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The letter had read: Dear Fenno, We have just received a copy of your January term grade from the Harvard registrar. We are genuinely surprised at your performance, especially since we were under the impression that Harvard does not usually give D triple minuses.
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The Passion of the Christ is riveting. When I saw it, I was moved to silence. So was the rest of the audience. The crowd leaving the theater was almost mute. Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic compares Mel Gibson to Matthias Grunewald, the German painter known for his brutal depiction of the Crucifixion in the Isenheim Altarpiece.
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THE "STUDY ON Women's Experiences at Harvard Law School" is out, and the verdicts are already coming in. Professor Elizabeth Warren said the study was a "slam dunk," and Professor Heather Gerken called it an "indictment" of the law school and expressed her hope that concerned students would "raise a ruckus.
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"ART THOU NOT PRESIDENT of Haiti?" And He said unto him "Thou sayest that I am." Then said Bush unto Him "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" So when the angry mob gathered, Bush asked: "What shall I do then with this Saint from the Slums called the President of Haiti?" The loudest and most blood thirsty of them said unto him, "Let him be crucified!" And the Governor from Texas said, "Why, what evil hath he done?" (Quietly realizing that his own government was responsible for much of the upheaval.
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SPEAKING BEFORE THE House Budget Committee last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan brought some sobering news: baby boomers will eventually retire, under current law retirees are entitled to substantial government payments, and the Bush administration's current policy of spending money like it is going out of style is inconsistent with honoring those promises.
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I WAS GOING TO GO TO Career Services' introductory judicial clerkships meeting last Wednesday, but I didn't really feel like listening to someone ramble on about things I could learn just as easily from a website. So instead I went to see Dennis Kucinich give his stump speech in Ames Courtroom.
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Not surprising to those who follow the annual Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Harvard Law School made short change of their rivals to emerge, for the sixth year in a row, as the Northeast Regional winners. The competition was held over the weekend at Quinnipiac Law School in Connecticut.
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There Go Those Gays Again Gays are starting to marry everywhere now, despite the protests of many "family" oriented groups and constitutional backers. First it was Massachusetts and the Goodridge decision, and then San Francisco and a New York town started issuing marriage licenses.
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IN RE VALENTINES DAY, 118 REC. 4 (2004) Chief Justice PETTINATO delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice DICK wrote a good-bye note concurring in part and whining about his pathetic life in part, which has been deleted due to space considerations and because he's boring.
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A team from Harvard Law School this past weekend won the regional tournament in the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition, sponsored by the American Trial Lawyers Association. This win came despite the fact that the HLS team was late in coming together and has only been preparing for the past two weeks.
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On Wednesday afternoon, United States Congressman and Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich spoke to a standing-room-only Ames Courtroom crowd in an event sponsored by the HLS Democrats. The audience was filled with not just students but Kucinich supporters from the broader community, wearing buttons, carrying signs, waving banners, and, perhaps in the case of one woman who coughed throughout the event, suffering from a lack of universal health care.