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My theme is isolation. I have no metaphors to give. I ask the snowfall to leave me alone, but it will not leave me alone. In the storefront windows, I see my face. I walk a broken sidewalk. You cannot approach your heart any differently. You cannot remain indoors any more than you can leave the neighborhood.
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"I am a Democrat," were some of the first words spoken at this year's Federalist Society National Student Symposium. President Summers uttered this disclaimer as he delivered the symposium's opening speech, and it was welcomed by a standing ovation from the standing room only crowd that had gathered in Ames Courtroom on Friday night.
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The annual Academy Awards ceremony held over the weekend was a classic Hollywood spectacle of glitz and glamour, showcasing artistic and commercial achievement in film. Though filmgoers may disagree about whether the winners deserved their awards, one thing that was clear from the ceremony was that a majority of Americans had not seen most of the nominated pictures.
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With the First Year Lawyering program undergoing a radical revamping next year, the new leadership of the Board of Student Advisors finds itself adapting to the changes and ready to redefine the role BSA. The Committee on the First Year Lawyering program voted last fall to alter the structure of FYL, with one of the major changes being the elimination of BSA members as student teachers.
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After a tense final round matchup against Boston College, Harvard Law School's Moot Court team won the Northeast regional championships in the annual Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition held in Concord, New Hampshire, on February 26-27. The team's seventh year in a row victory will allow it to compete in the international rounds to take place in Washington D.
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It was in my bed, sometime Tuesday morning that the realization began to take hold. The last great honest voice of the '60s has left. On February 20th, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado.
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Buzkashi, a Persian word meaning "goat drawing," is both the national sport of Afghanistan and a pleasingly intimate dining experience located just up Mass Ave. past Porter Square. Run by a charming Pakistani family, the Afghani cuisine is well prepared and served in an unpretentious environment by friendly staff.
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I jinx flights. I apologize if you have ever flown anywhere with me. Your flight was fine, on time, healthy and happy, until I purchased my ticket. And then each and every danger or delay came into the picture. All the dangers got cleaned up, but along the way, they turned into delays.
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While attending my 50th reunion at HLS last spring, two specific thoughts occurred to me. One concerned the passion for excellence instilled in me by my somewhat daunting law school experience, but nevertheless something for which I am indebted to the school.
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Everyone knows that Asia is the largest, fastest-growing, fastest changing venue of the increasingly global world economy, but what makes it tick? What is in store for local and global business in Asia in the next few years? No one knows for sure, but anyone who attended the 2005 Asia Business Conference at Harvard Business School this weekend left with a few ideas.
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This past weekend, I went to a monster truck rally with some friends. Seriously. Not my idea, of course, due to a fear of monsters ever since I was three years old and there was one in my bedroom. It took about a week before I realized it was just the shadow from the evil clown needlepoint my mom had made for me.
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Being diligent, conscie-ntious Harvard Law students, I'm sure you all have read the school catalog from cover to cover in order to familiarize yourselves with the rules and policies applicable to your time here. Right? If not, allow me to enlighten you. You'd be forgiven, for example, if you missed the "Information on Student Files" which is literally the last section of the "Rules" part of the book, located conveniently on pages 236-37.