11I0w To Keep YOUI
Person In Line
dear sam,
congratulations on getting
your own person. i hope you
have nearly gotten him/ her
house and cathroken, i know it
is not the easiest task to let them
know who owns who. but we
know whose paw is the one in
command.
i understalld that your person
is thinking of going to law
school. may i extend my paw to
you in deepest sympathy for you
will have a hard time keeping
that valuable first training
reinforced during the next few
years.
i know for ive got one now
that im sharing with a nasty
little stray she took in and it
takes both of us to keep her in
line. so, ive got a few tips for you
on how to get your person thru
law school and stay in
command, so as to purr.
first, youll have to accept the
fact that your person will begin
to think that you dont really
need so much in the way of free
pets and can get along for
extended hours without that
attention youve trained him/ her
to give. this idea can be most
firmly dissuaded with the most
piteous yowl you can muster
whenever you hear that key in
the door. follow that with a few
slithers past the calves of your
persons legs, then just as your
person bends over to pick you
up, feeling guilty, scamper off
and simulate a cower under the
bed. let yourself be coaxed out,
but make that person work for
it. always remember, a cats
attention is a valuable gift and
should not be squandered on
your person except for the best
effects.
QUO Staff
EDITOR ... .... . PatMoseley
,SPORTS EDITOR Russ Nelms
IWRITERS .. ...... Bob Black,
Jim Hunnicutt, Jan Martin,
Ken McAlister, and
Carter Rush
once youve got your person
trained to bend over to pick you
up when the door is opened
(remember that person has
already spent a day of grabbing
his/ her ankles anyway), you can
relax that step of training and
practice the lap tricks. ive
diScovered -that ihe big ~ks in
a persons lap make the best
skidding slides, particularly that
torts book in the first year. it
must be something about the
size, relative density, and wax
on the pages. but its probably
the slickiest because your person
may keep sweating on it. .
. another thing youll have to be
on your guard about is a switch
in sleeping hours. you should
have your person trained to
sleep when you do before the
two of you launch
our
academic career or youll 1ave
.
. d
some reaI problems. Ive notIce
my person is keeping the light
on longer and longer and letting
me sleep less and less.
of course we cats h
,
ave
another advanta
ge for we get a
solid 18 while our persons are
gone and can then launch a
friendly row - when she finally
does try to close her eyes. i must
confess shes getting awfull
nervy about this. she had th~
gall to shut us out of our
bedroom the other night with
some flimsy excuse about noise
or company or something.
weve got her fixed though,
cause she left some notes out on
the floor today and have we got
a surprise for her. hope she
doesnt start that bad cat, bad
cat business again. its really a
bore and she expects us to be
sorry. everybody knows only
persons are ever sorry about
what cats do: cats arent.
one final warning i must give
you. theres a three or four week
period where you really had
better watch your steps. they
call it finals, though what its
final in i dont know. she just
lays around here for a week after
II
and it all starts up again.,
but, back to finals. i dont
know if its a form of twice a year
person craziness or what, but
your person will start talking out
loud and not to you. my person
muttered offer, acceptance,
consideration til i thought we
both had gone around the bend
and werent coming back. but
she stayed home a bunch of the
time at stranger than usual
hours.
at first, i thought it was for
' me, till i sat for a bath on a
. -contracts book tWice and found
myself being propelled toward a
wall with an ungentle assist
from my person. sh~ got ro~her
than ~ad ~t, ~oo. m fact, m all
my nme hves I never thought to
hear s~ch language from a
person. It was a~os! as bad as
th~t snotty persIan I? the vets
offIce where you and I met who
bo
got. so upset a ~t you and me
tryIng to be socuilile. so h~w
were ~e to know he was m~vmg
on up mto the soprano sectIOn of
the cat ch
··
·d
afte II OIr. It wasnt our lea,
r a .
