter is o.pen to. law students, undergraduates and members o.f the defending o.r elaborating o.n the info.rmatio.n in their resume co.uld present so.me Williamsburg community. Wo.rking with o.ther Williamsburg chapters, members will difficulties. participate in ta~ counselling sessio.ns at vario.us sites in Williamsburg and o.n the College The 11 interviewers were all William and Mary alumni, recruited and coordiIDtted campus. The sessio.ns are designed to. reach the elderly, lo.w income taxpayers, students through the Alumni Associatio.n and the efforts o.f Dean Vick and Page Hayhurst. and o.ther gro.ups in need o.f assistance. Time co.mmitment is flexible and chapter Because a "so.ft" interview wo.uldn't presenlt much o.f a challenge, Dean Kaplan members will have so.me choice o.ver the sessio.ns they attend. enco.uraged each o.f the interviewers to. ask to.ugh questio.ns that wo.uld test the No. prio.r experience in tax preparatio.n is necessary; tho.se who. are participating in students' preparation and appro.ach. VITA fo.r the first time, ho.wever, sho.uld plan to. attend the training sessio.n o.r view the Altho.ugh the purpose o.f the program is to. help students prepare fo.r later video.tape. A seco.nd training sessio.n o.n Virginia state income tax is anticipated. interviews, the benefits will be as individual as the students. According to Dean Kaplan, whether it's o.verco.ming stage fright, finding an interviewing style, o.r Client counseling competition accepts entrants justifying an expressed interest in a particular practice Dr city, the pro.gram is This year's client counseling competitio.n, which probes the client interviewing ability successful if it promo.tes the students' self-assessment. Students interested in an o.f the student co.mpetitors, will be held o.n Feb. 14 and 15. initial mock interview, Dr in polishing a weakness, may co.ntact Dean Kaplan to. Essentially, the competitio.n consists o.f an initial client interview. The competitio.n arrange additio.nal interviews. simulates a law o.ffia~ consultation in which law students, acting as lawyers, are presented -Greg Brummett with a typical client matter in criminal law. Each team o.f two. is provided with a consultatio.n memo.randum that contains info.rmatio.n similar to. that which a secretary might be given when a client calls to. make an appointment The team must conduct an interview with the client and then explain to. the panel o.f judges ho.w they wo.uld proceed further. Unfo.rtunately, th(! in-school competitio.n will be limited to. o.nly nine teams this year. Good Music If mo.re than nine teams sign up, teams will be rando.mly cho.sen. This is o.ne o.f the few events in which students fro.m all classes may participate. lLs are invited to. enter, but the contest's focus o.n criminal law co.uld hinder their chances. Besides being a valuable learning experience, client counseling represents an excellent o.pportunity to. further pad Great Prices that resume in this tight jo.b market, and fo.r 3Ls probably their last chance. The Band Box has the lowest prices on Interested teams sho.uld dro.p a no.te in Eric Branscom's (3L) hanging ftle by Feb. 10. Compact Discs and Tapes in the area. Alumni Association holds mock interviews The morning of s :arurtlay, January 2:5, was a day o[ sleep [m many law ~(UU\Oll(:), but Compact Discs Tapes Video 54 lL's were up, dn::ssed, and o.n their way to. interviews. Now in its second year, the Blank Tape Music Accesories 1 mE We buy & sell ~ c= 0 / l1tADmON CONTINUES used CD's. \~ :OEN /L.';~'} 71*-;;~ ct ~\ ~~ J .R- 60~ Mon.-Sat. 10-9 L--'j ... Sun. 12-6 ~ ~ o o ~E""""""""""""" BAND BOX Stupid Onion: February 4 Acoustic Night with Kyle Davis: February 10 Mine is Bigger with Patrick Hanes: February 13

Joan Pearlstein [-- W;;dyP~~~ - -] [ Gloria Todd ] [ Liz Jackson ] After 20 years as a librarial at the I I Coming to the law school after a I I Her deceptively sweet smile and grlistJ I While no one can confirm the ru- I Sybil Brand Co.rrectional Institute in I I to.ur as executive secretary fo.r the I I love Df the All~ta Braves have decei~ I mor tha former Registra" May< Swartz I Southem Califomia, Joan longed to I I Arts and Sciences faculty, Wendy I I many into thinking Gloria is a meret I hastily decided to troosfer to the main see the East Coast. Uncble to find a enjoys exercising the skills she's I receptio.nist ·Rude callers tend to u~ campus atter a long lunch with Uz, suitable position at Eastern State, I I leamed in dealing with the Co.llege I set me: says Glo.ria, ·and I get I few deny that the ·sweet gal from she applied for a job at Marshall- I I elite. ·Sure, it's it was fun to see the I I flustered that I may just accidentall,l I Kansas" no.w ho.lds the fate Df thDU- Wythe, where Jim Heller immediately I I terrDr on faculty members' faces I I misdirect a call." As proof of Gloria'S! I sands in the palm of her hand. recognized the value of her prior when I infDrmed them that their lat- I power, several wo.uld-be law student3 "Graduates are constantly writing to experience in keeping the library I I est treatise on the post-modern I I who made repeated, impatient, an I me for transcripts, bar certifications free Df co.ntraband. Rumors that I I feminist critique of 8eowol/e had I apparently impolite phone calls abou I and such: says Uz. It's not as if she Joan gets a kick back from PSF for I I been eaten by a computer virus," I I the status of their applications, crnvect I would ever consciously misfile the every' Heller-approved mug the I I admits Wendy, "but it ju ~t can't I I in Williamsburg to discover that they'" I request Df a hap/ess former student group sells have never been con- compare with the screams I hear I actually been a:!mitted to the COI/ege '~ whose career hangs in the balance. firmed, but 7-1 1 rElCef1tlyannounced I I when I lock the office door five min- I fledgling American Studies progran. " I ·Sometimes," Uz explains, "the pa- that it is contemplating a conspiracy I I utes early, and 150 second-years I I don't understand why they're so u~," 1 I perwor1< piles up around here, and I and anti-trust suit against the school I I realize they'll have to write up a I I says Gloria, "they still get a degree arx:t I just cat'! get to the mail for a month or as a result of Joan's steadfast refusal motion fo.r permission to m<:i

