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There are those fish-out-of water comedies that will have you howling in the theater and chuckling to yourself days later. Then, there are those that prompt irrepressible regret at having wasted over an hour and a half of your life. Looking for Comedy is the poster child of the latter genre.
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WASHINGTON - Last year marked a milestone confrontation in Black Americans' quest for racial justice, and Harvard Law people were deeply involved. As we enter Black History Month, it is appropriate to pay attention to what took place before the highest court in the land.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, elected as Iran's President in June 2005 under questionable circumstances, has made a number of controversial statements on the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent months. For example, at a speech in the city of Zahedan, he referred to the Nazi Holocaust as a "myth".
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A memorial service in honor of Professor David Westfall will be held on February 6, 2006 at 3 p.m. The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard. Everyone is welcome.
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In the Spring Term of 2006, Professor Lucie White will offer a new 2-credit academic course - Pathways to Sustainable Work. THIS COURSE IS IDEAL FOR ANY STUDENT INTERESTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, LABOR LAW, DISABILITY LAW, GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, OR WOMEN'S RIGHTS ISSUES.
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So finals didn't go as planned, huh? Decided that you need to spend each of the next 594 nights at Langdell? No way you'll ever get another B at this school, right? Ok, budding Scalias, you still need to put the books down from time to time. I know, it's difficult, isn't it? But, let's say you somehow get over the initial shock of putting that Con Law book away.
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Following the unexpected closing of the Office of Student Life two years ago, members of the progressive coalition began working with the law school administration to help increase input from students on matters that affect the HLS community. Overall, there has been tremendous progress, including increased dialogue, changes to various policies and the recent focus groups on the curriculum.
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There was a certain moral irony that in December at Harvard two situations arose in the university's hunt for funding. Fundraising, of course, is the lifeblood of higher education - even for Harvard University, which, given an endowment of some $25.9 billion, should have the luxury of being selective in where and to whom it makes its entreaties for donor largesse.
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I struggled to find a topic for this column. I thought about talking about the end of 1L finals, but I decided it would be too cliché. Who wants to hear about finals? I certainly don't. They are done with. Over. At least for another 4 months they will be far from my mind.
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Law students face many tough choices. Temple Bar or Tommy Doyle's? Labour or Liberal Democrat? Full service Korean massage or shopping for the wife? One important decision is choosing between the appropriate class outlines for exams. Some people make their own outlines, while others prefer to not reinvent the wheel, and acquire outlines from friends and student organizations.
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Last Thursday, the HLS Labor and Worklife Program sponsored a panel discussion entitled "Organizing Wal-Mart." Panelists included moderator David Weil, a professor at the Boston University School of Management, Ken Jacobs, Deputy Chair of the Labor Center at UC Berkeley and co-author of the recently published "Hidden Cost of Wal-Mart Jobs" which examines the societal and financial impact of the Wal-Mart model, and Brian McArthur, Special Assistant to the National Director, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), Canada.
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The Record will return on Thursday, February 2nd with the start of the spring semester.