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Years ago Uncut, one of my favorite pretentious English pop culture magazines used to run a feature called "Sacred Cows: Reputations Reassessed," in which they devoted one column a month to flat-out trashing bands who otherwise get a lot of adoration or unqualified praise.
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Fenno cowered. The Inquisition crowded around him, and he did not want to die. "Do you think we're funny? Do we make you laugh?" demanded Kurt Dudas. "Ummm . . . yes?" Fenno guessed. He hoped he was right. "Well alright then," said Maria Meginnes.
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Dear Amanda, I am a 2L. I had pretty good grades my 1L year, but in the fall semester, I really fell behind because of interviewing. My grades plummeted. I thought I had done well in my winter course, but I hadn't. I am not one of those people who care about grades for the sake of grades, but I am worried about the effect this will have on my job.
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The Working Group on Student Experiences is set to release its "Study on Women's Experiences at Harvard Law School." The findings affirm that women and men are experiencing HLS in dramatically different ways.
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Thiru Vignarajah became the 118th president of Harvard Law Review on Wednesday, February 11. Defeating nine other candidates, the 2L assumed the position immediately and went to work supervising the elections for the other Law Review board positions.
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Professor Charles Ogletree has been busy this week entertaining guests in his Criminal Law class. On Monday Jesse Jackson made an appearance in his class, only to be followed on Wednesday by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who took questions from Ogletree for the benefit of the Criminal Law class.
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Dean of Students Suzanne Richardson has been one of the most visible presences on campus; the person students call on Friday night when they learn their grandparent is dying and they need to go home or when they have a question as to why things are done a certain way at the Law School and whether that can be changed. Her ten-year tenure ends with the same model she has sought to institute in her office: concern for the well-being of students.
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Two days before the scheduled release of the "Study on Women's Experiences at Harvard Law School," Dean Elena Kagan initiated a Dean's Forum on gender and the classroom, inviting Harvard Law School faculty and students to voice their ideas and concerns about what the study says about women's experiences at HLS.
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SELF-RENUNCIATION AND sacrifice have been running themes for the Bush Team. It began with 9-11 and the war on Iraq. Now, Mr. Bush wants our kids to stop screwing around and to weigh the consequences of indiscriminate sexual activity: in his State of the Union, the President proposed $270 million on abstinence-only education, compared with $100 million annually when he took office.