digitalcommons.nyls.edu NYLS Publications Student Newspapers 10-2002 De Novo, vol 1, no, 2, October 2002 New York Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation New York Law School, "De Novo, vol 1, no, 2, October 2002" (2002). Student Newspapers. 56. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers/56 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the NYLS Publications at DigitalCommons@NYLS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@NYLS. VOL. I-NO. 2 OCTOBER 2002 11DOWNLOAD11 HAS TRY NOT BECOME A DIRTY WORD? BY MANDIE FORMAN The incident involving Professor usage policies TO TALK! Samuels brought a very important c) Internet security, privacy, and issue to light. Is there such a thing as usage policies too much in terms of technological The Commitee will review freedom? The accessibility of what's policies of major universities as the available to us everyday via the basis for developing our own Internet has become practically a community standards. The given. Most students at New York Committee will then present a draft Law School have either a private to Dean Matasar early in the spring computer at home or have ready semester. The faculty approval access to one. Everymember of the processwi ll follow. NYLS Community has access to a One of the goals is to put in computer on the school premises. As place a clear understanding of the technology stands now, where the boundaries lie in terms of students, faculty and staff can look school web server usage. As up whatever they wish on school mentioned before, the school has a owned computers. The problem greater capacity for storage now arises when students store then in the past. Policies concerning information and download material appropriate, and inappropriate from the web to those computers. As school computer use have not been the school increases the amount of written down anywhere. There is a information that is able to be stored, sense that incidents like what in efforts to upgrade the system,the happened with ProfessorSam uels, implications for misuse of this and the various viruses that have privilege increase as well. In fact, the appeared on the system in the last schoo\ has iust recently introduced a tew years have created the need tor brand new wireless network in the some sort of formal structure. \\bm{'-f, -wnicn a\\o-ws s'ludenh 'lo \ne cfea1ion o' 1\'\is Comm\'l'lee is \n achieve Internet access without no way meant to threaten the plugging into the system Ms. Alta freedom of student's access to Top 5 Utterly Worthless Class Comments Levat, Dean of Public Affairs, and computer technology at school. Look on the bright side - nobody will ever ask you to speak again ... ever Dean Richard Matasar offer some There are legitimate reasons why insight as to how this issue may be people use the web at school such 5. "At least I was confident" dealt with in the future. as: research, typing documents, e• - Comment made after professor told student his answer was wrong. The Dean has recently asked mail, etc. The school does not have Ms. Alta Levat, to create the an interest in censoring or policing 4. "Who do you bill for the time you take to write the bill" Network and Internet Usage Policies the use of the web, because to do Committee which will review so would interfere with a legitimate - In context of class discussion on billing hours. technology usage and policy as it enterprise. The school recognizes concerns the school. TheCommittee that there is a First Amendment right 3. "Just a few drinkson the weekend" has been charged with drafting to free speech implicated here. NY policy guidelines in the following LS is not a state institution, thus by - Called out in context of lies we tell doctors. three areas: virtue of being so does not have to a) Network security, privacy, and adhere to certain public standards 2. "What about if you're on a plane, spending more time because of usage policies of content. All that the Committee time zones" b) E-mail security, privacy, and Continue on Page 1 O - Same student as in #4 (and same class), wondering if you can bill a client for extra hours gained by virtue of crossing time zones or Int'/ Date Line. VOTE: 1. "I DID NOTREA D!" IT DOESN'T EVEN HURTsraw1GHTDAY - Mr. Johnson shouting in class when called on. Election Day is almost upon us, and giving the less-voiced a voice. have limited debate on the bill, the many may be tempted to take a There is no question that a four broke ranks. Senators Susan passbecause it is a midterm election more moderate stance to any Collins and Olympia Snowe of and a non-presidential year. To do extreme can be taken. Forex ample, Maine, Gordon Smith of Oregon and INSIDE that would be egregious, not only President Bush signed the Mychal Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island because the right to vote is so Judge Act into law on June 24th. joined 49 Democrats and an precious, but also because the Named after the gay New York City Independent who voted for the EDITORIALS 2 balance of power in both houses of 'closure motion', which also would Fire Department chaplain who died LETTERS TO THE EDITORS 3 Congress is narrow and so many in the September 11 terroristattacks, have kept opponents from races are dead even. the law provides federal payments attaching unrelated amendments to IN-DEPTH It would also be to the beneficiaries of public safety the bill, hampering its passage. All POINTLESS POLL unacceptable because we are officers killed in the line of duty with four Republicans are co-sponsorsof living in a new era, going down an no survivmq legally recognized the hate crime measure, the Local ADVICE AND ANGST unchartered path where the Law Enforcement Enhancement spouse, child or parent. The law MUSIC AND SOOK REVIEW executive branch of our specifically covers same-sex Act. government is taking us where we domestic partners and treats all So, it's not impossibleto have GAMES have never gone before. It is our differences and still meet on American heroes equally. SILICON AND CELLULOID 1 important now more than ever: that Additionally this summer, four middle ground. Just two weeks ago, we elect or re-elect fair-minded Senate Republicans resisted intense I had the pleasure of having lunch AN AFFAIR (PART 2) 11 people. We can have neither the left with my fellow two editors and pressure from their party leadership INTERVIEW WITH ALUMNUS 12 nor the right pulling us to an extreme. and voted to move ahead on the although we strongly disagreed on We need more centrists and hate crimes bill. As the GOP leaders the President'spolic ies, we were still SLICE OF LFE PICTURES 15 moderates to tone down the pushed for a vote against a able to agree on certain points. rhetoric coming out of Washington technical procedure that would Before we were kicked out of the as well as to create a balance, while restaurant,co ntinued on p.10 Page 2 De Novo EDITORIAL October WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NOISE DE Novo By Lisa Petito COPYRIGHT 1 2002 DE Novo T h e another place. when I was playing kickball and sounds of Every week I walk down chasing the boys at recess. Then I Editors-In-Chief the city Greenwich Street to get lunch at a start to think ... everyone needs Lisa Petito always local eatery. As I do, I pass by recess. Especiallywe law students, Dwight Day seem to Independence School on Chambers we need recess. We need a David Steingard be sounds Street. Every week it's the same playground, a place where for a 0 f sound and I get the same warm half an hour out of the day, we copy Editor agitation feeling inside.... It's RECESS! have nothing else to do except run Dena operrnan a n d The sounds coming from those around and "play." We would not children are like a perfectly have to think about school, work or Staff Writers the one hundred other things on David Freylikhman orchestrated symphony. Everybeat, Mandie Forman every note is in sync, although they our minds for at least 30 minutes out of the day. Mr. P annoyance. Hornshonking, people have never rehearsed it, never Frank Raphael Fora half an hour out of the yelling... everyone is in a rush. These practiced it and in fact they don't Int. staff Writer of Mystery sounds can almost instantaneously even know they are doing it. It's the day we could be kids again. Martin Morris bring on stress. But there is one sound of life, peace and of pure Maybe the idea is far fetched, but ornotolu o. ldowu sound of the city that brings a smile happiness. take a walk down to Greenwich Tammy Fastman to my face, and fills me with Hearing the yells, screams, and Chambers at 12:00any day of inspirationand hope. The sound is so laughs and the innocence of kids the week and tell me that you Photographs By invigorating that it transcends me to playing brings me back to the time don't get nostalgic for recess Tammy Fastman period. Lisa Petito Printed By BOTTOM FEEDER\ MY ASS vanguard Printing and it turned out that the associate that night, I went back to finishthe Design and Layout How proud I felt as I read last was a recent NYLS graduate.