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University of San Diego Digital USD Newspaper, The ooW lsack (1963-1987) Law Student Publications 9-8-1978 Woolsack 1978 volume 19 number 2 University of San Diego School of Law Student Bar Association Follow this and additional works at: http://digital.sandiego.edu/woolsack Part of the Law Commons Digital USD Citation University of San Diego School of Law Student Bar Association, "Woolsack 1978 volume 19 number 2" (1978). Newspaper, The Woolsack (1963-1987). 89. http://digital.sandiego.edu/woolsack/89 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Student Publications at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Newspaper, The ooW lsack (1963-1987) by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. the UT0olsaek Vol. 19 No. 2 University of San Diego - A Law Student Publication September 8, 1978 Di go Greenpeace vs. kil,lers by Jeff Thoma in the world and have set quotas (maximums for particular The Greenpeace Foundation species) which are impossi ble the non-profit ecology organi '. to even reach because there zation best known for its Save aren't enough whales to be The Whales campaign, opened found." an office in San Diego Tues- "A good example of this is day for the first time in its the blue whale. In 1963, the six-year history. l.W.C. had a kill quota of The new office is located 15,000, but only 112 could be at 1135 Garnet Avenue in found and destroyed by whalers. Pacific Beach, and will serve Also, the size limit on blue as a base for volunteer workers. whales set by the l.W.C. is Greenpeace is funded totally smaller than the size a whale by in dividual contributions. hav- reaches at sexual maturity." ing no governmental support "Another example is a recent or connection. change regarding sperm whales. Greenpeace was begun in lo July of last year. they agreed 1972, in opposition to nuclear on a sperm whale kill of 764. reactors. Recently. however. Then, just three months later. most of the organization's work with no new evidence from has focused in two areas the thei r scientists, the quota was Save The Whales compa i g~ and raised to 6444. This 834 per- their oppostion in Canada to the cent increase is outrageous!" killing of baby harp seals. The present international law ...A §.Qvlet kill-ship being c onfronted by • GrHnpeace zodiac. with Greenoeace flagshlp Peac ock In background. situation on whaling is this : Slots In hull •r• used to pull th• whales In for processing, and have been target• for the am•ll zodlaet t6 enter. SAVE THE WHALES WHALES ENDANGERED ships from the Soviet Union. The Save The Whales cam- Every one of the eight They go out in small infl2table I~ paign was dealt a set-bac k last species of great whales is on the rafts called Greenpeace zodi•cs. year when President Carter U.S. Endangered Species List. and run between the kill -ships Courtroom decorum agreed to an International Whal- Two of these, the sperm whale and the whales. This is the ing Commission (1.W.C.J recomer and baleen whale, are still being fourth year Greenpeace has non- by Sandy Jossen and Jeff Thoma " A few minutes after I dation that Grey Whales again hunted on a major scale by violently disrupted the slaughter arrived in the courtroom, a all owed to be hunted. Japenese and Russian whalers. of whales. Success had been Local attorney James Kinder sheriff inf.:irmed me that he The l.W.C. is an organization The U.S. Senate and House varied for the orgonization, sparked a controversy August would like to see me inside. composed of delegates of both of Representatives have called but one definite result of their 28 by appearing in San Diego The sheriff then explained that whaling and non-whaling na- for a ten year moratoriu.m. The efforts has been that whalers Superior Court before Judge in the event that I didn't have tions. Its purpose is to control U.N. has repeatedly and un- now will not come within Edward T. Butler without a 3 tie my case would not be the kill ing of the whales at animously called for the same 800 miles of our western coast necktie. Kinder was attired in called." a point which wi ll keep the thing. Most authorities believe, an area from wh ich they used a two-piece brown plaid busi- "I didn't have time to get whales from going extinct, and even with such a moritorium, to take 1330 whales annually. ness suit, white shirt, and :i tie, so I just sat down .,;ind in fact, to set a quota which several species may perish be- HARP SEAL HUNT crew neck sweater; but