1977, December 15: Blackacre
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Blackacre: 1977, December 15
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School of Law
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1977-12-15
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Student newspaper of the School of Law.
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Volume IX Number V Loyola University of Chicago School of Law December 15, 1977 Site search nearly completed • • _ Trustees approve $4.5 million for new law school Tom Lenz At its quarterly meeting on Friday, December 9, the Loyola University Board of Trustees formally approved a plan for a new $4.5 million law school facility. Although the board agreed to build the new law school, a site has not yet been officially selected. Additions to Marquette Center have been ruled out. According to the Rev. Raymond C. Baumhart, president of Loyola University, "Because of the legal technicalities, we don't expect the . aquisition of a piece of land until early January. "All of the property under serious consideration is east of State Street, and within three blocks north or south of the present law school building," Baumhart continued. The site of the new law school has been the subject of increased speculation over the past month. An "open" letter to the dean, posted on bulletin boards throughout the school, stated that the university was attempting to purchase land west of State Street in the area commonly known as Bughouse Square. The still-to-be-named author complained that the area posed substantial safety as well as "artistic" hazards. No one in the administration could ascertain the source of this informa .. tion since it has never been discussed formally. While the location of the school is still a secret, the plans for the school are not. The architectural firm of Graham, Probst, & White is finalizing the design of the building. A meeting was held Tuesday to narrow some priorities of the administration. A final blueprint, however, will not be submitted until the site is picked, because certain limitations may be posed by the size of the lot. The final design of the building, in turn, may determine whether or not construction can be completed by the previously announced September, 1979, deadline. Although the architects still consider that date a possibility, one contingency affecting the actual opening . of the law school is the weather. Excavation work for all types of construction -suffers delays when the frost line plum· mets, such as it did last winter. While progress is being made a great number of major details must still be ironed out. The site must be acquired, the blueprints must be completed, and bids must be requested. Any way you look at it, that is a lot to be accomplished. Some of the funding for the new law school has been received in the form of an anonymous $1 million contribution to the university. The only request of the donor is that the new building be named after the Rev. James McGuire, the University Chancellor Emeritus. Thus, while the new facility does not yet have a location, it does have a name. Chancellor emeritus and former President, Rev. James after whom the new Ia~ school b~rlding will be named. · Course to probe Spanish Common and CivD Law Richard Kimnoch Opportunity to learn the language and law of other lands has arisen for Loyola students as the law school's Dean Charles Murdock recently approved the offering of Business and Legal Spanish, 293, for next semester. Last week the Curriculum Committee, prompted by Prof. Thomas M. Haney, considered and voted upon the proposed course. According to Haney, the committee voted against recognizing the study plan, but Dean Murdock authorized law students to take the coursP fhe course, unique among area law schoois, will not be taught by a member of the law faculty, but by Prof. Jose GarciaReyes, of Loyola's Modern Language Dept. Last year Garcia-Reyes taught the same course at Vanderbilt University School of Law. He worked then in connection. with Frank Lacey, a visiting professor at that law school. The course is directed toward students who have had two or three years of collegelevel Spanish, or who can demonstrate a reading knowledge of the language. While the projected line of study includes refresher practices for those somewhat rusty, the course ultimately leads to high level analysis of Latin American law review articles. Garcia-Reyes hopes class discussion can be conducted entirely in Spanish. It is advanced understanding of Spanish that is the primary goal of this course, according to Haney. The substratum of Civil law is the vehicle toward that end. Nonetheless, this is the closest thing to a comparative law course Loyola offers, Haney noted. Garcia-Reyes emphasizes and Haney, in a memo to the Curriculum Committee, warns that the course does NOT attempt: ''to train students in mere commercial I . Teacher Course evaluation results, see pages 4 & 5 The Bymeing of City Hal~ seepage 8 Lake View Director running for judgeship, seepage 3 correspondence ("I Lave received your letter . . . ");" or prepare "students to speak colloquially with Spanish-speaking clients in this country." Neither of the professors denies the importance of either realm of study. "They are simply not the focus of the proposed course," Haney said. But he add~, "With regard to the latter, Prof. Garcia-Reyes is offering a course this semester along those lines to students in Loyola's graduate social work and undergraduate criminal justice programs. This program may be altered in the. future to make it useful for law students and other professionals." . A synopsis of the course indicates it will entail "a series of readings on selected topics (performance of obligations, labor legislation, corporations in Venezuela and Argentina, Colombian family law, etc.) will give the student or the professional an opportunity to sample principles of Civil law and procedures based on translations Haney has no direct involvement with the instruction of the course; he admits to being merely a liaison between GarciaReyes and the Curriculum Committee. But he also admits to having more than a passing interest. Haney, who teaches International Business Transactions, has studied