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On February 21, Harvard University President Larry Summers announced his resignation after years of tangling with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Summers's tenure, which will officially end June 30th, will be the shortest of any Harvard president since 1862, when Cornelius Felton died after two years in office.
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After Kermit gets his first FYL memo back he realizes that life at HLS isn't as easy as it was back on the lilly pad. Luckily, his friends and a bottle of tequila dull the harsh glare of "LP" in big bold letters.
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Supreme Court upholds Solomon Amendment On Monday the Supreme Court voted 8-0 to uphold the Solomon Amendment and require universities accepting federal funds to allow military recruiting on campus, regardless of the schools' anti-discrimination policies that conflicted with the military's ban on allowing open gays and lesbians to serve.
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You know that dream where you are taking an exam for a class you haven't taken? David Moran, Dean and Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School and appellate litigator, has lived it - before the Supreme Court. During oral arguments in Kowalski v.
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Over six months have passed since Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast and caused widespread damage to the area, but the long-term clean-up and recovery efforts have only just begun. On March 2nd, the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs sponsored a panel to educate students about one aspect of the recovery effort particularly relevant to the legal profession - the civil rights impact litigation that has ensued in Katrina's wake.
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In Nomos and Narrative, Robert Cover writes, "For every Constitution, there is an epic." According to Professor Desmond Manderson, these epics are not just inscribed in the founding myths of our nations, but in every aspect of our culture - even children's literature.
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Directed by Niki Caro Starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean The Film: This past weekend I saw two films: North Country and Serenity. One of them was witty, exciting - easily one of the top five films of its genre I've ever seen, and definitely worthy of a revision to my Top Five of 2005 list of a few weeks ago.
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Last week Christine Speidel (3L, Family) sought and won a restraining order for a woman in conjunction with the woman's divorce proceeding. Speidel picked up the case when it was referred to the LSC by someone from the Boston Probate Court, which will preside over the couple's divorce.
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Last Saturday, the Harvard Human Rights Journal presented a conference entitled "UN Reform and Human Rights". The conference brought together leading scholars and practitioners in the field of international human rights law and experts on the United Nations (UN) to evaluate the current status of the United Nations as well as to address future directions for its various organs, such as the Commission on Human Rights and the Security Council.
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Director Stephen Frears' comedic drama, Mrs. Henderson Presents, is based on a true story and set in the period between World Wars I and II. Upon a friend's urging to take up a hobby, newly widowed and fabulously well-to-do Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) buys an old theatre in Soho, London.
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Your correspondent felt half Toqueville and half Myrdal as he attended the uniquely American phenomenon of a "chili cookoff," held in Ropes Gray on February 22. The event, organized by Professor Ogletree for the section, solicited student chili entries for the chance to win various monetary prizes.
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We are creatures of habit. Whether it be budgetary constraints, a packed schedule, general laziness or the fact it is too damn cold, my dining habits have dwindled down to a handful of restaurants within a half mile radius. This city has great food, and if after three years, my gastronomical accomplishment is to have tried every meal off of Penang's menu, I will be disappointed with my lack of adventure.