...
back to person tram?I g, I dont
know for sure, but IVe heard
some ugly rumors. that theres
another crazy penod they go
through at the end of this law
sch?<,l stuff. they talk abo~t
taking the bar, whatever that IS
and a~ see~ to shudder ?r
som~thmg. I met a !Bbby . m
austm whose person IS takmg
the bar this year. she is
supposed to let me know what
that entails and i will pass it
along to you.
just remember, dear sam,
with patience, loving kindness
and some carefully applied
human psychology, youll be
able to get your person through
law school too. and you should
have a happier, healthier ,
better-groomed person for all
your efforts. let me hear from
you.
keep your purr up, but dont
waste it.
beggar
A BA/LSD
Corner
By JOHN WALSH
Texas Tech and the 13th
Circuit continue to be among
the leaders in membership in
the ABA/ LSD. Following the
trend set in years past, we have
passed the 35 per cent mark.
Awards are available to schools
with the most successful
membership campaigns. U you
have not joined or renewed and
you wish to, then fill out an
application in the SBA office.
•••••
the group to be a little quieter.
President Carter was in the
room next door to the
conference.
, Susan also visited several of
Attorney-General Griffin Bell's
aides following her visit to the
White House. The talks with
Bell's aides included discussions
regarding the new bill to split
the Fifth Circuit into two
circuits.
•••••
Congratulations to Terry
Congratulations to Randy Hudson and Russell Thornton,
Means. Randy will begin his recipients of appointments to
term as ABA/ LSD rep on Criminal Justice Section ComJanuary 1. Randy's duties will mittees. This is quite an
include a trip to the Spring accomplishment as both were
Conference in the Bourbon selected from numerous candiStreet area of New Orleans and dates for only a dozen or so
to New York this next summer. positions. Rusty will be in
Randy, I'm sure, will appre- Washington, D.C. for his first
ciate all the support that an meeting with the Police
active membership can give.
Function Committee in early
December .
•••••
Committee Appointments
Has anyone seen Susan
Stedman lately? It seems that such as theses received by
during the fall term, Susan has Hudson and Thornton are
disappeared on Thursdays, only made by the section liasions. U ,
to reappear on Mondays. Of you are interested in a
course, Susan has been busy at committee position in your
Fall Roundtables across the section, then you should read
nation, but her travels must the Bi-Weekly Bulletin posted
have been highlighted last on the new bulletin board west
weekend. It seems that the of the Commons. Currently, the
President-yes, Miz Lillian's International Law Section and
boy- had to quiet Susan and the Science and Technology
her colleagues so that he could Section are seeking student
cancel a vacation-uh, trip participation.
abroad -and prepare an energy
message. Actually Susan and
Groups that plan to seek an
the other members of the LSD LSSF matching grant should
Board of Governors met with note that the next deadline is
General Counsel Lipschitz to December 1, 1977 . The discuss his role as legal adviser application must be signed by
to the President. It seems the the ABA/LSD Rep and the
meeting was a bit noisy and a Circuit Governor, so get them
Secret Service member asked 'in soon.
•••••
TACKYIS ...
By DEE MINlMUS
TACKY IS being absent 12
Just 88 "79 Park Avenue" times in a row, coming to class
and "The Complete Godfather" once and then making a snide
had rather extensive disclaimers remark about anyone else's
and warnings against suitability absence.
for the prudish, the aged, the
TACKY IS discussing your
weak at heart and stomach, and
those under twelve, so is the lovers in the Forum where their
following disclaimer issued for respective spouses mayor may
not have eager listening friends.
the following material.
TACKY IS never saying
The following may be
you're
sorry.
injurious to your health, peace
TACKY
IS always saying
of mind, and attitude toward
you're
sorry.
(So, how's the rest
your peers. Read on at your
own peril. Volenti non fit of the family. )
TACKY IS making a carrot
injuria !
joke
around a vegetarian.
T AC KY IS wearing a
TACKY
IS wearing white
chartreuse polyster double knit
shoes,
not
Addidas,
year round.
ieisure suit to a funeral-your
TACKY
IS
telling.
someone
own.
