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FENNO DRANK. VALENTINE'S Day was coming again, that grim holiday when his mother would ask why he hadn't met any nice girls at Harvard (the answer: "There aren't any, Ma.") and countless legions of men would debase themselves in thinly-veiled attempts to buy sex with flowers, chocolate, and fancy dinners.
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New system allows students easier access to random distribution of A-'s, B+'s; Official Harvard porn set to focus on "sexual issues," titilation; "Until death do us - oh, wait, that won't work"; and Dershowitz defends most controversial client to date: The Federalist Society.
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Following on a series of other public interest wins, 3L Harvard Law School student O. Grace Bankole is the recipient of the 2004 Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship. According to the HLS website, the fellowship "funds lawyers, advocates and organizers who initiate litigation, public education, grassroots organizing and advocacy projects that will have a measurable impact on a host of criminal justice issues."
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Reflecting on the recent controversy regarding the removal of a ten commandments monument outside the Alabama Supreme Court, Alabama Attorney General William Pryor spoke about his "Christian Duty and the Rule of Law" at an assembly hosted by the Federalist Society on February 6th.
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IN RE ICE SKATING RINK, 118 RECORD 1 (2004) Per curiam I. "Ice belongs in my drink, not beneath my feet," Chief Justice Pettinato noted in her book "A Frozen Liver: Personal Reflections on Rum and Ice."
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If you're secretly self-loathing like most law students, you probably want your upcoming Valentine's Day dinner to be a hostile French affair, where the waiters give you disparaging Socratic interrogations about wine you can't afford and throw pieces of overcooked meat at you.
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"Brunettes? Mmm-hmm. Students only, both genders, of course. Yes. Schedule him in at the 4pm slot on Sunday." Fenno chuckled as he hung up the phone. Three more superdelegates had agreed to Fenno's plans. Heh, heh. With Fenno, Johnny had the keys to the world.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream really flies. Or at least the fairies do. Their aerial acrobatics are the standout feature of the A.R.T.'s workmanlike production of the most enchanted (and enchanting) comedy old Will ever wrote. Engineered by an intricate arrangement of pulleys and ropes, choreographed by director Martha Clarke, and performed by real dancers, the stage flight adds the one elaborate touch to otherwise strikingly spare staging.
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"Misguided" attempts to redefine marriage Button button, who pressed the button? and Defending Bill O'Reilly
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AS THE NEW YORK Observer reported last week, the New York Times has assigned writer David Kirkpatrick to "examine conservative forces in religion, politics, law, business and the media." In short: he's on the conservative beat. No word on how many reporters the Times will assign to the liberal beat.
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Charlotte Sanders, a second year student from White Stone, Virginia, began her tenure this week as president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, taking the reins from 3L Susan Rohol.