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I lounged in bed Sunday morning, sipping hot chocolate amidst the sunshine that flowed through my second-floor window in Ames. Then, an otherwise blissful Sunday was destroyed by a stunning announcement: Ralph Nader, HLS '58, was running for President. My phone immediately began to ring-best friends, family members, long lost relatives-everyone was enraged.
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In her run to the White House, Hillary Clinton's stride at first appeared flawless. She was a finely tuned machine, constructed methodically and built for inevitable success. But as her journey continued, she, like a white woman in a scary movie, has tripped and fallen and her death - her political death - awaits.
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We were proud to support Hillary over a year ago when she announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination. Much has happened since then, but our support is as stalwart as ever. We supported Hillary not just because we thought she would be the winner, but also because we thought her winning would be the best thing for this country.
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While a snowstorm fell on Boston, last Friday, the Harvard Law School Women's Law Association held its Second Annual HLS Alumnae Conference. The February 22 event, sponsored by the law firm Kirkland and Ellis, honored female trailblazers in the law while inspiring current HLS students to continue fighting against current, more covert, discrimination of women in the legal field.
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The Harvard Black Law Students Association celebrated a quarter-century of discussion, inspiration, and networking last weekend at their 25th annual conference, "The Black Community in the New Millennium: Assessing our Progress and Crafting our Future." Keynote speakers included Dr.
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The Ames Courtroom held an overflowing crowd Monday as the Federal Communications Commission held a day-long hearing on network broadband management practices, hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The hearing focused on a complaint against cable giant Comcast alleging that it purposely slowed traffic of the file-sharing service BitTorrent because of heavy use, causing consumer groups to cry foul about discrimination against certain content-providers that undermines the free nature of the internet.
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The Record hasn't published an album review in a very long time, so what better way to begin again than with an album released by an independent musician on the artist's own record label and referred to the Record by a member of the Harvard Law community. With the advent of iTunes and music on Amazon.
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For years, subciters have been bemoaning the lack of an on-line version of the Bluebook, preferably one into which they could enter a citation and have it pop out perfectly formatted. Now it looks like at least the first part of that has arrived - you still have to format the citations yourself, but the entire book is now on-line (albeit for a fee).
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Kermit decided it was time to buckle down and start his 3L paper. So after an intense day of watching Zoolander and pondering life he sat down and in about 5 minutes wrote a wonderful article called Of Montreal and Kyoto: A Tale of Two Protocols. He had thought he would have had to devote a lot of time to writing it, considering how much everybody complained about the requirement, but luckily he was wrong.
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Tired of being lost when the writer's strike comes up in conversation? Still not sure what a "residual" is? Curious about what's going to happen to your favorite show? This guide to the writer's strike should help out. What were the major issues at strike in the writer's strike? The strike was principally about compensation for DVD sales and so-called "new media," which includes both Internet downloads, such as on iTunes, and streaming video, as can be found on network websites.
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On the inside of one of the stall doors in the Hark's gleaming marble men's room, someone has posted a short Bible verse, entitled "the Great White Throne". The throne in question is, presumably, where God sits in heaven, although, given its placement, one could be forgiven for having other ideas.
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Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees: George Clooney - Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises Johnny Depp deserved the Golden Globe he recently won for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd and, while I would like to say that he seems unlikely to face much competition this Sunday, many would point to Daniel Day-Lewis as the likely winner.