This is my second to last finals period, and by far it is the easiest I’ve had. Only one final, that can be taken at during any eight hour period that I deem worthwhile. No 3 hours crowded in a room with the rata-tat-tat of 90 people hammering out as many words as they can, no 36 hours of debating whether 6 hours of sleep would worthwhile or detrimental.
Of course, this comparatively light finals schedule comes after a particularly grueling semester. But who am I to look a gift registrar in the mouth?
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As a graduate of the Colorado College, I have dutifully put in my time spewing vitriol at our rivals, the University of Denver. In fact, certain fine organizations on campus used to throw a party every year known as “DU Sucks.”
Well, not that much vitriol. It is a low-grade dislike, tempered now by the fact I now attend DU as a law student. But this article about DU’s semi-retired mascot, Boone, just confirms the fact that DU does, as we so often alleged, suck.
Why? First, because they have chosen to retire Boone, a stylized pioneer, in favor of a hawk, Ruckus. This is in spite of the fact that the team name is the pioneers. And in spite of the fact that Boone is one of only two college mascots crafted by Walt Disney. All because Boone is supposedly divisive as a symbol of western imperialism.
Now, beyond the fact that that is a highly dubious suggestion, the DU newspaper has achieved epic levels of fail. Because, in the article discussing the official statement of the university that Boone would not be returned, they failed to find a single person or quote supporting the idea that Boone is offensive. The university suggests it, the paper suggests it, but there is not one person, organization, website, or quote supporting it.
Maybe there are hoards of Boone-haters who feel oppressed by a drawing. I’d like to speak to one, in calm, measured tones, and understand their perspective. But you’ll need to find me one. Just one. Please.
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Having just printed thousands of pages of documents, I feel the needs to plant a tree.
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And I’m using all of them for things like law school, the clinic I’m participating in, and occasional exercise. This leaves precious little time for bloggin. By which I mean just enough time to write this.
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Law school has begun.
Well, orientation has begun. Law school stalks behind it.
I’m entering the terminal phase of 20 years of education.
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That question, found via Instapundit, is based on a faulty assumption. The Prawf in question juxtaposes history grad students with law students, noting that law students typically won’t accept more then 50 pages of reading for a class, whereas history students will read 200 pages books in the same time frame. I’ve been both, and let me tell you, they are radically different types of material. I can sit down right now and be through a significant portion of a narrative of the North African campaign of World War II by lunch. But I’d be lucky to have adequately briefed Heller in all its intricacies in the same period.
Luckily, the commenters have made just that point.
Also, it is important to remember that history grad students will spend a lot more time in seminar style classes then law students will. A seminar style class lends itself to one type of thought/reading/comprehension, whereas the constant fear of getting called on for a socratic-style interrogation requires something quite different.
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Only one law professor has a blog in Colorado.
Which is a crying shame, since there are a number of professors I’d read the ramblings of.
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Over at PrawfsBlog, Most Screwed Victims in Caselaw History - Time to Vote.
Although, I think we were all screwed by Moore v. Regents of the University of California.
On a side note, when my property class covered Moore, the text was edited so that it was effectively saying that the cell line wasn’t unique at all, at the same time it said that it was so unique as to be worth wads of money.
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Yes, I realize the Solomon Grundy reference has lost what little comedic value it had. I’m committed until I run through it.
U.S. to expand collection of DNA (Washington Post via How Appealing).
Should internet access be cut off in the classroom (Volohk Conspiracy via Instapundit).
Overlawyered takes a look at a long, fascinating New Yorker article that juxtaposes the story of a man caught in an elevator for 41 hours with all sorts of intriguing details about the design and construction of elevators, then focuses on one line, which they twist to serve their needs. To wit, “He got a lawyer, and came to believe that returning to work might signal a degree of mental fitness detrimental to litigation.” Apparently, this really means “His lawyer told him that he shouldn’t return to work.”
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