TACKY IS having a tape of how great your New Year's Eve
Judy Garland singing "Some- was when you know they were
where Over the Rainbow, " at stuck in the wilds of Big
Springs.
that same funeral.
TACKY IS sitting down in
TACKY IS opening up your
the
Commons and killing the
Gilberts in class when you sit
conversation
at the table with
on the front row where the
one
sexist
remarkeither male
professor can see it.
TACKY IS always being late chauvinist or radicHb feminist.
TACKY IS wearing jeans
to class.
that
will stand in the corner
TACKY IS always being
without
you in them.
early to class.
TACKY IS a bumpersticker
reading "God Bless John
Wayne" or "America, Love It
or Leave It."
TACKY IS smearing bacon
grease or chewing tobacco drool
on the side of someone's car just
because they've a sticker
representing a rival SWC
school.
TACKY IS not paying
Booby Prettyflowers for your
coffee, notwithstanding the
taste.
TACKY IS always including
an insult, sexist or racist, in
class or in conversation.
TACKY IS always borrowing other people's outlines and
never contributing or loaning
one you've done.
TACKY IS taking the only
copy of the particular law
journal that has an assignedreading article in it and hiding
it.
TACKY IS having to listen
'to
a doctor discuss medical
T ACKY IS always smoking.
TACKY IS a reformed malpractice in t~rms of legal
greed.
smoker.
TACKY IS medical malpracTACK Y I S having t he
whitest, fattest thighs in West tice.
Lubbock County , and letting
TACKY IS knowing who
anyone other than your spouse Buffalo Bob, Battlin ' Bob. The
or physician see them.
Admiral, Rocket Rod, Fearless
TACKY IS always being on
a diet.
TACKY IS always talking
about being on a diet.
TACKY IS always looking
for an insult, sexist or racist, in
class or in conversation.
TACKY IS, ' spring duststorms for the first time.
TACKY IS spring duststdrms for ALL time.
TACKY IS Lubbock in the
summer with no air conditioning.
TACKY }S driving lin
aluminum car and wondering
why it gets ' dented on a mere
glance from someone.
TACKY , IS going to a fish
fry and eating bread.
TACKY IS a western
wedding on horseback where
the horses suddenly are more
amorous than the humans.
Frank, Humble Dumble, and
Smilin' John are and, then,
calling them by these names to
their respective faces .
TACKY IS attempting to
adversely possess a library
conference room at exam time,
notwithstanding Professor
Jones' rules and explanations to
the contrary.
TACKY IS peeling dead skin
off your hands in Income T ax.
TACKY IS Income Tax.
TACKY IS probably most of
this column.
Clinical Education Examined
Students View Clinical Programs
A much less positive view
was presented by a student who
wished to remain unnamed. "I
hate it. It is an opportunity for
local attorneys to get free
clerical work. 95 Hours of
Briefing, 10 Hours in Court,
out of 105 Hours."
Marvin Williams feels a lot
depends on the supervising
attorney. He said he was not
sure that he had learned a great
deal because much of what was
to be learned he had already
experienced while clerking.
"For the student who doesn't
clerk, I think it's really
SBA Bections Name Kerr At Head of Helm
By JAN MARTIN
On January 9, 1978, the first
day of the spring semester, the
Student Bar Association at
Texas Tech Law School will
have ·a new set of officers and a
new Judicial Council. The Law
School will also have a new
Law School Representative for
the American Bar Association.
The race was decided on
November 7, 1977 for all
positions except ABA/LSD
Representative where a November 9, 1977 run-off was
neces8ary.
Professors View Clinical Programs
worthwhile," Williams concluded.
by JAN MARTIN
John Sowell, working with
"They're
good when properly
Legal Aid in the U C at the
run
and
as
far as I know the
Student Legal Aid Office with
ones
here
are
well run" was just
Jim Farr, commented that the
experience was interesting from one comment made by Frank
the point of view of actual Elliot, Dean of the Texas Tech
interviewing and dealing with a School of Law, about the
variety of problems both legal Clinical Programs at the Law
School.
