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A few weeks ago, John McCain said that France is, "reminding me of an aging movie actress from the 1940s who's still trying to dine out on her looks, but doesn't have the face for it." JOSH SOLOMON says it's time for patriotic drinkers to focus on a new ally: "our dear friend Italy."
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ALEX SUNDSTROM notes that for a hungry 1L, firm receptions can be a great opportunity to help others spend money. "Access to free-flowing, expensive liquor and upscale hors d'oeuvres seems worth enduring forced conversation with Stepford associates for a couple of hours, but not selling one's soul to join them."
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AMANDA GOAD visits this year's Parody and thanks her lucky stars that it was good. If it wasn't, she writes, e-mailing RECORD editor and parody star Jonas Blank with her review would have been hard. Jonas, she writes, was even a good performer.
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Fenno thought the Parody would bring incestuous, booze-loving law lunatics -- in other words, true hedonism. Instead, he found himself spending upwards of four hours a day mastering the fine art of falsetto while staring longingly across the room at scantily-clad female cast members.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Attending a Kennedy School Forum on race and the music industry, KEN WALCZAK reports that panelists argued that there was a disconnect between the African American artists who produce music and the record label execs and owners who make the big profits.
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It's time to apply for dormitory housing and JEREMY BLACHMAN is weighing the pros and cons. On the plus side there is not worrying about furniture, electricity or dialup connections. On the other side there is no need to worry about privacy, too much room, or pleasant architecture . . . .
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Readers this week sound off about a column GREG LIPPER wrote last week questioning the Federalists, and also praising The RECORD for having the "mettle" to print an opinion column as instantly infamous as the one written by LEE STRANG.
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Liberals say the problem with education is that there isn't enough money. This is pure nonsense and intellectual laziness to boot, KATIE BIBER writes. No conservative likes to see a school struggling with substandard books and underpaid teachers. There is no cadre of Republican activists looking to slash the budgets of public schools until classrooms are forced to rely on charity.
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The Holocaust is overused, ALEX GORDON writes. If you believe that a war in Iraq would be a horrific wrong against humanity, or that raising animals for slaughter is similarly reprehensible, then by all means make your opinions known. However, it is inappropriate to use a past atrocity to make the case that some current or future event is or will be itself equally bad. Drawing comparisons tot he Holocaust trivializes the actual event.
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With the likelihood of a war with Iraq increasing, and with the Bush administration drawing a line in the sand dividing those who oppose war and those who favor using force to topple Hussein's regime, a group of Harvard Law students have weighed in on the matter by launching a new organization to build support for the disarmament of Iraq and the war against terrorism.
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For its 20th annual Spring Conference, the Black Law Students Association gathered judges, prosecutors, and academics to talk about federalism and corporate governance. "The primary purpose is to reconnect alumni to current students and faculty members to discuss issues that relate to the black community and the community at large," Conference Co-Chair Nekia Hackworth said.
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Despite the collapse of major law firms like Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Harvard Law students have managed to avoid getting hit by the falling remains of the collapsing firm. Still, at least one student found that his Brobeck travel reimbursement check bounced.