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. 2, Issue 12) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 2, Issue 12)" (1992). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 77. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/77 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 SBA presidential candidates interviewed, page 6 AMmUCNSARSTLAWSCHOOL A Publication of The Advocate VOLUME II, ISSUE TWELVE FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992 lWENTY FOUR PAGES Commuters foiled again By BOB DICKINSON that a car exiting the Head Start The parking shortage at Mar­ parking lot was hit by another car shall-Wythe is about to get shorter. driven by a graduate student last Students may have noticed that month. The driver exiting the Head the curb along Henry Street di­ Start lot was cited by city police for rectly in front of the law school failure to yield the right of way. was painted white over spring In a recent interview, Tuttle was break. not sympathetic to the parking woes Parking along this area is in­ of law students. He attributes the deed scheduled for restriction, current parking difficulties t the according to Williamsburg City College, citing William and Mary's Manager, Jack Tuttle. Parking immunity from City regulations on 'Will be prohibited from 9 aID. to 5 occupancy and parking. In fact, p.m., Monday through Friday, as Tuttle blames complaints that his soon as the signs are received by office receives from courthouse the City. Tuttle indicated that the workers regarding their own park­ change is in response to two recent ing problems on the college com­ Can these parking spaces be saved? No, according toWilliamsburg City Manager Jack accidents on South Henry Street, munity, noting that these problems Tuttle who cites safety concerns as the justification for changing parking regulations on and to safety concerns expressed were not present over spring break. South Henry St in front of the law school. Once signs arrive, the area will be posted "NO by the director of the Head Start PARKING from 9AM - SPM daily." Program housed on South Henry See FOILED, page 24 Street. Readers may remember Irish conteITlplates budget increase for students over 30 By JARRELL WRIGHT one law students aged 25-29 who retmned erallaw prohibits consideration of such dents. At Monday's meeting Irish ex­ A t a GAPS meeting last Monday after­ the survey, the monthly average was expenditures. Costs for child care are plained that, according to federal regula­ noon, Financial Aid Director Ed Irish $1033, while for the flfteen responding allowed on an individual basis. tions, such expenses can only be included announced that, beginning next semester, law students aged 30 years or older, av­ Vanessa Elliott (3L) also made a re­ in a student's budget if the student is his office will increase the monthly living erage monthly expenses were $1092. quest last semester that Irish include the allowance for graduate students over the The survey results do not include car cost of purchasing a personal computer in See OLD MONEY, page 24 age of thirty. Currently set at $989 for all payments made by students because fed- the monthly allowance for graduate stu- graduate students, the monthly allowance reflects the cost of living in \Villiamsburg and is used to calculate eligibility for SBA ends school year with budget surplus loans and other forms of financial aid. by KEVIN KRONER $500, the William & Mary Journal of Brooks proposed setting aside funds for According to Irish, no decision has been Treasurer Stephanie Cangin reported Environmental Law $400, the Public Saturday's Libel Night program and the made about the possible .size of the in­ that SBA has fully recovered from the Service Fund (PSF) $300, and Black Law SBA coffee bar. $300 was earmarked to crease. $6,000 deftcit left over from the 1990-91 Students Association (BLSA) $150. cover all of the expenses for libel Night. Irish' s decision was prompted by con­ administration at last Wednesday's SBA Robert Bryant (3L) from Moot Court and As a result, the event will be free this year. cerns that the current monthly allowance meeting. With ~BA elections scheduled Elizabeth Dopp (3L) from the Public Brooks said the proposal was intended to is unrealistic. According to GAPS presi­ for the next two weeks, the meeting was Service Fund were present and expressed make up for the strain on M-W social dent Richard Brooks, most graduate stu­ the final gathering for the 1991-92 Student gratitude on behalf of their organizations, activities caused by last year' s debt. dents bring "adult debts" with them when Bar Association members. which are independent, for the SBA sup­ they retwn to school. The average age of Cangin said the SBA account has a port See FOUND MONEY, page 24 M arshall-Wythe students is 26, and al­ current balance of $3,200. In addition, In addition to these disbursements, mos t all live off campus. As a result, roughly $900 will be deposited in the Brooks and other GAPS members feel the coming weeks from refunds on Barrister' s $989 currently projected for monthly ex­ Ball and reimbursements from Board of penses does not accurately reflect the needs Student Affairs (BSA). Cangin said the of graduate students. BSA reimbursements would be issued as Seventy-six law students completed soon as she gives BSA receipts for ftnancial aid surveys distributed by Irish's Barrister' s Ball expenses. office last November. As reported in a In light of the $4,(0) surplus, President previous issue of the Amicus, most law Richard Brooks made a series of motions students did not receive the surveys until designed to distribute approximately half the Ia<;t week of fall semester classes, well of the funds to various organizations at the after the submission date printed on the law school. First, Brooks proposed to forms. Although Irish's office did grant issue checks to several law school orga­ an extension for returning the surveys, it nizations who have traditionally been appears that as finals approached, many funded by SBA, but who received less students did not complete them. money this year due to the fall semester Thirty law students under the age of 24 fiscal crisis. completed the survey, with their expenses All of the proposed allocations were averaging $836 monthly. For the tbirty- passed unanimously. Moot Court received 2====================================================== Friday, March 20, 1992 1HE AMIcus CUluAE Out of our heads From the Editors ... One of life's more frustrating experiences is being a captive of The SBA elections are slated about the quality of life at Mar­ law school's visibility with the the rules and regulations of an institution where one hand has no for the last two Mondays in shall-Wythe to want to get in­ administration on the main cam­ clue as to what the other hand is doing. As the parlcing situation March, and this year there will be volved. After last year's apa­ pus. There are too many students at the law school continues to deteriorate, it becomes increasingly a real contest. After last year's thetic showing, all of the candi­ who've gotten involved on clear that this is the situation at William and Mary. elections, when almost every dates deserve credit for at least committees this year to mention Lmt August, Associate Dean Connie Galloway told the Amicus candidate for office ran unop­ tossing their hats into the ring. them all by name, but the renewed that the College would be making a formal request to the City of posed, it's refreshing to see the Credit must also go to this interest in student government at Williamsburg for crosswalks, both in front of the law school and renewed interest in student gov­ year's SBA members, who not M-W is just one result of their near the conveniently located law student parlcing lot. I have no emment only managed to end the year efforts. doubt that Galloway did ask the College to make such a request, Part of the credit for this in­ with a budget surplus after in­ To all of the candidates in the and I've waited all year for the City's response. The reason for the terest must go to the first and heriting a crushing $6000.00 .upcoming dections we say good City's inaction took even a cynic like me by surprise. second-year classes, whose deficit from their predecessors, luck-you've got a tough act to William Merck, the Vice President for Administration and members are concerned enough but who have also increased the follow. Finance-who's responsibilities seem to shift as rapidly as sand in an hour glass -decided that Galloway's request was without Letters merit after the College installed the popular mulch pathway over to the driveway of the damned. Obviously Merck has never taken To the Editor: times terrible means of social To the Editor: a stroll in damp weather, while dressed for an interview, along this Your decision to publish the control. Yet not to have this kind This is an open letter to travesty of a thoroughfare. I'm beginning to wonder if he even names of students accused of of control would spell disorder Leonard Spady. The March 2 knows where the law school is. crime demonstrated excellent and ruin for society. It would issue of the AmiCU5 reported what It's one thing for administrators who work in this building judgment and courage.