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Much of Jonathan Gottfried's comment on Camp X-Ray [RECORD, Feb. 7, 2002] makes sense but it seems to indicate that he has never read the Geneva Convention. He says, "It does not, for example, cover civil wars." Article 3 starts: "In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties .
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As the co-CEO's of Punctilio, Inc., we were delighted to read Jonas Blank's article in last week's RECORD. We appreciate the depth and detail in which he described Punctilio, Inc., and we commend him for his grasp of the broader issues that define the context within which Punctilio is operating.
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Attending "large" classes that max out at 80 people, socializing over Tex-Mex with your professors and receiving written feedback throughout the semester. Can this be life at Harvard Law School? Thanks to recently implemented changes to the 1L program, it can.
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Kati Graves and Rick Coe have been elected the new President and Vice President, respectively, of the Board of Student Advisors, the student organization that administers the First-Year Lawyering Program and the Ames Moot Court Competition. Graves and Coe will take over from this year's President, Erin Hoffmann, and Vice President, David Ware.
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President Bush has nominated Charles W. Pickering to the Fifth Circuit, despite serious concerns over evidence of racial prejudice. The administration's racial insensitivity here should surprise no one. President Bush's campaign trail included a visit to Bob Jones University, famous for its ban on interracial dating.
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Racism. Homophobia. Sexism. Bias. Discrimination. Prejudice. Those are hateful words around HLS. This is an institution where religious conservatives' opinions are practically considered hate speech; a place that gave birth to the reparations movement; a place whose administration, professors and students at least pay lip service to the idea that discrimination on the basis of race, creed, sexual orientation and national origin is wrong.
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In 1956, Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev told America, "We will bury you." On Monday, more than 40 years later, his son Sergei gave Harvard Law School some historical advice about terrorism, as well as some perspective on his homeland. "The success of foreign policy is measured in the creation of friends, not in enemies defeated," Khruschev told a crowd of about 50 in Austin North.
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Students look to on-campus hiring, public interest and less-traditional alternatives While 2Ls settle into a long, slow semester of post-Winter Term slacking and 3Ls spend their days getting extra sleep instead of studying, many 1Ls are finding themselves in the worst throes of mid-February job jitters.
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He served in the Massachusetts legislature during his entire career at HLS, and he still managed to make Law Review. He is only the second openly gay member of Congress, and the first to come out willingly. Known for his often-scathing wit and dogged partisanship, Massachusetts 4th District Rep.
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"How to Buy Your First Diamond." The yellow flier, left in Hark Boxes last week advertising a one-hour talk on purchasing a diamond, was both mysterious and disconcerting. Mysterious, because the flyer did not explain who was sponsoring Fred Feldmesser's talk or why it was being held at the Charles Hotel.
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Excuse me a moment while I engage in a bit of navel-gazing ... Mediocrity is the bane of a music reviewer's existence. Nothing makes this job harder than a CD that gives no reason for effulgent praise, no excuses for railing at the state of American music (if not the world) in general.
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We all have our Charlie Nesson stories. Let me tell mine. On Tuesday afternoon, Nesson and I met for our interview. His tape recorder was rolling. I asked about rumors of his drug use. And Nesson put the rumors on the record, on tape and then over e-mail.