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If you're anything like me, you hear about a one-man play with 20 characters and you think: cheesy. You hear that it's about gays in the military, and you think: uh, oh, preachy. Nonetheless, when I saw that such a play was in town, I rushed off to see it, based on the rave reviews of one recent HLS grad.
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A few weeks ago, a recent graduate of Stanford Law School was targeted by federal authorities for running a high-priced call girl service in California. Her Stanford classmates mostly professed indifference - more power to her, they said. And, frankly, I'm not that bothered either.
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The treatment of homosexuals by the rest of society has become a prominent topic within the legal profession. Last week, The Record published a series of letters discussing the decision by Harvard Law School to allow military recruiters on campus due to the threat of losing federal funding.
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Pedro Almodovar is Spain's preeminent filmmaker and one of the heroes of the European struggle against Hollywood hegemony. An out gay artist, Almodovar's stock-in-trade is sexual subversion. His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton (in English, Pepi, Luci, Bom, and Other Girls on the Heap), released in 1980, became The Rocky Horror Picture Show of Spain.
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As the year rolls along, I feel I must make a rather hefty confession. The truth to why I have chosen to attend law school might disturb some of you, and for that, I am sorry, but this is something I simply must disclose. No one within my circle of family and friends seems to believe my standard answer to their "Why law school/Why Harvard?" questions.
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Hey, 2Ls? Got your plane tickets booked? Last year, I was limited to writing about callback interviews from my own personal experiences. This year, instead, I can make stuff up and call it advice. This is why being a 3L is so awesome. Except for the whole needing to choose a career thing, and realizing that all this energy I've put into avoiding the real world is about to yield rapidly diminishing results and force me to confront the future in a way I'm still not really prepared to.
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According to the Cambridge Chronicle, the Harkness Commons "was cited on Sept. 20 for three critical violations for inadequate temperature controls in defrosting frozen chicken salad; for using the hand-washing sink for food storage; and for storing boxes of food on the cutting boards.
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Mary Bonauto, chief legal counsel for plaintiffs in the Goodridge case, spoke at Harvard Law School on Tuesday about her role in the landmark decision where the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that homosexual couples were entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples when it came to marriage.
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Pedro Almodovar, the Spanish film director (see "Sex in the Spanish city" in this issue) delivered a talk at the Harvard Science Center that drew an overflow crowd of nearly 1600 people. Harvard police came to clear the area to acceptable limits but met with little success until Almodovar promised to give a second speech.
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It's not clear who's trying harder. Sometimes it's the nervous student, dressed in a suit and prepared with a resume, writing sample, and references - not to mention the critical transcript - who has spent hours researching the firm, preparing the critical answers, rehearsing how to smile and shake hands.
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Former governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis spoke to a packed room of HLS Democrats on the eve of the third presdential debate. Titled "Kerry? He used to work for me," the speech focused on presidential politics covering everything from Nixon to Kerry to Dukakis' own campaign.