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Unfortunately, this is not a joke; my car really was the proud recipient of hate mail. I found this note stuck to the windshield of my car in June of last summer. My car was parked in the lot next to the Jungle, a theater in the uptown area of Minneapolis.
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Is the Palestinian Authority a Nazi regime? After all, its ruling party calls for a "struggle against the Jews." Its President is a Holocaust denier, and early Palestinian leaders collaborated with Hitler. Public television calls for the murder of Jews, and public funds are devoted to the task.
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Not since Rent have I seen so many people my age at a Broadway musical. And not since Rent have I heard audience members hoot and cheer after their favorite songs. I was surprisingly refreshed not only by the makeup of the audience when I saw Spring Awakening this past week, but also by the musical itself.
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The Hollywood entertainment industry has always been an enigmatic world for the law student. Bored with the utilitarian halls of law firms, they aspire to conquer the exciting and mythical entertainment capital of the world. Unfortunately, most aspiring lawyers only understand Hollywood on a superficial level.
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On Monday, April 2, a bearded deity dressed in an elaborate toga-like garment swept down to earth on a white cloud and in a blaze of lightning-flash glory proclaimed Dean Kagan the Supreme Justice of the Universe from the steps of the Langdell Library. The deity, quickly identified as Zeus, gave an inaugural speech indicating his displeasure with the mortals' lack of appreciation for Dean Kagan.
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Harvard Law's human rights community was hit hard on Monday by an anti-President Bush protest that went wrong, leaving nine with third-degree burns, six others in serious condition at Mass General Hospital, and scorch marks scarring Jarvis Field. After protesting against a federal judge with black hoods and chanting, burying the Constitution in the flower beds, and hanging anti-war bed sheets from the library, leftist students concerned about American human rights abuses decided to one-up themselves via a mass self-immolation at the law school.
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After weeks of controversy following mainstream media coverage on sexually harassing content, sharply-worded condemnations from law school deans, and the convening of a panel discussion at Harvard Law School, the infamous Autoadmit message board ceased to hide its posters' anonymity Monday.
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Few may have noticed the warning signs for the presence of asbestos on the doors of the building that used to house the Ukrainian Research Institute across the street from Pound Hall. But now, some have noticed symptoms of asbestos contamination. At first, it was shortness of breath, but there are fears that full-fledged mesothelioma has struck members of the law school community.
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It turns out members of the Harvard Law Review are more than up-and-coming legal scholars. They are also pretty darned good at human genetic engineering. With the recent publicity for Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Law Review, and the election of Andrew Crespo, the first Latin-American president of the Law Review, the inhabitants of Gannett House have decided to take another giant leap towards diversity.
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On Friday, March 30, associates at the top 20 law firms rebelled and left work at exactly 5:00 pm in their respective time zones, a whole five hours before their regular time. Angry letters addressed to management indicated that the recent salary increases to $160,000 per annum for first year associates and even more for veteran lawyers were simply not enough.
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A group of eight Harvard Law School 1Ls were arrested outside Gannett House this morning after staging a mass Bluebook burning. The eight remain in jail tonight, and there is no word yet on when they might be released. Sources close to the students say the impromptu protest began the night before 1L Ames briefs were due.
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Right before spring break the Dean called Kermit into her office and told Kermit that as Assistant Dean he had to make HLS the most happening school in the nation. So over Spring Break Kermit put on his driving scarf and set out on a cross-country odyssey to find out how to put HLS on top of the Playboy list.