in Mexico and speaks some Spanish. He and Garcia-Reyes lived in the same apartment building for a while - they first met in the hall of that building, Haney said. In his memo to the committee, Haney mentioned: "It is my present intention to 'take' (sit in on and participate in) the course, if it is offered. This is my idea; I would take the course primarily for my own benefit and would not attempt to interfere with the teaching of Prof. GarciaReyes. If I do participate, this might provide a more specific legal focus as well as an opportunity to report back to the Curriculum Committee on the value of the course for law students." Haney sees both a practical and an intellectual value for law students who take this course. Referring to the evolutions of Common and Civil law, he pointed out, "A lot of times you go through law school and vou hear the rules . . . and you kind of think it's a given." A course such as this, he maintains, will point out the fallacy of such an assumption. The two systems have been separately evolving since the rediscovery of Roman law around the 12th Century. Most western European countries, using that foundation, adopted what has come to be termed Civil law; England pursued her own course of Common law. Those who take Business and Legal Spanish should "come out of the course with an idea of some of the important points of Civil law, and how a Civilian might approach a problem," Haney said. He illustrated some of the differences between the two systems. Civil law has no doctrine of consideration in contracts, uses no jury in any litigation, and has virtually no trials. Most of Civil law is codified, he said. Writings of legal scholars carry much more weight than here; they are crucial, he noted, in interpreting the code, as previous decisions are often hard to find. (The doctrine of stare decisis is not recognized in Civil law.) There are more pragmatic reasons to take the course. Haney pointed out that a lot of American law firms deal with clients in or from Latin America, whether in the nature of corporations, estate planning, or whatever. Many firms also handle documents from other countries. (Haney indicated that Garcia-Reyes possesses and uses in his course form documents encountered in the exercise of transnational business activities.) "No student graduating (from) law school today can afford to be without some sensitivity to tranSnational aspects of the law," Haney wrote in his memo. "International business activity grows larger every year, and the need for lawyers with some knowledge and-or experience in the area is growing apace." Garcia-Reyes has indicated he will teach the course to a minimum of six people. A two-volume book of readings which he utilized last year at Vanderbilt is available in Haney's office. Haney invites curious students to look it over. Haney expects many students to be interested in taking the course, but encourages such people to contact him as quickly as possible - little time is left to register. ' J.l!ackacre page two Dean endorses Hynes in Cook CountyAssessor race by Michael D. Poulos .. The Deans of Loyola and John Marshall Law Schools yesterday endorsed State Senate President Thomas Hynes to be the Democratic nominee for Cook County Assessor." --Recent news item , WBBM radio (CBS) The above quip recently raised eyebrows among students when it was broad· cast on Chicago's all news radio station over the Thanksgiving recess. "It's perfectly legitimate for some students to raise questions," Dean Charles Murdock said when asked about the story last week. Dean Murdock acknowledged making the endorsement before the Democratic Central Committee. He does not feel, however, that it was improper for him to do so. "I prefaced my speech by emphasizing that I spoke not officially but as a close personal friend of Tom Hynes." The Dean's friendship with the Chicago politician dates back to their days as Loyola Law students. Murdock was one :year behind Hynes, and they worked · closely together editing Recent Decisions of which Hynes was then editor-in-chief. Murdock succeeded him in that position after Hynes graduated. Later, when Murdock was considering going into teaching, he went to Hynes for advice. Hynes was at that time, as now, a professor at John Marshall Law School. State Senate President Thomas Hynes with. University Baurr.hart S.J. In addition to being a close friend and Loyola alumni, Murdock considers Hynes to be well qualified. "Hynes is rather unique in that he has high credentials - as a lawyer, as a law teacher, and as a politician, and it is rare that somebody has achieved distinction in each of those areas," the Dean explained. It was for these reasons Dean Murdock consented to break his usual silence and give what he intended to be a personal endorsement. "The only way it came about," Murdock emphasized, "was there was an incredibly well qualified person who has a relationship with Charles Murdock and Loyola. it has to do with that, rather than politics." When asked if there was any way to assure his personal endorsements would not sound on the radio like the Law :School's endorsements the Dean said no. "I don't think you can do anything." He does not feel that the possibility on media misinterpretation should dissuade him Erom speaking his mind. "As long as I am clear in saying I am speaking personally I ought to be able to .say what I feel strongly." Dean Murdock explained that he usually does not get involved with politics and tries to be non-partisan. "I am basically apolitical." He also felt it would be bad for Loyola to be associated with a political party in any way. "There's a Republican Governor who controls the Attorney General's office and the state administrative agencies, and a Democratic Mayor who controls the State's Attorney's office and city offices. WP. have students who are Republican, Democrats, and independents and who may want to work for the state or the county." The Dean feels Loyola does not have the appearance of being associated with any party. Few students heard of the endorsement on the radio, but when told of the story, reaction was mixed. "Dean Murdock shouldn't use his position at the law school to enhance the effect of his political feelings," one student said. Another asked "What