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I was saddened last month when I read about the Third Circuit's decision allowing universities to bar military recruiters from their campuses. And I was disturbed when I read about the immediate reaction from Harvard Law School's Dean to once again make it difficult for HLS students to learn about serving in the United States military in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps.
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Harvard University President Larry Summers suggested last month (at a conference held at MIT) that innate differences between men and women might be a reason so few women reach the highest levels of academia in the science fields. A female MIT professor walked out of the room, disgusted by Summers' remark; and Summers subsequently received such bad press and negative response that he issued several public apologies.
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The recent court victory by Yale Law School in challenging the Solomon Amendment marks significant progress for opponents of military recruiting policies. Along with the similar Third Circuit Decision, the Yale victory creates momentum for those seeking to challenge implementation of the Solomon Amendment and will hopefully inspire similar challenges around the country.
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Following the decision by Harvard Law School to ban military recruiters, Yale Law school declared last week that it would not allow military recruiters access to campus recruiting due to discriminatory practices against gays and lesbians. Unlike HLS however, which based its decision on a Third Circuit ruling, the Yale decision arises from a direct lawsuit initiated by Yale students and faculty.
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Professor Richard Fallon celebrated his assumption of the Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professorship of Constitutional Law on Monday, February 7th. Hallmarking the occasion, Fallon delivered a lecture about "Judicially Manageable Standards" in Austin East to a host of students and faculty members.
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Dear Editor: Political pundit Professor Larry Tribe makes foolish statements and arguments about political campaigns. (See Record, Sept. 30, 2004) The Record quotes him as saying I was responsible for Bush winning over Gore, and Bush's subsequent bad behavior.
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Rustic Kitchen used to be a Todd English joint, but was transferred from Boston's culinary wunderkind's grasp in a lawsuit (damn you lawyers), and with it went its pizzazz. A mainly unsuccessful attempt to reinvent Italian cuisine, the Kitchen has great atmosphere, a prime location, and a hit-or-miss menu that, after missing once too many times, has me questioning whether it's worth the risk.
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I intended to start off the semester with a truly awesome column, something that would win me a Pulitzer, a Nobel Prize, and a trophy wife. But it didn't happen. Instead I fiddle-farted my time away watching really bad movies with really hot women (see, e.
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Over February, the man and the woman strode toward iron railings that guarded a cool genre of paradise. The law school pair roosted on concrete, their legs spread out before them on trapezoidal benches, in preparation for flight, the woman smoothing her index finger over silver blades, the man undulating the vertical ripples in his forearms when tightening laces.
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While the outcome of this fall's elections were less than ideal for many HLS Democrats, they have remained an active force on campus. Earlier this month, the HLS Democrats embarked on their first, of what will likely become annual, trips to the nation's capitol.
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The Super Bowl is over. All is quiet in my world until March Madness. Well, until Rivalry Week, at least, or maybe when pitchers and catchers report. I will do my best to follow college hockey, with no help from the networks. Perhaps I could even give caring about the NBA a whirl.