Dancing About Architecture Another rambling, "Schulzian" record review

By KEVIN WALSH treme came up with that rarity of rarities: abilities, according to the article. Whether Mode contribution Death's Door, and Just to clear up a little misunderstand­ a radio-ready love song that didn't make this refers to the musical style or some JuIee ("Twin Peaks'') Cruise (backed by ing about my last column - the albums you want to barf every time you heard it. thematic concern remains to be seen. If Dave Alvin and his new band) who offers were listed in rough chronological order And teenage girls still thought they were "All The Way Home", Springsteen's ex­ the outstanding Summer Kisses, Winter of when I got them. And yes, some of sensitive. cellent contribution to Southside Johnny's Tears. them were released in 1990, but I got them S. Cr~ -S eal : One of the most assertive, last album, is any indication, the listening The album's biggest surprise comes on in 1991. So you begin to understand the bold, dead-on debuts in recent memory. public can expect something a little more Jane Siberry and k.d. lang's Calling All essentially self-centered nature of the Future slogan for a hang-gliding company: soulful and piano-based than what he's Angels--a great song boosted by the pair's whole exercise. "In a sb.-y full of people! Only some want done in the past. otherworldly harmonies. The album's ************ to fly! Isn't that crazy?" ************ only disappointment, in fact, comes from I said in my last column that I couldn't 6. Unbelievable--EMF: These guys have Until The End of the World is the new Elvis Costello, whose bombastic reading pretend to know which albums were really been tagged a combination of the New movie by Wim Wenders, the German of the Kinks classic Days is so slow that it the "Most Important of 1991 ", but I feel a Kids on the Block and ~filli Vanilli by the director who's last movie Wings of Desire stretches that song's beautiful melody past lot more confident about my ability to British music press, but that's typical of ranks as one of my favorite movies of all the breaking point. pick the Most Important Singles of 1991 . the kind of hyperbole that allows those time. I haven't seen the new movie yet, If the movie is as good as the soundtrack, The nature of singles--short, to-the-point, dorks to make a living. What nobody but the soundtrack is mind-blowingly it may be one of this year's surprise hits. generally over-played--is just more con­ seems to think about is that this is a classic great. Featuring stellar, previously ************ ducive to catching the spirit of a time. single in the mode of Louie, Louie or unreleased songs by an all-star cast in­ Lastly, I'd like to mention something These songs are part of what made Psychotic Reoction--the sound of a bunch cluding Talking Heads, Lou Reed, R.E.M., kind of interesting that goes on in Wil­ 1991 one of the best times in years to of bratty teenagers discovering an outlet Elvis Costello, and Depeche Mode, as liamsburg, supposedly every Saturday listen to the radio and when our for their frustrations through the instru­ well as a song off of U2's latest album, night. Bruton Parish in Colonial Wil­ generation's version of Oliver Stone is ments they barely know how to play. this has to be literally one of the greatest liamsburg holds a candlelight concert at making his movie about how boring and 7. O.P.P.--Naughty By Nature: Prob­ soundtrack albums ever. Amazingly, for 8:00. I was told that it generally features apathetic we all were in 1991, these will ably the party song of the year, this also an album full of artists this diverse, the a number of organ pieces. I went a few be some of the songs he'll put on the proved that rappers don't have to pander overall tone is incredibly consistent. weeks ago and was lucky enough to catch soundtrack. With that in mind, here are to their audience or use stupid samples to Highlights include Talking Heads a violin and harpsichord recital. It was a my picks for the best singles of 1991, get a Top Forty hit. Treach and crew catchy Sax and Violins, R.E.'\1. (joined clear a!l J cold night and both the music again in roughly chronological order: offered an ode to infidelity so danceable once again by B-52 Kate Pierson) on the and church were beautiful. The two organ 1. Wicked Game--Chris Isaak: This song and contagious that it almost makes il acoustic Fretless, which would fit in pieces at the end seemed a little more nm­ was actually released in the summer of easier to justify the song's dubious, though perfectly (sonically and thematically) with of-the-mill, but the violin and harpsichord 1989, but it took about 2 years 10 cateb on, good-natured, message. As my mother last year's O ld o/Time, the stately Depecbe stuff was sublime. thanks in part to a place on \he soundtrack might say, "Just because everybody' s of David Lynch's twisted fairy tale Wild down with O.P.P. it doesn't mean you At Hearl. The song is classic Isaak and, have to be; if everybody was jumping off frankly, one of his best--the plaintive vocal, bridges, would you do that too?" If it FILM DEVELOPING the twangy guitar line, the barely audible sounded this great, I might be tempted. back-up vocalists whispering "It' s only 8. Movin' On Up--Primal Scream: Yes, Second set of prints something that'll break your heart." it's a pretty blatant Rolling Stones rip-off. 2. Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones: and, yes, the brash, fake-gospel back-up In a year when every snot-nosed British singers almost take over the song, but it's band (including U2) discovered wah-wah also one of the catchiest, coolest songs of pedals, Bobby Brady T-shirts and James last year. At long last, a chance on the Brown's "Funky Drummer" beat, Jesus dance floor to use all those Jagger moves Jones somehow was embraced by main­ I've been storing away all these years. FREE stream radio. And more than any of the 9. