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Stu’s Views<br />
Cartoonist and Harvard Law alumni Stu Rees takes a humorous look at the legal profession.
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Controversial O’Reilly speaks on political correctness<br />
Never one to shy from a controversial opinion himself, Fox News correspondent Bill O'Reilly spoke on how "Political Correctness has Damaged America" at the Kennedy School's ARCO Forum on April 1. O'Reilly, who spoke at HLS last year, is best known as host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor.
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Spring concert calendar: Music is back<br />
Coming out of its winter hibernation, the music industry gears up for spring as labels issue a flood of new releases and summer tours play their first dates. It may not quite ever be spring in Boston, but on stages around the city you might not notice. April 11: Giant Sand at the Middle East.
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Three neo-soul newphytes bless Sanders Theater<br />
America's soul music revival swept through Sanders Theater last weekend as three neo-soul neophytes performed at BLSA's Spring Conference Benefit Concert for the organization's 2002 Spring Conference. Audra, a former lawyer who now advises inner-city youth about their constitutional rights, kicked off the night with a series of spoken word pieces recounting her experiences in the black community.
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Fenno<br />
"I would use the word ["nigger"] to show people I have the right to use it, but I don't condone it. I'm not a racist. My wife is Asian, my best friend is from India and I share an office with an African-American whose friendship, knowledge and resources I value.
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Discover a top-flight taqueria in Somerville<br />
Tacos Lupita may be mere steps away from Anna's Taqueria, Boca Grande, and the Wrap, but its food is a world apart. Located at 13 Elm Street in Somerville (a 5-10 minute walk from the Porter Square T), it is a hole-in-the-wall that offers wonderful, authentic Mexican and Salvadorian cuisine.
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Letters from Berkeley<br />
I called my third-year paper advisor today. It was the best conversation I've had with a law professor, ever. Peter, my advisor, is an older gentleman who wears a Harvard tie. You might assume he's of the conservative, close-minded sort usually dressed in this garb.
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The HLS Race Problem<br />
The past month has seen a shocking and unprecedented amount of racial animosity here at the Law School. Although individual students and professors are directly responsible for the incidents, it is time that HLS acknowledge that there is a larger, more specific problem at hand, and take steps to rectify it immediately.
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The philosophy behind the Allston move<br />
To some here at HLS, the law school's potential move to Allston is about tradition - cutting our ties with our venerable campus. To others, it's about atmosphere - trading Harvard Square for an uncertain Allston future. To still others, the bottom line is about practicalities - getting better housing, a nicer gym, a modern student center.
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Welcome to the indoctrination<br />
Imagine a society ruled by a priestly elite, mystics clad in ornate regalia who live among their flock but are not part of it, who hold themselves above ordinary citizens. They gain their authority from a sacred scripture that ritual training gives them secret knowledge about, and which they invoke to keep parishioners in line.
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Creating demand; how corporations co-opted environmentalism<br />
During the 1960s and 1970s, growing environmental awareness led to the passage of this country's landmark environmental laws, a bureaucracy to administer them and a greater emphasis on environmental factors in administrative decision making generally. While current scientific knowledge demonstrates that we must go much further than any of those laws do to address the many threats to health, safety and welfare that our unsustainable consumer culture creates, there is little question that these laws produced dramatic changes.
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Of Powdered Wigs and Black Coats
Last week, spring showed some sign of actually being here - lovely flowers, green leaves, bright sunshine and chirping birds. I was really enjoying the wonderful weather - having the temperature in the mid-'80s was nice. But in India, it's much hotter - about 100 degrees right now.