.
.
and practical.
A
Clinical
Program
as
Penny Rhude, with the
Consumer Law Clinic portion defined by the faculty and
of the clinical programs, feels administration "is a prothat it could be a very effective grammed educational . activity
program if there were a in which the student will devote
supervising attorney present in at least 50% . of the time
the office. As it is now, Rhude required by the activity in a
commented that "there's a lot particular type of field work .
to be learned on interviewing which is supervised by a
techniques and reactions to member or members of the '
different types of people in an faculty."
Professor Dan Benson is in
office setting. Clients down
there range from students to charge of the Clinical Programs
older people, some who feel which consist of Legal Aid,
they've been ripped off in some Defending Crimes, Civil Litigaway and some who just want to tion and Prosecuting Crimes.
Legal Aid, taught this year
assert a citizen's interest."
by
Professor Charles Bubany,
Speaking of the Prosecuting
Crimes program, David Hamil- is aimed at providing students
ton stated "I think the program with client contact through
has a good goal. Maybe there interviewing and counseling
should be a more practical under the supervision of local
application of theory. It's good attorneys. This program is open
to get some exposure to the to any second or third-year law
workings of the Criminal student.
Under this program the
District Attorney's office. I do
wish we could have had more student must spend 45 hours in
exposure than sitting in the the attorney's office for one
courtroom so much. But, I do hour of academic credit and 105
realize the limitations of the hours for two hours of credit.
office. After all, we can't have These hour requirements do not
third-year students trying felon- include the weekly seminar
which each student is expected
ies.
Another student, who wished to attend throughout the
to remain unnamed, had a less semester. The hours spent in
positive view of the benefits of the office each week are worked
the Prosecuting Crimes pro- out by the attorney and the
gram. "It offers no more of a student.
"Legal Aid is primarily a
benefit than from just watching
generic
course term encompasa trial on your own."
sing
all
the legal aid clinics we
Other students, making
general comments, expressed work in this area," commented
mixed emotions about the Charles P. Bubany, professor
in charge of legal aid programs
program.
The question now remains at Tech Law School.
Bubany maintains that the
for the student to determine if
major
benefit of the clinical
he/ she feels that there is an
program
set up is that of a
adequate benefit to be gained
psychological
lift given to
for the time invested in a
clinical program. Opinions on students about his/her ability to
benefit and worth vary among practice law.
"We tend to mysticize the
those who have participated.
On balance, it seems more prace of law. Sometimes
positive than negative. At any students exaggerate the qualirate, for the student who does ties needed. Then the student
not clerk in a private office, the can find out in the clinical
clinical program exposure to the situation that he/she could do
workings of the legal system as well or better, " Bubany
may be the only exposure commented.
Learning and experiential
available during the law school
benefits
of the program tend to
career.
be uneven, according to
Bubany. While it is easy to
overrate the value of clinical
education, the elimination of
The SBA President for 1978 repetition and deadtime could
is Jon Kerr, First Vice-Presi- prove t o create a more
dent is Kelly Utsinger and meaningful clinical experience.
Susan Tom will serve as Second
"If possible to have a greatVice-President.
er committment to clinical
Composing the Judicial education, I'd like to see the.
Council will be Doug McSwane
addition of more simulated
as Chief Justice, with Randy
Hill and Joe Pitzinger serving activities in which the student
as Justices. The Judicial may not be able to participate
Council is charged with. in the clinIcal setting." Bubany
resolving any disputes arising added that simulated activities
such as interviewinK, counselunder the SBA constitution.
ing,
trial, creation 'of hypothetiRandy Means will be
representing the school to the cal law office situations in the
law school, and drafting
ABA/LSD.
techniques dealing with hypo-
Another perspective of the
programs comprising clinical
education is that held by
students. Opinions vary considerably but the trend is
definitely positive.
Jim Gallman, December '77
graduate, who has participated
in Civil Litigation and Legal
Aid (at Reese Air Force Base)
stresses the benefits of the
activities in Civil Litigation.