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss--P.M. others, it probably deserved that success. Dawn: Over an all-too-obvious sample of EVERY WEDNESDAY As lead singer Mike Edwards croons in Spandau Ballet's "True", these Jersey one of the opening lines, "Bob Dylan rappers sounded just about as relaxed and Ask for "Local Lab" and get didn't have this to sing about", but neither resigned as you can be wi thout being did he have these kinds of grooves. But if dead. And in this case, that was good. Second Set Free along with he had, he might still be relevant today. Maybe it's just the video, but I keep 3. Losing My Religion--REM: It took thinking how great this would have Low Prices - when brought REM almost ten years to hit the big time, sounded as a summer single, blasting out but who would have guessed they'd do it of radios on the beach. in on Wednesday. with a mandolin song, using semi-veiled 10. Smells Like Teen Spirito-Nirvana: lyrics about a relationship going sour and Another bizarre, almost unexplainable bringing something more essential down 1991 success story. This song is the 24 exp. Kodacolor 4.95 with it, like faith or a world view. It was closest that hardcore punk has come to the fun to hear Michael Stipe throwing "clues" mainstream, especially on the scary, over­ WITH STUDENT 1.0. to an audience that couId suddenly un­ the-top chorus when lead singer Kurt derstand him; "Consider this the hint of Cobain screams, among other things, "I the century" was one of the most obvious feel stupid!And contagious." If this is winks in pop music since John Lennon teen spirit, then what the hell is "Beverly sang, "The walrus was Paul." Hills 90210''? Massey·s 4:More Than Words--Extreme: Where ************ most metal bands go for the reprehensible BROOOOOOOCE'!!! According to "power ballad", a slow song beefed up by The Washington Post, Bruce Springsteen Camera Shop synthesizers or bombastic guitars, de­ is following Guns and Roses' lead by 447 PRINCE GEORGE STREET signed to get teenage girls to think they're releasing not one but TWO albums at the sensitive, E:'{treme had the guts to come same time in late :\-farch or early April. WILLIAMSBURG, VA. • PHONE 229-3181 out with a plain old ballad--and a great one The albums, titled Lucky Town and The at that. Combining the Everly Brothers Human Touch, showcase two entirely with early-Beatles Paul McCartney, Ex- different sides of the Boss' songwriting 14======'======Monday, February 3, 1992 THE A~lICU S CURIAE Double Vision video reviews Gun 2112 full of laughs; Matewan chronicles labor struggles By STEVE SCHOFIELD and brought to us by one of the men behind MATEWAN--(1987; written & directed ing and setting ring true in many ways and MICHAEL REYNOLDS Airplane!. While this sequel certainly by John Sayles; starring James Earle Jones, it appears that Director Sayles used non­ NAKED GUN 2 112--(1991; starring isn't as funny as the original Naked Gun, Chris Cooper, and Mary McDonnell) actor nati\·es for many of the smaller Leslie Nielson, Priscilla Presley and, of it has plenty of the same crazy humor that In the mountains of West Virginia ill roles. The secondary characters are all course, Robert Goulet) made the original movie such a hit In no the 1920's, a labor dispute arises between well portrayed, especially that of the town As the ads say, Lt. Frank Drebin of way is this high-brow entertainment, but coal miners and the companies that employ sheriff. Cooper does a stellar job as the Police Squad is back! This time he's after who cares? It's still a lot of fun. them. The miners go on strike and decide union organizer who enters into the some dastardlly energy tycoons who are The first scene, in which Barbara Bush to organize. The International Workers of Matewan residents' lives and becomes seeking to pe:rpetuate their environmen­ is put in several compromising situations, the W orId (lWW) send an organizer to th,c the raging miners' rallying leader in their tally unsound policies. Along the way, sets the tone for the whole film--it's ir­ company town of Matewan to instruct th,e fight to gain a decent life. Drebin must recapture his true love's heart reverent and hilarious. strikers how to form a Union. The birth of the union movement in and save the nation's capital. Leslie Nielson has the greatest dead­ Complications arise when the Com­ America was often a violent and brutal The bumbling detective once again pan look in comedy today and Priscilla pany brings in Italian immigrants and affair for all of the parties involyed. This fmds a way to save the day despite himself Presley is funny and beautiful (every time Southern blacks to work as "scabs" in th,e fIlm reflects much of that intense conflict and an endless array of bad puns and sight we see her we can't believe she was mines. Tensions continue to escalate as in its narration. It is definitely an adult gags. No topic is sacred and 00 joke is too married to Elvis 30 years ago). the movie explores the difficulties of drama that paints an often grim picture of low for this bunch. They go for the gut However, if you did oot enjoy Airplane unifying the workers against the hardball life in the coal fields. Much of that past and succeed more often than most for­

