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We want your briefs! Send short reviews of your dining or entertainment experiences and we'll print them. Email mjustus@law.harvard.edu. World Baseball Classic Review by Anna Brook I waited many cold months to get a glimpse of baseball. The WBC seemed like a great idea - I was never a fan of spring training, and so the thought of real baseball in March kept me warm November through February.
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Johnny Depp, playing John Wilmot with roguish relish, issues a warning in the prologue of The Libertine that is perhaps more prescient than intended: "You will not like me." It quickly becomes clear why Wilmot and The Libertine are so unlikable: the over-the-top, cheesy vulgarity quickly tires, and their few redeemable qualities do not suffice to cure their excesses.
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In case you missed it, because most of us did, the author of the infamous torture memorandum came to our campus last Thursday to give a talk. The right to be free from torture is one of the most fundamental guarantees of international law. As such, some would argue that anyone justifying such crimes should not be invited to an institution dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law.
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Your correspondent was originally going to write another article about Professor Bruce Hay, but an attractive registration desk staff suckered him into the Journal of Law and Gender's "Conference on Legal Education, Institutional Change, and a Decade of Gender Studies.
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115 started, but by midnight, only one remained. On Tuesday night, Jonathan Sar, 1L, was crowned the winner of the annual Charity Poker Tournament, which benefits Summer Public Interest Funding. Sar was playing in his first-ever tournament, and was going on little more than some video poker experience and hurried tutorials from friends the day of the tournament.
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Hey! Have you ever wanted to write for The Record? Ever wanted to let everybody know just how bad the latest Jennifer Lopez movie was? Or how many people Jack Bauer tortured on this week's episode of "24"? Or how awesome the last movie you saw (for example, Serenity) was? I'll bet you have.
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The Harvard Black Law Students Association's 23rd Annual Spring Conference began last Thursday, March 9, and ran through Sunday, March 12. The four day event included the first annual Youth Summit, numerous panels, as well as a number of distinguished speakers, all connected under this year's theme: "Forging A New Path To Empowerment: Reconnecting The Past, Present and Future of a Multi-Faceted Black Community.
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To the Editor: The debate on the cartoon controversy is already showing signs of the effects that fear and oppression have on freedom of speech and thought. People in western countries are increasingly talking about how the phenomenon of Muslim reaction can be explained and understood, instead of asking the Muslims to explain and demonstrate how it is that the publication of the cartoons is harmful.
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Please don't take the use of chaps in the title to mean that this is going to be about S&M. I don't plan on talking about sex at all because sex isn't nearly as funny as the courtship rituals that surround it, especially the odd permutations and mishaps that surround those rituals, at least for me.
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Robert Boxie, John Hill, and Kevin LoVecchio (2Ls, Housing) are preparing for trial a case that came to them at the Attorney Of the Day table at Boston Housing Court four weeks ago. On February 16, Boxie and Hill were approached by a tenant at the table who had been haled into court for nonpayment of rent.
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Recycling is the law in Cambridge. That should be all the incentive law students need to drop their cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard into the proper bins. For many it's probably not, and so Harvard University has created another: the Graduate Green Living Program, dedicated to spreading information and encouraging sustainable living in the dorms.