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CONCERT CALENDAR: Reasons to come out in the cold<br />
It may be cold outside, but that won't stop JEFF LEVEN from finding a few musical reasons to put on your mittens and check out the local concert scene.
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Large malpractice verdicts hurt little guys<br />
KATIE BIBER writes, "If any of us future lawyers really care about standing up for 'little guys,' we shouldn't tie the hands of the doctors trying to care for them."
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Bush’s broken version of job creation<br />
CLIFFORD GINN points out that Bush's job creation record over his first two years is abysmal. A proposed $600 billion stimulus package is aimed to remedy this, yet even Bush supporters can't bring themselves to pretend that his package will make any difference.
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1L Experience: One down, five to go<br />
JEREMY BLACHMAN feels like an old pro after finishing his first round of Law School exams. The proctors are old and the exam procedures are antiquated, but it sure provides a lot to make fun of.
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Student wins new Duane scholarship<br />
1L Andy Oldham is the winner of the new T.J. Duane Community Building Scholarship. Oldham founded One in Four, an organization dedicated to sexual assault prevention and awareness. The scholarship program began last year as part of HL Central's expanded community service efforts.
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Faculty feeling left out of dean selection process<br />
Harvard President Lawrence Summers has already selected an advisory group to help him choose the next Law School dean. However, in the process he has ignored a resolution adoped by HLS faculty in 1985 requiring them to elect their own Dean Search Committee.
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Need to unwind? Use yoga<br />
ANGELA WU notes that Law School comes hand-in-hand with the five forces of corruption - egoism, passion, hatred, ignorance, and the will to live. "By seeking a yogic perspective in all our law school endeavors, we can not only free ourselves from the system but also enjoy every minute of it."
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NEWSBRIEFS: Speech, file-sharing, big brother, and Brits<br />
In this week's Newsbriefs: Students for Speech hold their first meeting to organize opposition to a speech code, Prof. Jonathan Zittrain analyzes a recent Internet file-sharing case, the INS begins a new program to keep tabs on foreign students, and British journalist Robert Fisk bashes the media for not doing its job in reporting about the Middle East.
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ITS continues to battle e-mail woes<br />
After a serious failure with the aging OpenMail system, ITS was forced to switch all Law School e-mail accounts to a new program called CAMail. Unfortunately, in the rush they overlooked a common programming bug which caused the deletion of several accounts and the loss of a day's e-mail.
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Applications up for 3rd straight year<br />
This year will continue a long streak of higher numbers of HLS applications: in 2001-2002 applications rose 20 percent, and this year the admissions office is expecting a modest rise of 5-10 percent. The rise is not expected to cause any changes to the admissions process.
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Bald Billy strikes gold<br />
JEFF LEVEN writes that Zwan, the new band led by Smashing Pumpkins' "mopey svengali" Billy Corgan, has the right mix of pop, mettle, modesty and taste to bring a few new ideas from Corgan's deep creative reserves to the masses.
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FENNO: Return of Fenno<br />
After a relaxing (and long) break spent studying carjacking techniques, Fenno returned to Cambridge to find...No mail?