ByR.L.CLAY and Miatas on steroids. Attempts to envi­ insight into their personalities as you wit­ Steve 1artin is best cast in realistic roles Double review this week, one good, sion the "brain transfer" are tired and ness theextraordinary events in what art:, that include humor, rather than as a com­ one bad. sloppy. Getting the gist of this film yet? for the most part, ordinary lives. plete moron. FREEJACK--Starring: Emilio Estevez, It is impossible to pass judgment on the The writing is crisp and meaningful Grand Canyon doesn't rely on special Anthony Hopkins, Mick Jagger acting of those in the film. Anthony and the lines are delivered masterfully. effects, but when employed, they're well This film is a science-fiction look at a Hopkins has proven many times, most Kevin Kline is particularly good, but he done. One scene in particular is not for the time in the not-to- distant future when the recently in Silence of the Lambs, that he is doesn't stand out because the rest of the weak of stomach, but it's not gratuitous wealthy can purchase the bodies of those a tremendous actor, but not even he has cast does an exemplary job also. violence either--it has a purpose and is who've died in the past and have a brain the ability to "make a silk purse out of a Alfre Woodard should get a lot more used to further the story. transfer. While I sympathize with the sow's ear." Considering the lines these work than she does, and Mary McDonald This film puts forth some interesting premise after those Winter Break eating actors read, it's a wonder they were able to carried off a difficult role with flair. Danny looks at life in our time, and the decisions binges, this film is certainly not an en­ keep a straight face. Glover is always good and this film proved we all make. This one is worth both ticement to the procedure. Freejack would have been a "B" movie once and for all that watching and thinking about. Bad writing and unixna.ginative <;pecial 20 year<: ago. save your-money and rent a effects handicap this film. \\'hen the video, or see Grand Canyon. audience giggles at the opening line of a Grand Canyon--Starring: Kevin Kline, films primary evil character, it's not a Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Mary good sign. The dialogue between the love McDonald, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre interest and tJhe main character is no bet­ Woodard FAX ter, evoking at trip to the concession stand Now here is a movie worth the price of SERVICE rather than any empathy for their situation. admission; one caveat though, it is not an The special effects of Freejack aren't action/adventure, it's a Thirtysomething 804-220-0366 deserving of the ternl; they're medium meets Twin Peaks type of film. effects at most. The "futuristic vehicles" Grand Canyon joins the lives of a small arc nothing but dune buggies, dirt bikes group of friends in L.A. It gives you some

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And if you aren't ride has rendered his opinion on the future Following the law school graduation, still outstanding. aware of the pas ion that kids have these of Jurassic Park, based on his claim to degrees will be distributed by Associate Later in the evening, "a local establish­ days for anything dinosauric, your brain fame--Chaos Theory. This appears to be Dean Connie Galloway at a reception to ment" will host The Last (Law) Thing qualifies as extinct ~ow if only we could Murphy's law proved by equations. E,,­ be held at the law school. This reception from 10:00 to ejection. According to get these two together, zoos and dino­ pect an encounter with the bully of the usually continues until about 6:00 in the Brooks, the barbecue will be designed as saurs ... block--you guessed it, tyrannosaurus rex. evening. In the past, light refreshments a family event while The Last (Law) Thing Mi. equal parts of greed and modem However, Tyrone is only a warmup for have been served at the reception. is intended as a final blowout for the genetic engineering and you've got Ju­ the earthly incarnation of ~ lien, the Pointing out that the ceremonies have graduates. Although bids have been so­ ra sic Park, Michael Crichton's 1990 velociraptor. been scheduled to allow law students to licited, the location and cost of the Thing science fiction novel. Paleontologist Alan Cri hton, author of The Andromeda spend Saturday evening with their fami ­ are as yet uncertain. Grant spends his time dusting off fossil­ Strain and Sphere among others, once lies, Lynch strongly advises students to On Sunday, !\'lay 10, the Law School ized dinosaur in :\fontana. He is pre­ again gives us science fiction which may make their restaurant reservatIons for will host a brunch from 8:30 to 11 :30 in sented with the opportunity of a lifetime be science fa t just over the horizon. In Saturday night well in advance. Also, the moming. The location of the brunch by John Hammond, entrepreneur-creator the introduction, he gives us food for because the law school reception extends is as yet uncertain; according to Lynch, a of Jurassic Park. Hammond and his sci­ thought about the potential for disaster in into the evening, students may want to "tremendous number" of bids have been entists have found a way to recover D. TA the uncontrolled and unprincipled devel­ arrange lodgings for their families on both received from area facilities. The antici­ millions of years old and have cloned a opment of biotechnology. He presents Saturday and Sunday night. pated price of admission will be approxi­ nwnber of species of dinosaurs. just the right amount of scientific bases to The Graduation Committee plans a full mately $12 per person. All of this comes out early in the novel, make the whole thing believable. There is roster of social events to complement the Lynch indicated that he was concerned and it will not spoil the book to know it a bit too much in the way of computer ceremonies. The festivities will begin about the high cost of the social activities, beforehand. The real entertainment here program readouts, but it's easy enough to with a band night on Wednesday, May 6, and that the Committee was trying to takes place after the characters have say "Y cab, OK" and skip to the continu­ during Beach \\"eek. Lynch said that one reduce costs by soliciting multiple bids gathered in Jurassic Park and begin their ation of the story. Jurassic Park takes the law school band has been approached to for each event. Additionally, the Com­ tour. Meet loveable apatosaurs and reader on a roller coaster ride which sur­ play at band night, but that decisions as to mittee is considering a discount ticket hadrosaurs, stegasaurs and triceratops, passes anything available at Busch Gar­ the band, time and location, have not yet entitling the holder to attend all of the poisonous spitting dilophosaurs and dis­ dens. Crichton is a master of the earthly been made. events for less than the combined prices of gusting little procompsognathids. science-gone-awry genre. The festivities will continue with a the individual events.