"In my opinion, the best
program is Civil Lit. The
student goes before the judge in
an actual hearing and the
student can make the mistakes
and coups early. You get to be
The Attorney. You draw your
own petitions, argue your case
and appear in final proceedings
with the professor backing you
up. The Reese program
features actual client interviews
by appointment, an across-theboard experience in various
p~ases of primarily civil law.
The only drawback is no court
time. You mainly research and
advise clients on legal rights.
Dan Hurley, also a third-year
student, felt Civil Lit to be a
good program. "It's very
practical," he commented.
On the subject of Defending
Crimes, emotions were a bit
more mixed.
Paul Kubinski, associated
through Defending Crimes with
the Chappell legal firm,
commented that he felt it to be
a good program. "Especially
initially is it a good program
since most students don't have
that much exposure to the
criminal process." Kubinski
explained. "For me, Byron
Chappell was good to work for.
I observed the whole process fro
the inside- interviewing, preparing for trial, and trial. I do
think you hit a point of
diminishing returns where it is
repetitioUs.
thetical problems, could prove he is the only "Clinical
• Professor' the Defending
to be valuable.
On balance, Bubany believes Crimes Program was changed.
that the biggest favor the law
Assistant Dean Michael Irish
school can do for the student is is presently teaching the
to provide a solid foundation in Prosecuting Crimes seminar.
substantative law and then to New to the faculty this year,
the extent possible, but not at Dean Irish has worked in a
the expensive of substantative District Attorney's office and is
law, skills training.
trying to see that students get
"I'm certainly not opposed to some practical experience in the
clinical programs. But on the area of prosecuting crimes.
other hand, we need to lQOk at
In this program students
. cliili~al coUr~ as any course work a specified number of
with continuing concern as to hours per week in the Lubbock
whether the courses are District Attorney's office.
responsive to student needs," Hopefully students will get
Btibany explained.
some trial experience and in the
"On balance, it may take too past students have been allowed
much time away from the time to try cases in Justice of the
which might be devoted to Peace Court, even though
something else-more meaning- restricted from litigating in
ful in terms of the total legal County or District Court.
education," Bubany concluded.
In order to participate in
The Consumer Law Clinic is Civil Litigation, Defending
similar to Legal Aid and the Crimes, or Prosecuting Crimes
students involved attend the a law student must have 45
Legal Aid Seminar. Partici- hours of academic credit. The
pants in the clinic work in the Texas Bar Association must
State Attorney General's Office approve the student as a
on consumer protection prob- student practitioner.
lems.
Professor Benson feels the
Professor Benson teaches th~ programs have progressed
seminars for both Defending favorably overall and while he
Crimes and Civil Litigation thinks that Clinical Programs
which are two-hour credit have a definite place in the law
courses, meaning that 105 work school curriculum, he also
hours are required in addition believes students need a good
to the seminar.
academic background.
Defending Crimes is aimed
Professor Roderic Schoen
at teaching students how to expressed a similar opinion
prepare and try criminal cases. saying that while Clinical
Each student is to work with a Programs are good, a strong
local attorney on each stage of theoretical or academic base is
the case or cases handled required. When asked about
during the semester.
the programs themselves, ProProfessor Benson feels that fessor Schoen responded with
the best way to operate a an idea that the programs in
program of this type is to have general should be subject to, at
a supervisor who is an least, yearly review by the
"attorney - instructor faculty in hopes of solving and
litigator". Using this approach, avoiding problems.
the professor conducts the
H the Clinical Programs are
litigation with the student doing expanded, Professor Schoen
the preparation for trial.
suggests that the addition of
It is necessary for an attorney another Clinical Professor
to conduct the actual litigation might be beneficial.
because local judges will not
While Professor Frank Skilallow student to try cases in lern is supportive of Clinical
county or district court, but the Programs he doesn't f~l that
students are present at the trial. an additional faculty member
Defending Crimes was taught is needed and approves of the
with the "attorney - instructor present set up. He feels that
- litigator" approach when it students can miscalculate the
began. Professor Benson as- value of the programs and that
signed each student a case and they can become repititious, but
they did everything except barring that Clinical Programs
actual litigation. The present are a necessary academic and
program of using local attor- educational experience.
neys was begun when Civil
Both Professor Benson and
Litigation was instituted as a Dean Elliot note the expense of
course.
