2008 Woodie Awards
HLS bans military recruitingThird Circuit case prompts change
In a stunning reversal of policy, Harvard Law School decided on Tuesday to initiate once again its ban on military recruiting on campus. In a public statement, Dean Elena Kagan wrote: "This return to our prior policy will allow OCS to enforce the Law School's policy of nondiscrimination wthout exception, including to the military services.…
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Justice Ginsburg Presides over Ames Final
The 93rd Annual Ames Moot Court Competition took place on November 18, 2004 in the Ames Courtroom with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presiding. The fictional case, Amy Annis v. The State of Ames, centered on the constitutionality of a state Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibiting same-sex marriages.…
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Darfur Action Group Hosts Vigil on Steps of Memorial ChurchStudents Circulate Petition Calling for Harvard's Divestment From Sudanese Connections
On Thursday, November 18th the Darfur Action Group hosted a vigil on the steps of Memorial Church to protest the human rights violations occurring in the Sudan that has already killed more than two million people, and to advocate the university's divestment from Sudan.…
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News Brief: BSA member kicked off panel
Jay Cox, 2L, stepped down from the committee tasked with making recommendations about the First-Year Lawyering Program. Cox was ousted after a unanimous vote by the committee requested his resignation due to Cox's membership on the Board of Student Advisors, the student group that currently supplies teaching assistants to the FYL program.…
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News Brief: "Peeping Tom" causes concern in Gropius
According to the Crimson, a peeper entered Dane Hall on Monday, peering into a shower stall while a female student was showering. Upon being noticed, the peeper fled and his identity remains unknown. Currently, restrooms in Gropius must be opened with a combination known only to residents, leading to speculation that the peeper is a part of the HLS community.…
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News Brief: Attorneys practice case at HLS prior to going before Supreme Court
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ashcroft v. Raich, regarding a ruling from the Ninth Circuit which had held that federal anti-drug laws may not override California's medical marijuana law. The week before, Randy Barnett, professor of law at Boston University and counsel for Raich, practiced his arguments in the Ames Courtroom under the scrutiny of six HLS faculty "justices" and an audience of more than 200 in a moot court sponsored by the Harvard Federalist Society and HLS Forum.…
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Letter to the Editor: Bob Dylan not a red stater
In the Thursday, November 18, 2004 issue of the Record, Taylor Dasher incorrectly states in his column "Not just a dead red" that Bob Dylan (Bob Zimmerman as he was originally known) hails from a red state. NOT SO! I do not know where Dylan lives now, but he grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota.…
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Letter to the Editor: Fenno should offer footnotes
I cannot adequately express my feelings at the attention Fenno has lavished on me in recent columns. I have only one request: since I not only never uttered the sounds (words?) that Fenno puts in my mouth, but do not even know what they mean, I would be grateful for footnotes translating them into something approximating English (or French, Italian, German Latin or Czech.…
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Letter to the Editor: Voters should be afraid of Bush second term
To the Editor,
Lee Rudofsky's column announces that there is "true meaning [to] the resounding results of the 2004 election." I challenge him to explain that meaning to anyone who does not agree with agendas of the wealthy and the religious right.
No, Republicans were not "all" fooled into voting Republican, as Mr.…
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Record Editorial: Where was Harvard when the battle was fought?
The decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought long awaited relief to those who opposed the Solomon Amendment. This newspaper has covered the journey of the case, from the initial decision by Harvard to comply with the request by the Department of Defense, to the protests that arose in light of that compliance, to the current decision to once again ban military recruiters from using OCS.…
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