tainly is markedly different from ham and Mary gathering that no security in the things of this SLOW BOAT, from page 3 the Williamsburg side of the river. SA VED, from page 3 were specifically geared to those world .. .. I always thought that if In place of the strip malls, outlets, on the fast track to success. I became a lawyer 1'd find mean­ ready burdensome traffic on and Taco Bells of the Peninsula, lies are broken, and there's noth­ "Whether it be in sports, ing in life. But you'll never find Routes 31 and 5, convinced the blossom mobile homes, hog ing to hope for or Iwd comfort academia, business, or politics real fulfillment in your profes­ board that the bridge was unnec­ growers, and fields of peanuts. in." He devoted himself to there is no longer a moral con­ sion, recognition, or money," essary. Although Grayson' s The Ferry leaves every 30 working with those in jail be­ sensus that binds us together. We Colson said. staffer said that the December minutes between 5 a.m. and 1 cause he believes the Christian have consciously and deliber­ In response to a question from vote certainly will not be the end am. (although it is recommended message can fill this emptiness, ately abandoned the idea of ab­ a law student, Colson declared, of the matter, we should not ex­ that, because there is very little to as it did with him. solute truth, that there are abso­ "Y ou can be a Christian lawyer. peet to see the issue on the Trans­ see there besides peanuts and Today Colson also operates lute transcendental standards for That's not an oxymoron." He portation Board's agenda again hogs and Surry can get frighten­ Project Angel, which last year us to live by .... History has shown maintains it is necessary for good anytime soon. ing after dark, you try to go in provided 200,000 Christmas gifts us thaI a society without rules, people, who hold themselves to He added that any approval of daylight hours), and costs $2 per to children of prisoners. Even values, or truth is not long sus­ Judeo-Christian standards in their a bridge construction plan would car each way. The shrewd trav­ Bob Woodward, thereporter who tainable," he insisted. ethics and behavior, to work in also entail the construction of eler will note that a book of 20 relentlessly pursued the scandal Colson urged those in atten­ all the professions. major connecting roads on either tickets costs only $5, or $0.25 that led to Colson's fall , said of dance to restore a moral consen­ Reverend Colson still keeps side of the river, which would each way, a whopping 87.5% per his religious devotion, "I think sus by turning to God. He said, in touch with Richard Nixon. mean work for state road crews trip savings. Never one to pass it's genuine. After Watergate, "It begins with each one of us in After years of disbelief concern­ "for at least the next 20 years." up a bargain, this reporter opted he really redeemed himself and our own lives," and the rest of ing his hatchet-man's conversion, While reticent to ascribe any ul­ to buy in bulk, but unfortunately did something with what he society will know there's a God, even the former President even­ terior motive to the VOOT staff, did so before realizing that the learned in prison." and truth, "by the love we show tually told the Reverend Billy Grayson's staffer speculated that celebrated Surrey House menu, The Reverend Colson had for one another." Graham, "You know, I think the desire for a new capital pro­ although including both peanut some insights to offer the Wil- "I discovered in prison there's Colson's for real." gram on this large a scale might soup and peanut pie, does not have at least in part motivated seem sufficiently varied to merit NOBODY the VDOT staff to recommend a return trip. bridge construction. VDOT One trip on the Jamestown KNOWS Chief Engineer Jay Hodge was Ferry is probably enough for all unavailable for comment. but the most die-hard Surry -LIKE So for the time being at least, booster--something to keep in _ ~ DOMINO JS~ we need not worry about being mind before succumbing to the How You Uke Pizza At Home. deprived of the opportunity to Ferry's savvy "too-good-to-be­ ride to Surry on the Jamestown true" marketing ploy and wind­ Ferry. 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Mychal s Myopia New enforcer prowls courts at the Rec. Center; Multi-talented Perkins picks up Koch Award ByMYCHALSCHULZ **-********* Philadelphia would have signed Profes­ Iowa State are all in or almost in the top So you're a pro boxing fan. Even the sor Rosenberg, who would have declined 25. As Arkansas' demolition of Kentuck)' most avid fan's enthusiasm has to be Numerous intramural seasons have because he just loves teaching both sec­ showed, the SEC consists of the Razor­ tempered by the events transpiring in In­ started, and already the referees are tions of Property. backs, then everybody else. Ohio State dianapolis this past week. Mike Tyson, complaining about law school teams. * No, Tony Johnson did not lose to Karen and Indiana are slowly but surely settling former heavyweight champion, has Being an official for Rec Sports, I am Hale in arm-wrestling. He lost to Pam into the penthouse of the Big Ten, while brought his entourage to Indiana to face painfully aware of the bad reputation en­ Hampton. UCLA is the class of the West Coast charges that he sexually assaulted a con­ joyed by law school teams that compete in * Yes, there is athletic talent on the Law William and Mary? A disappointment. testant in the Miss Black America Pag­ intramurals. Frankly, its embarrassing. Review staff. No, the talent does not It would be nice to see what Thomas eant. Equally disturbing is that the bad extend past Rick Carlson. Roberts could do if he wasn't counted on Whether Tyson is convicted or not, it reputation is justified. Let's all make an * Yes, Professor Shaefer is a clone of to pound the boards. Scott Smith, the is clear that he believes he is somehow effort this semester to shut up and play the Arizona's Lute Olson, but no, Professor Tribe's starting center, is averaging 3, yes above the rules. This was the same guy game. The officials are not professionals, Marcus, former Dean of the University of three, rebounds a game. Even T.1. Hooper that just a couple of years ago was being and if you think that you can do better, Arizona Law School , did not mastermind could get more than three rebounds a pushed as a role model