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Last Thursday HLS students had the opportunity to participate in an important spring-semester ritual: the selection of new HLS Law Student Council representatives. Over 550 of Harvard's 1651 JD candidates - roughly 34 percent - participated in the election, which selected the LSC leadership for next year, as well as the Marshals for the Class of 2002.
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Ted Turner knows what ails the world, and he isn't shy about sharing. The media mogul visited HLS on March 13 to speak about what he deems to be the greatest problems facing the globe. Turner's talk, "Our Common Future," addressed these three issues, including nuclear weapons, for Turner the greatest threat, and the "ever increasing population of humanity .
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A loud and thunderous "NO" filled the room. Their faces were confident. They had no fears - certainly they are not going to be the next targets of sexual assault. These are the women that are taking the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) self-defense classes offered by the Harvard University Police Department.
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Picture this: The phone company overcharges you $1,000. When you call to claim a refund, they tell you, "Sorry, we can spend it better than you can. We have some ambitious projects we'd like to fund. It's our money now. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!" The federal government admits it has much more than it needs to fund its services.
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Nothing bunches up Republican underwear like taxes. "It is not the government's Muh-Nee!" they shout, necks bulging, "It's the People's Muh-Nee!" Lordy. Who could argue with that? To think I've been over-taxed and didn't even know it. Goodness. W's plan is fair, Mike Adams tells me.
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Fenno was no dummy. He knew how Rosenberg graded. Get into the largest study group in Fed Lit, and you were guaranteed the best grade in the class. Fenno took Fed Lit every year just for the guaranteed A. So Fenno had managed to assemble about 60 of his closest friends for an intimate meeting in Harkness South, just to go over a few things before spring break.
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Statistics can be a powerful tool, but they are no match for ideology - especially when it comes to lawmaking. The American gun violence epidemic is a harrowing example: the ideological crusade waged by the gun lobby has turned gun-owners into a powerful political force and stifled sensible gun control legislation in Congress.
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With trembling hand, and nervous gait, And sweating brow, I contemplate The horrors that will be in store When I first cross the classroom door ... For all I've heard of HLS - A ghastly Hell of strain and stress - Is briefing cases by the mile, In rough, unknowing, awkward style .
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Saturday April 10, for the second year running, an estimated 150 Harvard Law students will disperse throughout the greater Boston area to do good works, and then reconvene on Jarvis Field for a celebration. Organized by HLCentral and the Student Public Interest Network (SPIN), Springfest Volunteer Day is sponsored by numerous student organizations that either contribute volunteers from their ranks or host a booth at the party.
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Speaking to a crowd at the Business School, BBC Director-General Greg Dyke drew a sharp contrast between the Beeb's coverage of the war and that of American media outlets.
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A week after Prof. Elena Kagan was named the school's next dean, she says that the school needs to "give a serious look at the essential structure of a law school education."
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There's dissent in the pews and LEE STRANG is not happy. Since he's moved to Boston, Strang has heard homilies riddled with explicit or implicit dissent and challenges to the Church. The mass, he writes, is turned into a launching pad for unorthodox innovation.