Clinical Programs as a limiting
Civil Litigation deals with factor in future expansion. The
domestic relations cases includ- expense is the result of the
ing divorce and child support small number of students
problems . The cases are taught by a faculty member.
referred to the law school by
Even though Dean Elliot is
Lubbock Legal Aid.
not sure of possible expansion,
The students handle the cases he is supportive of Clinical
themselves under the supervi- Programs as are most of the
sion of Professor Benson. It faculty members. Dean Elliot
became necessary to change feels that the programs offer the
Defending Crimes to its present student a chance at experience
method of operation so not offered by other law school
Professor Benson could super- courses.
vise the Civil Litigation
Clinical Programs seem to
students.
have a good future here from
The method of teaching in the administration and faculty
Civil Litigation is preferred by point of view.
.
Professor Benson, but because
QUO Sports Column
QUOSPORTS
Campus Community Flag
Football Final Standings
TEAM
1. Brown Bombers
2. Law Hawks
3. Force
4. OTIS
5. GSS
6. Psychology
7. Moose
LOST
WON
o
6
4
2
2
4
3
3
5
6
3
3
1
o
GossSweeps Tourney
The Annual Law School
Tennis Tourney was successfully completed before Thanksgiving t h is year. The P ADsponsored event saw a record
number of participants on the
courts. Final matches were held
at the facilities of the Lubbock
Racquet Club through th e
efforts of Professor W. Reed
Quilliam, J r.
The "A" Singles crown was
captured by Jay Goss with the
number two slot for Ballard
Shapleigh.
"B" Singles top slot went to
Larry Bracken closely followed
by Lyle Wood in second.
Manning the top slot in " C "
Singles was John Gallogly while
Steve Harr finished second.
Jay Goss continued his
winning ways sharing the "A"
le>oubles crown with his partner
John Towley. The second shot
went to Ballard Shapleigh and
Clint David.
The K ' s took top honors in
"B" Doubles as Ken Kitzmiller
and Kevin Keith won it, and
Don M cDermitt and Cooper
Dibrell took the second slot.
>Mixed Doubles first place
honors went to the team of
Judy Keeling and Jim Horton,
while Etchel and Sharon Griffin
took over second place honors.
A vocates Sweep
Regional Comp
By R USS NELMS
On October 26, members of
t he almost-second-b est law
school in the state journeyed to
Houston to prove that Tech is
not second-rate in all respects.
T h e Tech Moot Court
Team David Hamilton,
'Randall MO()re, and Kerwin
Stephens-went undefeated enroute to capturing first place in
the Southwest Region National
Moot Court Competititon. The
competition featured schools
from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and
Texas. Among Tech's victims
were SMU, Houston, Baylor,
and Texas.
The final round victory over
Texas was not so surprising as
the Tech team earlier defeat of
Bombers Take Flag Football once thought to be out of the
running for the trophy,
Title
On the strength of the arm of managed to salvage a 4-2
Mike Parsons, the Brown
season and challenge the
Bombers swept the Campus Bombers for the league
Community League and rechampionship in the final game
turned the league trophy to the of the season. The Hawks
Law School.
strength appeared to be in their
Sporting a record of six wins ability to consistently field nine
and no losses, the Bombers held
players as two of their victories
their opponents scoreless, while came > against teams fielding
tallying 86 points in only five seven players.