received tnought maybe we could make wi ll alow the populations to cause the decimination is al - The annual harp sea l hunt a dressing down from Judge the appearance anyway. I was sl owly increase. ready so great. The blue whale, in Newfoudland, Canada, is Butler for his lack of a tie. finally called at the end of the the largest animal that has another primary focus of Green- Judge Butler had commented, day's calendar. and Judge Butler KILL QUOTES HIGH ever lived, appears to be at such peace's efforts. Two to three "This '1Jan (Kinder) is guilty quickly launched into a len gth~ But according ' to Robert a point that saving it from weeks after seal pups are born, of vulgarity," for his casual ti~ade about courtroom attire." Pidgeon, director of the new extinction is improbable. they have· a thick white coat dress. .He added, "Adherence In response to the judge's San Diego office, "It appears to protect them from the cold to a code of conduct, standard comments. Kinder explained COl-JFRONTING SOVIETS that the l.W.C. is whaling- and blends them safely into of dress. symbolizes the hall- "A courtroom is an attorney'~ industry oriented. At times they To attempt to halt the kil- the snow. It is this coat that mark of educated, cultured place of business. his work- disagree with their own scien- ling, Greenpeace has resorted to leads to their slaughter. people. Bit by bit, the waves shop. An attorney must feel tisrs over the number of whales of vulgarity are eroding our confrontations with whaling continued 011 page 6 comfortable in his courtroom standards." It is not just the judge's court '. The Woolsack spoke with room. It is not just his private Kinder this week regarding dondn . It is an attorney's Judge Butler's comments. and place of work. And attorney he recounted the confrontation : mus~ be comfortable there." NON PROFIT ORG. the woolsaek U.S. Po11age PAID University of S.n Diego S.nDievo, CA. Sdtooiof l- Permit No. 386 San D'9go, Calif. 92110 N <'got/11(• 1>11 sil po/111.f stir c1111tru µc rsy. S<' l' pages 4 anti 5 Harp seal pup$, the same age and siio that arc killed for their pelts. ..... 2 . The Wool- • Sop1embe< 8, 1171 LastEDITOl\IAL May while students were In the midst of studying for finals, the faculty met privately to adopt two new University Academic Rules : 3 (h) sanctions for unpreparedness, and section 5 (c) (2) Letters. • • positive and negative push points. At USF I am a pan-time, un- The new rules sound innocent enough on their face . As approved, at a distinct social disadvantage. involved, and less-than·enthus- the rules enable faculty members the option of announcing during Thus, because in the short iastlc student. After six years the firs t class of the semesester that students may be penalized up Blasted run, transferring has been ex· Busby (four undergraduate and two to three points if caught unprepared in class. A professor may also cruciating, I vi ew It as a long law school) I was ready for a add up to th ree points to any student he feels has panicularly Dear Editor, term investment: change. I have never regretted redeemed him or herself In classroom discussion. As a first year student ex- - the practice of law in moving to San Francisco - I But the seeming innocence and fairness of These rules dlsap· perie ncing U.S.D. for the first San Francisco Is obviously more love it, It has been richly re- pears when we examine how they were approved and implemented. 'time, I was somewhat distressed extensive and provides more warding, career-wise, socially, Specifically we object to these rule changes on both procedural to read " USO Love Hate Affair" diversity than In San Diego. and substantive grounds. Procedurally, the new rules were enacted by Mr. Busby. His contention - the Bay area is a more and culturally. On the other during a period in May when students were least likely to have the is that teachers "cop-out" by exciting place to live . hand, USF has been a disap. time to object. Students were neither involved in th e final voting using GPA carrots to induce - USF generally does not pointment. I had hoped I on the proposed rules nor informed of the actual implementation students to engage in discussion. appear as a small-town con· would encounter at USF the decision until returning for cf asses this fall. Not only is this statement servative as USO . There is more same rewarding experiences that It is panicularly distressing that the faculty failed to inform nor inconsistant with what I have political activism.