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Apparently there is a myth out in the world that people at Harvard Law School are eternally happy. This myth must have been started by the hordes of law students who do not make the cut each year, and stand on the outside yearning to be in our position. After all, life must be perfect for those of us who are so privileged as to attend such a prestigious and honorable institution.
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For many people, the 1L experience tends to follow a rather predictable pattern. Students enter school prepared to become absorbed in the academic and social environment that permeates life at one of the elite institutes of higher learning. Most students experience a wide range of opposing emotions.
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I must admit, Dean Kagan gives a good State of the School address. She spoke about all her wonderful accomplishments and all the changes made to help make this school not just livable but actually a pleasant place to be. As one friend of mine described it, "it was just a great big group hug.
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Night had fallen, bringing with it a chill wind that cut at my face. From where I stood waiting for the bus, I could see her begin her walk again. She walked with an air of indifference, although I knew the cold must be reaching her through her thin blue coat.
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A wise man once said that the greatest gift the human race was ever given was death. He explained this concept by describing how the existence of death is what gives life meaning. The "umbrella rule" that he generated from this concept is that one should only live for things that he deems worthy of giving up his life for.
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Imagine for a minute the following scenario: Upon graduating from Harvard Law School, a group of students decide that NY BIGLAW is not for them, and instead they decide to start their own firm. They move down to Georgia, rent some office space, and start doing business.
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In honor of Passover, the mother of all Kosher wine drinking holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to disavow everyone of the notion that Kosher wine begins and ends with Manishevitz. If you are one of those sorry individuals who downs four cups of putrid red concord alcoholic syrup, please accept my heartfelt sympathies (and a package of Tums).
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A town hall meeting called to discuss allegations of racism and sexism in the annual law school Parody show drew a standing room only crowd to Langdell South Monday evening. The meeting was part of the school's response to complaints from a number of students who where upset about the manner in which they were depicted in the Parody.
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After several weeks of trying to hunt up enough articles on little-attended panel discussions to fill up 8 pages of teeny tiny font, The Record's relatively new editor-in-chief, Anna Brook, has gone off the deep end. "From now on I will keep a daily log of my activities and profound thoughts and publish it in The Record every Thursday," she declared at a three-quarters empty staff meeting in the Hark Pub.
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Winner: By hiding his copy of Hustler behind the FRCP, Kermit hoped to impress the feminist down the hall with his studious ways. --David Katz Runner up: In an attempt to purge his dorm room of unneeded first semester artifacts during his annual spring cleaning, Kermit accidentally unleashed the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure monster, which cornered him near his window before engulfing him.
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This past Monday evening a diverse group of over 100 students at HLS were provoked, entertained, and challenged to take a hard look at who they are by a film entitled Not in My Name. The film, which has been dubbed a "cry from the middle," explores the way in which the Jewish left in North America views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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About a month ago, "Overhead in the Hark" quoted a conversation (possibly staged in order to have enough content to publish actual amusing conversations) between two students chatting about how Professor Clark could adapt Melissa Etheridge's Oscar winning song for an in-class performance illustrating shareholder proxy fights.