College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1994 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 4, Issue 7) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 4, Issue 7)" (1994). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 360. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/360 Copyright c 1994 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers Final 2 Dean candidates chosen, page 3 MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW America s First Law School VOLUME N, ISSUE SEVEN MONDAY, JANUARY 24,1994 TWENTY PAGES Wilder slams law schools with financial double-whammy By MICHAEL HOMANS ition increasing 18 percent next year, ~'I'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' The M -W budget would be cut 10 followed by another 18 percent increase Call Your Representative percent and students would pay 10 to 18 the year after. In-state students would see percent tuition hikes for two years in a back-to-back tuition hikes of 10 percent Williamsburg, James City County & York: row, under former Gov. L. Douglas each year. Wilder's proposed budget for 1994-1996, Wilder's proposed budget also calls Senator Thomas Norment 253-0880 now under consideration by the General for eliminating funding for more than a York: Assembly. dozen Virginia college research institu­ Delegate Shirley Cooper 898-0969 Acting Dean Paul Marcus termed the tions, including Marshall-Wythe's Insti­ Williamsburg & James City County: proposal "very big trouble" for M-W if tute of Bill of Rights Law. The I~titute the budget is approved by the General receives about $129,000 per year from Delegate George Grayson 253-0553 ~ Assembly this session. the state, mostly for faculty, administra­ "I don't believe there's a unit on cam­ tive assistance and programs, Marcus Cutting $600.000 could cause severe dam­ knowledge of budget cuts, leading to a pus that would be hit as hard as we said. "We would be very hard put to age. qualitatively inferior student body with would," Marcus said at a faculty meeting duplicate those dollars from within." Among the possible troubles Marcus lower LSAT scores and undergraduate Jan. 20. Marcus said he school's $6 million predicted were: Out-of-state students would pay the budget is already tight and most costs are Fewer student applicants to the school See WHAM; page 17 most under Wilder's proposal, with tu- "fixed" on specific programs and costs. due to the tuition increase and public M-W student charged with indecent exposure, withdraws By PAULA HANNAFORD , oluntarily or was asked to with­ pected to answer on Friday for edly exposed himself to her by had engaged in this behavior on For the second time in his draw, referring to the confiden­ failing to comply with the terms opening the blue towel he was Oct. 29. law school career, Leonard Spady tiality of academic records. ofa suspended sentence imposed wearing around his waist for a W &M Campus Police re­ (3L) faces misdemeanor charges. Spady's trial is scheduled for for a previous conviction in F eb­ period of three to six seconds. ceived the complaints at approxi­ Spady was arrested at the Recre­ Friday, Jan. 28, at 9:30 a.m. in mary 1992. That conviction in­ When the witness acted as if she mately6p.m and arrested Spady ation Center and charged with the General District Court of volved making obscene tele­ had not seen him, Spady alleg­ at the Rec Center. There was no indecent e~sure after W &M Williamsburg. Judge Joseph R phone calls to another M-W stu­ edly exposed himself to her indication in the police report Campus Police received com­ Zepkin is expected to preside at dl30 t. again that Spady was under the influ­ plaints from two members of the the trial. Indecent exposure is .-= . According to the police re­ Approximately an hour later, ence of alcohol or drugs at the Women's Swim Team on Nov. classified as a Class I misde­ port filed by Officers Randall Spady allegedly repeated the time of his arrest All three 11, 1993. meanor under Virginia law and Sexton and Charles Schober, a action to a second witness. This witnesses have been subpoenaed Associate Dean Connie Gal­ is punishable by up to 12 months witness encountered Spady at witness reported that she had to testify at Spady's trial. loway confirmed that Spady is in prison, a fine of up to $1 ,000, approximately 4 :30 p.m. on Nov. seen Spady expose himself in Spady's sentence for the pre- not currently enrolled at the law or both. 11 in the Rec Center hallway the same manner at the Rec Cen­ school. She declined to com­ In addition to the indecent which connects the pool, sauna ter on Oct. 29, 1993. A third See REVEALED, page 20 ment on whether he withdrew exposure