for poor, inner-city then talk to Joe Tighe or Bill Jonas at Rec the cloning process. He claims cloning is game. black youths. There's got to be a better Sports. Officials are always needed, and against the law. Yeah, right, what does he role model. There's just got to be. it's a nice way to eam some spending know? * ******* * * * * money. But please, let's all just shut up * No, the Rec Center staff did not name ************ and play. Vanessa Eliot the best looking racquet­ Mark McGuire of the Oakland Athletics ball player they had seen. That honor took a pay cut. Last year, when he batted The pressing question in pro basketball ******* * **** went to Brendan Shannon. In a related .208 with 75 RBIs, he made S2.8 million, is whether Magic Johnson should play in story, the entire staff at Rec Sports was and he agreed to $2.6 million for this year. the All Star game. There is no question Well, the Super(?) Bowl came and the hospitalized after suffering severe delu­ A pay cut in ba eball? Next thing you'll that he should be on the team, but should Redskins won. Buffalo talked trash, then sions. One staffer, upon seeing t.1r. han­ be telling me is that Notre Dame has a bad he play') went out and played like it. Gary Clark non, was heard to moan, "Oarencel " It is basketball team . Perhaps AC. Green, Johnson's team­ and Art Monk showed Thurman Thoma" unknown whether the staffer meant Tho­ mate uu the tAk.ers, put it beSt when Ile whal it means to be classy. Jim Kelly took mas or Weatherspoon, but he most cer­ ************ said that the All Star game should be steps towards being the next John Eway. tainly didn't mean Darrow. reserved for active players. Should Magic The Bud Bowl was a bust, but Hare Jordan * Finally, no, the law school is neither a Results from last week's NHL games: be on the team? Yes. Should he play? No. was really cool. And once again, John beach nor a hangout for surfers, so yes, 3 sprained knees, 15 cut lips, 2 broken Madden used his telestrator to keep a that first year woman who walks around arms,S knees with tom cartilidge, 3 bro­ ************ boring game enjoyable. Another typical barefoot should spare the rest of us and ken hands, 36 fights and 578 penalty min­ Super Bowl. put shoes on her dirty feet. This isn'l utes. Oh boy, Kevin Kroner is right. Basketball players , beware. There is a California and it's not July, dude. \Vhat a sport! new enforcer prowling the hardcourts of ********** * * William and Mary. ************ ******* ** *** In the past two weeks this fearsome Rumor Department. monster has 1) stuffed two of this writer's * No, Professor Moliterno is not Jeff Can anybody beat Duke? Doubtful. Finally, the Professor Charles Koch jump shots, the second time slightly Reardon's little brother, but they go to the The Blue Devils have looked every bit as Award, given to the person who actually spraining my thumb, 2) rejected a Rick same beard stylist. awesome this year as UN LV did last year. possesses athletic talent, though) ou' d Carlson drive to the basket, giving Rick a * Yes, the library staff is related to Bill While Duke lacks the pure athletes NLV never know it by looking at her, goes to perplexed look that persists to this day, Laimbeer; hence, the bad attitude. had, they make up for it with unbelievable third year Abigail Perkins. Described by and 3) terminate.d a John McNelis jumper Hopefully, GM Tim Sullivan is working defense and obviously superior coaching. one anonymous coed teammate as "sweet with such authority that John sprained a on a trade. And what is up with the Big (L)East? and demurrer," thi s James Madison knee and had to miss his first intramural * Yes, Bryan Bonner is attempting to Connecticut is all right, but something is graduate is a tower of power on the vol­ game. market the "Ghetto Workout," in which wrong when the t",,·o teams with the worst leyball court (her county team is # 1 in the Who is this new enforcer? Professor Bryan will demonstratehow to get a good overall records are leading the conference, Gazette's power ratings), a slim mound of Charles Koch, who approaches the game workout without being able to afford gym as was happening last week when Pitts­ rebound on the basketball court, a Gold of basketball the same way that he ap­ fees; i.e., how to do pushups and situps at burgh and Villanova were co-leaders. Glove infielder in softball, and a novice proaches the grading of exams; i.e., inflict home. The hot conference this year appears terror in racquetball. All this and she's got as much pain as is possible without causing * Yes, if Jeff Ruland hadn't come out of to be the Big Eight, where Oklahoma, a date for Barrister's Ball too. Congratu­ actual death. retirement and signed with the 76ers, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Nebraska and lations, and until next time, peace.

tachment to the lovable textile. David Doniger reports that in a warning signs: Naugabllltt and risks, we at Marshall-Wythe must NAUGA, from page 10 Dave Ziemer, 4L and concentration of over 8000 ppm, Naugarash. You'll know them struggle to defend against the Naugaphile, averred, "As cer­ vinyl chloride presents a grave when you see them. imminent ex tinction of that, though Naugahyde is no tainly as the Round Table is the threat to man, woman and beast, Long-lasting health concerns Naugahyde. At an institution longer produced, the Smith clan symbol of Camelot, so is the and those '" ho transcend such include: enlargement of the liver that places such a premium on of Naugatuk has been quite pro­ Naugahyde station the symbol of classification. and spleen and acroosteoilysis, a history, we must not allow lific, accounting for well over Marshall-Wythe. They shall Some of the effects of expo­ rare disease characterized by Naugahyde's contribution to 400 of 31,500 residents [data stand together for all times as the sure are: dizziness, drowsiness, shrinkage of the last bones of the America's first law school to go collected in a recent C & P essence of justice and the Golden disorientation and eventual un­ fingers and toes. So, it isn't just unrewarded. Submit Nauga­ Telephone poll]. John Smith Age." consciousness. We have empiri­ the 'Leafe. Readers interested in preservation ideas to the Amicus (that's his real name) confided in Modem scholarship, however, cal data verifying these symp­ a closer look at Doniger's work Curiae hanging file. Future gen­ us that "I don't