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Having spent the last year in a city void of rain, where you have to go through the Russian Mafia to get extra ice in your drink, I thought, what better way to get into the swing of New England than to attend an NHL game, sitting indoors, bundled up, staring at ice? So I decided to see my newly-resold beloved Penguins when they come to town in January to play the Bruins.
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On Monday, October 16, 2006, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited the Harvard Law School as a guest speaker through the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., executive director of the Institute, introduced Secretary Chertoff to an Ames Courtroom full of students but notably lacking in visible security personnel.
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As Kermit pulled into LA for his interviews he realized that he'd need a hook to land a great summer associate gig. So he convinced his LA friend to take a 7 minute video that he would show the firms. Kermit knew he'd be able to impress them with his ability to bench press 15 law books while typing at 300 words per minute.
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be printed in... OVERHEARD IN THE HARK In Corporations class (not too far from the Hark): Student #1 has an outline from a previous year up on his computer. Student #1 answers Professor's question and nails it.
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ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE is scrawled in blood red lettering on the side of the Bank of America kiosk at the corner of Mass. Ave and Wendell Street. Fenno takes out $100 in crisp twenties and, exiting, notices a girl standing on the roof of North Hall, perilously close to the edge.
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To the Editor: Love the new Overheard in the Hark segment but where in the world is Fenno? Rob Friedman '95 --------------------- To the Editor: On Tuesday, October 3rd, the Army and Air Force JAG Corps were on campus recruiting HLS students.
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Two weeks ago, our Congress granted an amnesty to war criminals. You may know of the amnesty laws enacted in Argentina following that country's 'dirty war,' or those enacted by Pinochet's regime in Chile to immunize itself against the thousands of acts of murder and torture - rights violations that in times of conflict constitute war crimes - for which it was responsible.
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Professor Martha Minow, chair of the curricular reform committee, answered The Record's questions about the curriculum changes in an email interview Tuesday. Is the new curriculum going into effect for 1Ls entering in 2007? There will be a process of phasing in the changes; some but certainly not all will appear next year.
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I still haven't made it out to Walden Pond, but I've been thinking a lot lately about a passage from it in which Thoreau talks about why it's more fun living out in the woods than in Cambridge. I'm paraphrasing. He didn't use the word fun. The passage reminds me enough of my 1L year that I can't help but share.
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The best thing about dining in the South End is that you don't have to make up your mind on what you feel like eating until you get there. You can let your stomach be your guide on whether you're fancying Thai, Italian, Ethiopian, Southwestern, or French. If you wander just a few steps beyond the main Tremont drag, which is host to most of the South End's newest restaurants and bars, you can find yourself being welcomed by the delicious Italian aroma of Stella.
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Over fifty Harvard law students and professors gathered last Thursday afternoon outside the Hark to attend a staged funeral for the Constitution. The event was a protest against the percieved treatment of detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba; specifically, denial of legal rights such as habeas corpus and guaranteed freedom from cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
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The Harvard Federalist Society brought Dana Berliner, lead plaintiffs' counsel in the recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Kelo v. New London, to campus last Wednesday to speak about the legal fight against eminent domain and her role in that struggle as a senior property-rights litigator at the beltway-based nonprofit Institute for Justice.