games. Although the Bombers
Among the other Law School
exhibited a fine team effort t eams, F or ce and OTI S
throughout the season, quarter- fini shed third and fourth
back Parsons proved to be the respectively. Both teams found
offensive d ifference as he their offense too late in the
passed for eight touchdowns season to compete for the CC
and ran for four. Rumors have title. After winning its first two
it that the Champs will opt for games, Moose forfeited the
turquoise T-shirts to compli- remainder of its games after a
ment the double-knit leisure
loss to class rival OTIS,
prom pting the Intramural
suits that they hope to receive
should they be invited to meet Office to declare that all M oose
games >were forfeited . The
Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
Other members of the team action dropped M oose into last
place behind even the lowly
include: Woody " Lead Foot"
Glenn, Marvin "Off-the-Col- Shd n>k s, who managed to
lar" Williams, Dub " T he >bumble through the season
Stump" Stocker , John "Legal without a single point.
Lethal" Walsh, Dan "The
The ,only first-year team, the
Human Lung" Carney, Cooper Armadillos, took the easy route
"Loose-as-a-Goose"
Dibrell, > and played in the underSteve "The Streak" Krier, graduate league. T he ArmadilMick "One-Way" M cKamie, los rushed to four consecutive
Russ "The-Other-Way" N elms losses, while setting a new Law
and (preseasonly) Kyle " The School record for most points
given up in one game, most
Kitten" Miller.
In what must be termed an points given up in one season,
unusual turn of events, the Law and least points scored in one
Hawks took runner-up honors season. Yes, Martha, the
in flag football. The Hawks, Turkeys are alive and well in
heavily-favored Baylor. H owever, oralists Hamilton and
Moore demonstrated >not only
excellent oral skills, but also a
superior knowledge of the field
of Labor.
Winning is nothing new to
the trio as the same team
garnered second place in the
International Moot Court
Competition, held in Denver
last March. Additionally, the
team of Hamilton, Moore, and
Kelly U tsinger placed second in
the State Competition in June.
The National Moot Court
Team will travel to New York
City in December to compete in
National finals.
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Bad News Broads
Seek Revenge
In the first edition of Quo,
when this writer gave a recap of
1976-77 sports, he neglected to
include a wrap-up of women's
sports. Amid threats that he
would soon be singing soprano
in the Slayton Boys Choir, this
writer decided that it would be
in the best interests of everyone
concerned (including his posterity) to render just such a
report.
Captained by Marty Hall,
the Bad News Broads took the
women's softball league by
surprise last season, amassing a
record of two wins and one 1088
enroute to a playoff berth. The
Broads' only regular season loss
was to a rather suspect P.E.
team (the P.E . girls wore cups).
Stars of the team are left-fielder
Anita Burgess and shortstop
Mary Lou Cassidy.
BNB is currently looking for
a new coach to guide them to a
league championship. Reports
have it that
BNB is
contemplating an invasion of
other sports including volleyball
and basketball. Women interested in joining BNB for the
coming season should contact
Cassidy. Membership in Women's Law Caucus is not a
prerequisite.
To thp. Editor,
According to the 1970 census women now comprise
approximately 53 % of the general makeup of this area. Chicanos
represent approximately 21% and Blacks approximately 10%.
Compared with the law school enrollment it seems that there is
basis to believe that Texas Tech School of Law is not attracting its
share of prospective minority and women law students.
The insufficiency of minority and women representation of
Texas Tech has been justified by Administration and Admissions
by the lack of sufficient quantities of applications from which to
select qualified students. (We seriously question the criteria used to
determine a qualified student.)
We urge the Administration at the School of Law to set up an
active student-faculty committee to attract qualified (their
standards, not ours) minority and women students.
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Anglo men
Anglo women
Chicano men
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Black men
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the Law School.
Fall 1972
378/ 88.73%
31/07.27%
13/ 03.05%
0/ 00.00%
4/ 00.93%
0/ 00.00%
Fall 1976
364/ 77.77%
81 / 77.30%
19/ 04.05%
3/ 00.64%
3/ 00.64%
0/00.00%
426/ 99.98%
468/100.40%
Sincerely,
Stephen C. Mcintyre
Ingrid Stromberg
Carla Crisford
The first pole vaul ter to
clear t he bar at 15 fee t was
Cornel ius Warmerd am on
April 13, 1940, in Be rke ley,
California.