know too much does not have such laudatory toms--the Nauga-couch potatoes should peruse the stacks near erations have much to learn from about Naugahyde, except that it things to say about the revered of Marshall-Wythe [see Ziemer, tuition-sucking selections such the Nau.,oahyde Age. Remember, came from Naugatuk and I sit in synthetic wonder. In his recent supra]. Those concerned that as Beyond Dumping and the it's not a choice, it' s a chair. on it in my car everyday." book, The Law and Policy of they have contracted simple Federal Insecticide, FungiCide, [Some names have been changed Non-Naugatukians seem to Toxic Substances Control: A chronic vinylitis should have a cuu1 Rodenticide Act. to protect both the guilty and rhe have a deeper, metaphysical at- Case StudY of Vinyl Chloride, friend examine them for early o 0 matter what the health ignoram] Monday,February 3, 1992 THE AMIcus CURIAE 19 Debut ofAmicus computer-like rankings Law students flood Rec Center basketball courts By BILL MADIGAN ing any team M-W could put Misfits is sixth for a reason I teams. Besides, how often do who can't manage the ball con­ As the frenzy of the Super together. They feel confident in can't remember. Legal Studs is you get a chance to see a basket­ trol necessary to play on a team, Bowl wanes, the attention of the their ability to walk all over any seventh for two reasons: they're ball game at W &M where the there will be a three-point sports world turns toward the of the men's teams (which may a group of lLs, and the team home team has the potential for a shooting contest on Feb. 27, \vith next epicenter of victory's thrill not be saying much). name is somewhat of an oxymo­ winning record. entries being accepted starting and defeat's agony, intramural Just Do It (Co-Rec division): ron. Tall Guys That Can't Shoot Lest you thi nk intramural on Feb. 19. The Calt is 52. All of basketball. The season began Combining the best of both - see Manute Bol--enough said. sports only offers opportunities the entries for these sports are this week, and M-W will surely worlds, this team showcases the So that's the poll and those to tha;e over six feet tall who can available at the Rec Center. prove itself a power to be reck­ elite of both the Williams and the are the teams. By the time you hit from the outside, several other N ext time I'll have some re­ oned with. Marys (or at least those who read this, most of the teams will sports are starting up in the sults from basketball and other This season, M -W is fielding didn't have enough same sex have played their firs t game. The coming weeks. sports, as well as a poll update. If 11 teams: eight men's division B friends to be in the other divi­ match-ups for the second week Entries for the wallyball tour­ you have an intramural team or teams, one men's division A sions). of the season include pre-season nament open on Feb. 5, and the have entered one of the individual team, one women's division Onto the poll for the Men's favorite, Horsemen, playing cost of entering a team is $5. events, feel free to drop a note in team, and--for those unsure of division B: Wednesday at 8 p.m., at the Rec There will be a swim meet on my hanging file (Bill Madigan, which division they belong in-­ 1. Hangmen Center, against Feed; SWB plays Feb. 20. Sign-ups for this are lL), and you'll get the coverage one co-rec team. Pre-season is 2. Joel and Harry Drunk Leading The Blind Mon­ from Feb. 12 through 19, and the you deserve. M-W should get over and it' s time for M-W to 3. E-.:cited Utterances day at 6 p.m.; pre-season base­ cost is 52. Co-rec inner tube involved in intramural sports. It's show the undergrads and other 4. SWB ment tenants-in-common, Tall water polo entries run from Feb. a good way to work off stress, so-called graduate programs 5. Intestinal Fortitude Guys, play Hang Time Monday 12 through 19 for a tournament and take out aggression on who's boss. Thus, the pre-season 6. Misfits at 8 p.m.; and Mix and Match beginning on Feb. 22. Cost for a undergrads. Besides, part of your basketball poll. 7. Legal Studs plays Hangmen Wednesday at team is 55. Soccer entries open tuition goes to pay for intramural As I have yet to see any of the 8. Tall Guys That Can't Shoot lOp.m. on Feb. 19, and the cost per team sports, so you might as well ·get teams play, the rankings at this Hangmen take the top position Support your law school is $20. And finall y, for those your money's worth. point are, like most other major by virtue of their second place polls, fairly arbitrary and should finish in the Men's B division not be taken seriously. The sea­ last year. Assuming their expe­ son will most likely prove me rience together as a winning team wrong. like the poker cups in is meaningful, they should do the coffee vending machine, this well this season. Joel and Harry aEROBICS poll is for entertainment pwposes take the second spot for two ~ltAS .3~!:~~R:~Sour New Facility! only. Because there is only one reasons: they're a group of 3Ls, team in the women's, men's A, and if the two of them are con­ ~ • Jacuzzi & Sauna on sit,· and co-rec divisions, we'll as­ fident enough to take on teams • Complete Aerobic Program (Step, Aqua, Lite, EZ, sume they are the number one that have five guys on them, they High Impact) teams in their divisions. ot to must be good. Excited Utterances deprive them of their due notarity, is third for no particularly good • Free Weights / Weight Machines they are: reason. SWB is fourth, because • New Circuit Training Class: A 30 Minute Work Innocent Bystander (Men's if SWB stands for what I think it out on Hydraulic Weight Machines division A): This team of3Ls is does, they don't stand a chance, • Child Care out to prove that they are just as and this will be their only op­ • Expanded Locker Facilities spry and athletic as the lLs, and portunity to see the top half of the that two-and-a-half years of law poll. Intestinal Fortitude is fifth. , Student Semester Special $119. school doesn' t take quite the Anyone with intestinal fortitude Hurry! Offer Expires February 7 physical toll that appearances probably got it from swallowing would indicate. some losses. But with team Williamsburg Shopping Center (near Best Jewelers) Mix and Match (Women's member David Whitted getting division): Jan Brown has as­ last issue's Koch award for his 220-0556 sembled a team of all-stars rival- brutal play, they may have hope.

