College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1992 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 3, Issue 4) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 3, Issue 4)" (1992). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 330. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/330 Copyright c 1992 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers Editor bashed, passim AMFJUCA'S FIRST LAW SCHOOL A Publication of TIte .Al:lwK:ate VOLUME Ill, ISSUE FOUR MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1992 TWEr-..TTY-FOUR PAGES Sullivan Inaugurated President of W&M By DOUG MILLER scale." Specifically he outlined Former Law School Dean three broad areas where he Tim Sullivan was inaugurated would focus the College's as the 5th President of the resources: to offer the fi nest College o n Friday, Oct. 16. The pr gram of u ndergradua te ceremony took place behind the education in the nation; to have Wren Building before a crowd graduate programs of equal of more than 2,500 people. standing; and to build a library In his inaugural address, worthy of a great institution in Sullivan announced an end to the technological age. the debate over emphasis on While most of the other undergraduate versus graduate speakers focused on the rich programs. He called on the tradition of the college--raising assembled students, faculty and the familiar alumni Iistofheroes, alumni to . mbrace thefact that Tyler, Jefferson, Marshall and we have become a university, Wythe--Sullivan focused on the but a special ki nd of university. fu ture and the potential role for William and M.ar:.v'~ 2Stb. Pre.... ident,. Timoth.v J. Sullivan~ addres~s Lowrencer Anson " ","'e ll1U5(" lllust el" the n 'iJJidIIJ CJlld hfnry to produ<x courage to say no," he said. ' No the leaders o f tomo rrow. the audience at the loaugurial reception in Wren Courtyard. Sullivan to new programs and no to was elevated to the presidency last year from his position as Dean of significant enrollment increases See CORONATION, page 24 the law school. that would destroy our special M -W 1 and 2Ls votes to change registration procedure By TIMOTHY GOPLERUD he was pleased with the result of the changing registration procedures involves in-house a new registration software Marshall-Wythe U.s and 2Ls voted referendum and that it has resulted in a making changes in the Registrar's office package. Implementation of the to change the procedure by which they step in the right direction toward a fairer computer software. Suggestions for proposed package may not occur until register for their next semester classes in and more student-friendly registration further improvements in the system are five years from now, as it would have to the SBA-sponsored referendum held Oct. procedure. He expressed special welcomed by the Registrar's office, but be custom-made by the systems analysts 8. Both classes voted overwhelmingly in appreciation for Registrar Lizbeth any more extensive changes will probably of the William and Mary Computer favor of the Random Numbers with Jackson's assistance and cooperation, require more redesign of the office's Services Department according to the Sliding Scale system. Because of the especially with regard to contacting the software than is possible presently. closeness in the 3L voting between the university's computer center. Both Ms. Jackson said that a task-force will See RANDOM, page 24 No Change and Random Numbers with Jackson and Cartee mentioned that be created next year to look into designing Sliding Scale options, the procedure for 3Ls will not be changed. The voting results across all classes Residents get rebates for inconvenience were 30 for Random Numbers, 138 fo r By SARAH NEWMAN based on the total charge of $42.50 per granted students a rebate of $152.1 2, Random Numbers with Sliding Scale, Graduate students living in the grad semester. For those students who have approximately half of the first month's and 28 for No Change out of a total of housing complex next to the law school long distance authorization codes, the rent. This rebate will be applied directly 1% votes cast. The decision whether to are being co mpensate d for rebates are being applied to the to each student's account. If a resident change from the present system wasmade "inconveniences" experienced duri ng September long distance bill . If a student would rather have the check than the on a c1ass-by-class basis because of the their first few weeks of residence. does not have such a code, their rebate credit, they mayobtain their rebate at the different concerns and different degrees Recently both the Telecommunications wi ll be processed through the College Bursar's Office. of experience of each class with the old Office and the Office of Residence Life Bursar's Office. The decision to grant a rebate was system. Of a total of 49 l Ls voting, 6 have issued complex resident rebates. To arrive at a rebate amount for the made by Deb Boykin, Acting Director of voted for Random Numbers Only, 40 The problems experienced by the other inconveniences faced by complex Residence Life, and was approved by voted for Random Numbers with Sliding residents included everything from messy residents, the Office of Residence Life Scale, and 3 voted for No Change; of a apartments and disassembled fu rniture fi rst deducted the rebate granted by the See $$$, page 24 total of 98 2Ls voting, 17 voted for to broken fi"\1:ures and lack of laundry Telecommunications Office, and then Random Numbers Only, 76 voted for facilities. O ne of the main complaints of Random Numbers with Sliding Scale, the student residents had been the lack - --Inside this issue and 5 voted for No Change: and of a total of complete phone services, a problem o Honor Code procedures o Crossfire debates presidential of -N 3Ls voting, 7 voted for Random which for some lasted 19 day"S into the fall explained, neat flowchart. Page 3. candidates. Page 10. semester. Numbers Only, 22 voted for Random o Midwestern correspondent o Trading Cards: Inseparable Numbers with Sliding Scale, and 20 voted The Telecommunications Office gave returns triumphant Page 13. couples of M -W. Page 13. for No Change. students a rebate of 35 cents a day, SBA president Joe Cartee said that amounting to $6.65. This rebate was i-2 --=:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;;;;::;:::::;;~:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;:::::;;~=============================~======= Monday, October 26, 1992 THE AMIrus ~ Out of Our Heads .From the Editor's Desk... :. Law school is one of the most all<onsuming activities I "'I hope that it was made on him after he makes the fatal in the halls. anytime you ha~e a have ever been a&<;OCiated with. Every student at M -W knows clear ... that the Honor Code is a move? Should I confront him question." The.questions, and how easy it is to become absorbed in classes, job search and vital part of our the law school,' now and take the risk that he the implications, are too serious journals. The key to sanity is to find a release which has Broaddus said. 'If the students will just be more stealthy in his for such informality. nothing to do with the law or one's job prospects. don't support it, it's not going to approach? Chief Justice Broaddus The only requirement, for most, is that the release not work. We all have a duty to The Code was no help. The seems to think that the absence involve any extensive time commitment. uphold it.'" This quote of Chief Chief Justice of the Honor of any Honor Code convictions ABLE stands for Action for Better Living. Founded by 2Ls Justice Susanna Broaddus is Council just told me to go read in the last two yeats means that Phillisa Scott, Jessica Bernanke and Nika Nystrom, ABLE taken from the Honor Code the code again. All of this took no one is confused about Honor recruits volunteers to go to area homeless shelters and provide story on page three of this issue. place during first-year, Fall Code procedure. To the activities for the resident children. Unlike so many volunteer No one seems to have any semester exams. I had more contrary, that fact suggests M­ opportunities, working with ABLE involves no training or problem with the Honor Code important things to worry about. W students ignore all but the . special skills--other than the ability to have fun with a 1O-year­ being a vital part of the law The text of the Honor Code most blatant Code violations old. There isno minimum time<ommitment. All are welcome school. The problem is cannot imagine all possible because they don't know the at any time of year, regardless of previous involvement. confusion--too many students violations. fleXIbility within the extent of their obligations. The We all need a break once in a while. Taking a child to a don't understand Honor Code code must allow for advice to absence of any convictions only museum or the park may be just what the doctor ordered. procedure. I hope the story on the accuser as well as the stands for the point that no M­ A tremendous need exists for this kind of help. The four the opposite page can clear up accused. A ~m should be W student has been stupid shelters in Newport News each have about 50 people. For the some of the confusion, but I implemented which provides enough to pull out an outline in families, life in the shelter is big improvement over the street, don't think it will.