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Larkin Leaves for Two-Year Stint
By PAT MOSELEY
His shoulders may not be so
straight now as they were
during twenty-six years of
military experience, but the
wisdom and wit still sparkle out
of his eyes at you when he
recounts the past nine years and
his lengthy military career.
Notwithstanding his sixty
years, Professor Murl A.
Larkin is looking forward to a
return to Tech Law School two
years from now when his stint
as Senior Legislative Attorney
for the Congressional Research
Center ends. His duties begin
with the new year in
Washington, D.C.
"It's a chance to do
something new," he comments,
"a way to avoid the rut."
The Center, legislatively
created, operates as a research
service for any legal question
beyond the legal capabilities of
any of the co'ngressional
committee staffs. During . the
latest fiscal year, according to
Larkin, the service handled
approxim ately 20,000 questions, all legal.
Centered in the Library of
Congress, the Research Service
operates to answer questions in
the area of constitutionality of
proposed legislation, determinations of the interrelationship
of proposed and eXlstmg
legislation, statutory constructions possible for proposed
legislation, and an examination
of Supreme Court opinions in
the area of suggested legislation
concerning constitutionality.
Larkin emphasizes the physical location of the Service.
"The point is," he explains,
"that we have available for
research every book on law
published in the V nited States
as well as a wealth of foreign
materials . There's also a
fantastic computerized research
system."
While Larkin may be absent
from Tech Law for the next two
years, he has definite plans to
return. He and his wife have
leased their home, but not sold
it in anticipation of their return
to Lubbock.
"I plan to teach as long as I
can walk into the classroom!"
Larkin stated.
While teaching has been his
career in recent years, his
experiences in the law are not
limited to education.
On his . retirement from the
V.S. Navy in 1968, Larkin had
served aS ,Fleet Legal Officer for
the Commander-in-Chief of the
V.S. Pacific Fleet. He had also
served as Academic Director,
comparable to Dean, of the
Navy . Justice School in
Newport, R.I. where military
law is taught to Navy lawyers.
Most of his military career was
spent in the V.S. Navy Judge
Advocate-General Corps but for
a stint during World War II.
Among the most interesting
of his military-legal experiences
he cites are the six years he
spent as General Court Martial
Judge in Alameda, Calif., and
the Philippine Islands. The
500 or so trials over which he
presided ranged from desertion
to murder one. According to
Larkin, the situation was
particularly complicated in the
Philippines where currency had
an artificial basis and black
marketing operations with the
currency were a military
problem as well.
Larkin explained that the
General Court Martial Judge
position is most nearly comparable to that of a V.S. District
Court Judge, though the variety
of cases tried is much greater.
Drugs, sex, assaults-all felonies are tried in the General
Court Martial, while misdemeanors with some exceptions
are tried in the Special CourtsMartial.
As an academician and
practical parti~ipant, Larkin
was involved in the 1968
amendment to the Military
Justice Code, as a member of
the Re-write Committee of the
Manual for Courts-Martial.
The amendment wrought
significant changes in the
military judicial process, Larkin
explained that particularly
inferior courts were affected by '
the new requirements.
In the field of military
justice, Larkin is also becoming
known as an author. Slated for
publication next month is a text
on Military Justice which he
co-authored with Professor Joe
Munster, Hastings College of
Law, published by The Michie
Company. Additionally, Larkin
and Munster co-authored the
fourth chapter of "Cases and
Materials on Military Law," on
the topic of "The Military
Justice System." Matthew
Bender Company has this book
slated for spring 1978 publication.
"I definitely plan to return,"
he states with some emphasis.
''I'm packing books now for
storage, not for shipment."
He doesn't want to retire
either.
"If Tech does retire me at 65
or 70 , " hestates, "I've got
plans to go elsewhere and
continue to teach."
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