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"Acknowledging that private consensual sex is not a subject for police intervention does not necessarily mean accepting or supporting homosexuality," writes AMANDA GOAD. "I would feel a lot less alienated if I were allowed to serve in my country's military, or if my partner and I had the option of getting married. But feelings aren't the government's responsibility... Equal protection of civil liberties is...."
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GREG LIPPER thought the Federalist society was finally doing something right by holding a book drive for a "rigorous, high-standards middle school" in Harlem. But wait...aren't the Federalists the ones who fight increases in federal education as too burdensome to states' rights, and then support tax cuts which deplete state budgets?
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"If you feel the need to break up with your significant other over dinner soon," writes ALEX SUNDSTROM, "Full Moon is probably the way to go. Instead of a weepy goodbye, all the dour couples with hordes of children running dutifully around in the restaurant's play area will make you yearn for eternal hermitdom."
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"Joe Strummer's heart gave out in December, at age 52." JEFF LEVEN pays tribute to the driving force behind the Clash, "perhaps the one punk band whose shadow was never taller than their proverbial souls."
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"Of all the spirits mankind has distilled, refined and enhanced from nature's huge store of goodness, Scotch Whisky is the noblest." This week the V&V kids take a break from wine to teach a thing or two about the old single-malt.
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In our non-Strang letters this week, students wrote in to discuss a new book drive for the KIPP S.T.A.R. Charter School in Harlem, and to argue both for and against the stance taken in an opinion column last week about the proposed speech code at HLS.
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Several students -- 48, to be exact -- wrote in to respond to an article published last week by RECORD opinion columnist LEE STRANG, where he argued that our government should take a stand against the "evil" acts of homosexuals. Let's just say they were not pleased with his stance.
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The weather is freezing again. One-Ls are slaving away at their Ames briefs as their beleaguered BSAs reconsider their commitments to teaching First Year Lawyering. The RECORD pages brim with controversy. There is always something to complain about, but is there anything at HLS to praise?
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Fenno has a hard time believing that students can actually enjoy law. Even the public interest kids are buried up to their necks in corporate housing applications or NYU sublet agreements. At least there's always Joe Millionaire...