charge, Spady is ex- and locker rooIDS. Spady alleg- witness also recalled that Spady Trial tests Honor Code By LEEANNE MORRIS Short commented on his re­ The adjudication ofan Honor action to Dean Marcus' deci­ Code violation by former SBA sion. "I was surprised that he President Kyle Short (3L) pro­ overturned the decision of the vided the first public test of the Judicial Council, and of course 1 M-W Honor System last semes­ was disappointed. But I recog­ ter. After the Judicial Council nize and understand the severity found Snort guilty of lying and of the situation, and at this point recommended a public repri­ I just want to do whatever is mand, Acting Dean Paul Marcus necessary to get back into school imposed a harsher sanction and and finish up," Short said. suspended Short for the remain­ "More than anything I'm der of the academic year. Marcus' entire opinion ap­ See SHORT, page 20 pears on page 20. - Inside this issue -------­ Crossfire debates Short's Felton named Va Deputy suspension. Page 9. Attorney General. Page 4. Scott Greco (3L), second from left, found instant popularity after • Mr. Smart Guy replaces • Patsy Cline secret to winning a trip to the Bahamas from PSF. See page 15. Miss Demeanor. Page 9. success in law. Page 11. 2 ==================================================================== Monday, January 24,1994 THE AMIcus CtnuAE Out Of Our Heads Kyle Short's suspension and Len Spady's upcoming trial cast a black cloud of doubt over this year's student body. How do these individuals reflect on the rest of us? Do others see their misdeeds as representative of all of us? In addition to what others may see, these unfortunate inci­ dents cause us to doubt ourselves, and thus make us more vulnerable to exercising poor judgment. Apparently, this has already happened. Someone in our midst has stolen M-W' s most sacred and venerated obj ecl d 'arlo I regret to report to you that someone has DESECRATED THE ELVIS SHRINE! In the aftermath of Kyle's Honor Code adjudication, one thing we all should have learned is that the Code (or at least the· Dean) is unforgiving. In this case, whoever is responsible for this heinous crime deserves to be punished to the fullest extent. This is not the first time the Shrine has been violated. Elizabeth Deininger ('89) wrote to us last semester explaining the origins of the Elvis lamp. It seems the original Elvis lamp was removed by "THE ADMINISTRATION" during the sum­ mer of 1988. Students returned in the fall only to be shocked and From The Editors' Desk • • • dismayed upon the discovery that Elvis was gone. Fortunately, Apparently when the great halfofthoseeligible(alllLsand mediocre private institution. Deininger was able to locate an identica1lamp and return Elvis freeze of 1994 arrived, the M -W 2Ls) participated in the contest, Nor should graduating law to M-W amid much fanfare. He even won a spot in the lobby student body decided to spend and even the winning firm aver­ students take their exiting status trophy case for a while. the rest of the winter in hiberna­ aged less than 3.5 hours of pro as an excuse for sitting back on Fortunately, the lamp is still there as is the Elvis clock. tion. That's the only explana­ bono work per associate. (Con­ their laurels, either. Just re­ However, the rest of the shrine that had grown up around the tion that seems to account for the gratulations to Moliterno, Gilges member, those of you who are lamp, including the Velvis and other paintings, have been degree of recent student apathy. & Dukes for putting the rest of already employed can expect to stolen. In their place is a blasphemous sign made of cut-out For example, the public re­ the school to serious shame). begin receiving desperate pleas letters that reads, "Elvis Is Dead." sponse to the news ofKyle Short's Well, catastrophic events for financial contributions from Perhaps the vandals who committed this crime are not aware Honor Code conviction and sus­ loom on the horizon and it's the administration concurrent that they not only removed a very valuable piece of art thus pension from school was time that the student body wake with your first paycheck. And violating the Honor Code, but they have infringed on the underwhelming, to say the least. up and get busy. Ifnot amended, for the poor unfortunates who religious rights of those who worship. in the Church of Elvis. And not one name was brought the proposed higher education are still doing the resume-thing, What have we become? Has our collective conscience forward for nomination for the budget left by fonner Governor bow marketable do you expect to become so deflated, so demoralized that we will stoop to such an SBA VP slot.