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day. 'The accepted view seems to be: students want." meets everyone's needs," said Dopp. CORRALLED, from page 1 'Almost a majority of the students voted. "Over half the students did not care "Smokers are indoors, and it keeps the A majority of voting students wanted enough about the smoking policy to vote," smoke out of the lobby. It's the only interpret the meaning of the referendum change. ' But how do we interpret the said Wright on Friday. "In the meeting, I option that will suit everyone." on smoking." wishes of the students who didn't vote? had the impression the decision had al­ Hrynick said, "there is no good com­ 'The real issue," said the Dean after the When the vote concerns a change· in the ready been made." promise on a separate place to confine Tuesday meeting, "is the nonparticipation status quo, silence should be counted as a "The vote was a clear mandate," said smokers. The vestibule has problems; it's of half the student txxly." Out of 551 full­ vote for the·status quo. Only 35 percent of Dopp after Tuesday's meeting. "Cer­ too small, it won't contain the smoke, and time law students and 26 full-time LL.M. students voted for any change in the tainlya large number of students want a it blocks traffic to the patio." Hrynick said students (577 possible voters), 280 stu­ smoking policy. At most, 28 percent restraint on the liberal policy now in ex­ he preferred the school make plans for a dents cast ballots in the non-binding refer­ voted in favor of restricting the smoking istence." Upon learning of the Dean's separate area as it expands structurally. endum. There are also nine part-time to the vestibule. It's hard to see a mandate Friday memo, Dopp said she was pleased. "The options [for smoking areas] we students in the LL.M. program. in these results." Students voted on whether to change had were limited," said Lynch. "We After that meeting, Sullivan said he "The numbers speak for themselves," the current smoking policy, which only weighed the pros and cons. Origina1ly we would think about the issue for several said Lynch, who called the meeting permits smoking in the law school lobby. wanted to ban smoking totally. They days, and then make a recommendation to "lively." 'They're just unhappy with the 2m of the voting students wanted a change want to make [the vestibule option] as Nash. results. I don't see any reason to have in the smoking policy, and 77 students unworkable as possible. But there were E.izabeth Dopp (3L) and Jessica Lynch another vote." The referendum, she said, voted to maintain the status quo. no other effective options." (3L) attended the Dean's meeting on be­ "was planned for three months, nm by the The ballot included a vote on alterna­ "Only a small majority [of the voters] half of students seeking to change the honor council--they found the vote was tive smoking areas. 166 students voted favored the vestibule," said Wright. smoking policy; Tim Hrynick (LL.M.) valid." for the vestibule; 89 students voted to 'There is not a mandate for a change this and Jarrell Wright (3L) represented the Upon learning of the Dean's memo, allow smoking only in the seating area in big, to the vestibule." smokers' interests. Lynch said, ''I'm very pleased. The move front of the administration offices; and 25 After the meeting, Dopp said "It's up to 'The question is whether to give si­ was not against the smokers personally. I students did not vote for either location. Dean Sullivan to decide how to interpret lence any weight," Hrynick said on Fri- hope Nash appreciates that this is what the "The vestibule is the option that best the referendum."

been disadvantaged by llie more stnngent LETTER, from page 1 BREWS?, from page 1 YESSS!!!, from page 1 grading systems of some professors have cause to be thankful. As reported in the library during the semester. Are these quick to point out that this year's Barrister's time, Professor Butler had not turned her last issue of the Amicus, both Associate exams really testing a student's under­ Ball will be well worth the $25 ticket grades in to the Registrar. Professor Dean Robert Kaplan and the SBA support standing of the law or are they rather pnce. Rosenberg's class average is 2.944. changes in the current method of deter­ randomly awarding A's to students who Brooks also announced that he was The efTect of the new policy on students' mining class rank. If a change is formally just happened to review those particular named President of the Graduate and Pr0- grade point averages and class ranks has adopted, concern over grading methods exam problems? fessional Students Association (GAPS) taken on new importance for first-years may lessen. The other "lazy test-giver" method in­ last Wednesday. GAPS was formed this who are just beginning the frustrating volves providing the student with very year to help unify the student bodies of the search for summer jobs amid intense short fact patterns or using one fact pattern College's various graduate schools and competition from other students around Beethoven's for the entire exam. There are two primary give them more input in College policy the country. Students who would have reasons professors give such exams. First, decisions affecting them. GAPS is com­ a Cafe--deli the professor needs less time to crait Ills pnsed or the preSIdents 01 each graduate question since it's only five lines long. school. MORE THAN JUST jeaturing Second, a reduction in the length of the One item on the GAPS agenda for this THE HITS! ~ Reubens, Sailors, Beethoven. fact pattern generally corresponds to a year is coordination of BSA budget talks. reduction in the number of legal issues There are plans to formulate a unified -Great Selection Mozart. Corned Beef, & about which the student can write. Fewer budget package for all graduate schools. • Special Ordering issues means less writing, and as previously GAPS also has a liaison to the Board of Pastrami. mentioned, less writing means less time- Visitors Search Committee for the new ~ -Hard to Find Also N.¥. Cheesecake, consuming grading. The shortcoming of College President. and is working on Imports such exams is obvious. The less material plans to obtain funding for a yearbook HomeITllideSoupsand on which a student is tested, the more next year. I.asagna. Our Famous likely the grade he/she receives does not GAPS members will consult with Vice­ t-:crr~;)a, accurately reflect hislher knowledge. President for Student Affairs Sam Sadler 1:<. I~ v . French Onion Soup Au I·have yet to name the third and final on a monthly basis to express graduate method worth mentioning. Generally, student concerns. TAPES & COMPACT DISCS Gratin (nightly) however, it's practiced by professors who This Thursday, Brooks will speak to Williamsburg Shopping Center did not budget their time properly and find BSA in an effort to inform them about Monticello Ave. & Richmond Rd . themselves rushing through material the some of the current needs of the Graduate ) irtthnurn's last week or two of class. They make the Student Body. 110-3146 material they covered in the last half of the : -- ... ..i..i : 3~n last class the subject of an important essay. ~ .I --- ~ n Again, this tends to produce rather ran­ -... a Cafe-deli dom results. Whoever paid attention for Join us and relax with those thirty minutes answers the question goodjood in a pleasant correctly. Everybody else gets boned. classical music atmosphere. This is not to say that the majority of professors administer unfair exams. Quite the opposite is true .. In fact, I could list a 467 MIn jnMl! Tmil CRt. 143) half dozen professors whose exams were qHIl1 am Surrliys mIl extremely comprehensive. I only fear that 229-7069 final exam questions of the future will FREE Curling Iron With look something like the following: Now featuring a What did the court mean in footnote 9 of Permanent Waves Jefferson v. Gilligan's Island when it stated that "we defer when we want to 100/0 W&M Student Discount daily special for defer"? You have a half page to answer i the question. Don't interlineate or write in , *DESIGN CUTS *CUSTOM COWR William and Mary the margins. Nor should you use a #3 or ~ *PERMANENT WAVES *IvrEN & WOMEN above pencil or an erasable ink pen. Have Students with a nice summer. . .,j -:.: NE:~US REDKfN hu lIlIaeU Christian Connell '92 ~~~ 445 Merrimac Trail next to Fann Fresh current I.D.