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ALEX GORDON finds himself defending the actions of the United States to his LL.M. friends. It can be frustrating, but he feels we need to regain the proper focus and work together to stop a dangerous tyrant before it's too late.
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JEREMY BLACHMAN wonders how the poor gunners will know if they're allowed to continue being gunners, since 1Ls have received their first semester grades yet. They say grades don't matter, but that's a tough fact for some here to digest.
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ADAM WHITE sees a lot of hypocrisy in Washington these days, as Democrats move to block the nomination of Bush appointee Miguel Estrada (HLS '86) to the D.C. Circuit.
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Ahmed el-Gaili, a 3L and citizen of Sudan, left Cambridge last May planning to split his summer between offices in New York and London. What he didn't know was that his return to Cambridge would be delayed by new security measures and bureaucratic backlogs following 9/11.
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The recent announcement of the establishment of the Oneida Indian Nation Professorship of Law at HLS serves for some as a welcome academic recognition of the importance of Indian law in US jurisprudence. The chair is the result of a $3 million gift from the Oneida Indian Nation.
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With the selection of 2L Daniel Kirschner as the new president of the Harvard Law Review, The Review brings a new voice to the table in the organization's ongoing gender imbalance debate. Kirschner, described as an "intellectual giant" by his peers, promises a regime of decency and values.
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Readers continue to sound off on the debate over an HLS "speech code." Reader Austin Bramwell wonders whether he would be disciplined by the Diversity Committee for airing his opinions, while Robert Munn relates a similar debate that occurred at Tufts University. Also, Charles Facktor writes that HLS needs a military law class if students really want to change and improve military law.
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Students are not in love with winter term. It starts too early, heaps way too much work on them and turns otherwise mediocre courses into month-long studies in tediousness.
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Respectable Chinese food is difficult to find in Cambridge. Enter Qingdao Garden, "a pleasant surprise found at the end of the 77 bus line in north Cambridge that offers a mix of dishes that appeal to people of all different palates at affordable prices."
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DANA KING writes, "Given the star studded cast and amply interesting subject material behind Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, it's little surprise that George Clooney's directorial debut is a rousing success."
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JOSH SOLOMON wasn't sure a column on Beaujolais would be worth the effort. "My experience with Beaujolais, while limited, suggests that it is just not that interesting," he said. But in a shameless effort to suck up to the boss, he gave it a try.
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Biker Boyz may have flat female characters and repetitive scenes, but ANIKA SIMMONS writes, "it's the work of an up-and-coming storyteller with something to say, even if it can't always cut through its own testosterone."