the ! ! ! ! does Dean Murdock have to do with giving endorsements?" Both preferred to remain unnamed on the grounds that the Dean gave them their scholarships. Another student, however, approved of the endorsement. "I see no reason why the law school shouldn't take a political ;tance." Dave Towns, though, spoke with the pragmatism expected of a student about to take the last class of his law school career. "Anything that helps a Loyola graduate ~et a job is all right with me." Pat Hughes enters race for Circuit Court judgeship Leslie Robbins Pat Hughes, currently Director of the Lake View Community Defender Office has announced his candidacy for judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. He will be running for the position vacated by Judge John Fitzgerald, former Dean of Loyola Law School. Hughes will be running despite his defeat in a litigious campaign last March, when he ran for one of the newly created County-wide judgeships. At that time there were 31 judicial vacancies including 10 in the city a,nd 6 in the surrounding suburban districts. Forty-one candidates ran for these vacancies, 15 of whom comprised the regular Democratic slate. Hughes was a candidate in a slate of 15 independent Democrats, created under the auspices of Citizens for Better Courts. One ran for the appellate court, one ran for a city judgeship and several ran for specific vacancies. Most of these candidates, however, lost in the primary. Hughes 1mustered 160,000 of the 200,000 ·votes needed to win. In that race Hughes anci the independent Democratic slate were optimistic about their chances. because ballot positions were picked by lottery. However, the Board of Election Com- Law Student Division hustles to Flynt's old tune Students actively participating in the ABA Law Student Division were invited to Indianapolis on November ~2-13 for the regional fall meeting, hosted by Indiana University's Jndianapolis School ~f Law. Loyola emissaries were Dee Jarrett, Dorothy Lupton and David Lynam. The program featured a discussion of the Anthony Kirilis case by his attorney, NilE' Stanton. Kirilis you may remember, broke with established practices by opting to hold his lender captive for 24 hours with a shotgun rather than make his monthly installment. Stanton successfully defen· ded his client, who received a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict. Stanton said he received some help along the way when during a lunch break, one of the jurors began to choke in the presence of the entire panel. The defendant's brother, sitting on the other side of the room rushed over and successfully applied the new anti-choking technique, thereby saving the juror from unpleasant demise. Also on the program was a presentation by Hustler magazine's publisher, I,;arry Flynt. While the audience examined the evidence, provided by a well-prepared Woman's Caucus' member, Flynt asserted his magazine was intended to affront its readers. First amendment protections, he said, are most meaningful when the views expressed.;md the material published are unpopular to the mainstream of society. Denying a preoccupation with violence and necrophilism, he attacked child por· nography as an exploitation of those, who are unable to truly act in their own self-interest. Responsing to an allegation of exploitation of women, he stated that women are fully able to act in their own self interest, and that those who appear in Hustler feel they ar-e doing so, as well paid models. Flynt appeared sincere and concerned throughout the tumultous session, a 1· though the pr.esentation of his views for most of the two hours was poorly executed. Immediately preceding the pornography session, the Women's Causus selected new Seventh Circuit coordinators: Julie Underwood and Laura Dean, of Indiana University, Bloomington and Indianapolis, respectively. An enthusiastic caucus discussed Loyola's "Women and the Law" newsletter, and voted to establish it as the circuit newsletter with a fourteen school distribution. ABA funding for this as well as for a planned Directory of Women's Legal Services has been requested. Pleasure followed hard on the heels of business, and Indianapolis' surprising entertainment centers were explored. The Law Student division membership is open to all law students. Annual dues ($5.00) include, Student Lawyer, a month· ly magazine for neophyte lawyers, regular -association publications, book discounts, and a year's free membership upon graduation. missioners applied a rule that positioned all candidates filing a group petition according to the first name drawn from that slate. Since Judge McElligot drew position number 9, the remainder of the slate followed him, taking positions 10 through 23. Because of the importance of ballot position, Hughes and the independent Democratic slate litigated this issue in Federal Court. The District Court found that such a procedure did nQt constitute an infringement on the right of the candidates' access to the ballot, however, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed. Another obstacle encountered b y Hughes and the others was a challenge to the validity of their nominating petitions. Because petition headings did not read " County-wide", Hughes and the rest of the slate were compelled to attend a week long hearing before the States Attorney, and the County Clerk. Althou~h the petitions were ultimately ruled valid, the objectors were never required to appear. Hughes believes this challenge was an attempt to keep voters from considering them. In this election Hughes has chosen to run for a specific vacancy rather than forming a slate. Although he feels the current independent Democratic slate is generally good, he is weary of the fact that candidates are too often chosen for political considerations rather than merit. Hughes has been approved as qualified by the Chicago Bar Association and endorsed by the Sun-Times, Tribune, and Daily news. Ballot position, nevertheless remains a crucial factor. "Most voters are not familiar with judges" Hughes said and I don't have the funds which would enable me to reach seven million voters in a political campaign. So ballot position, name association, and ethnic recognition are important factors. Money is also a consideration when . . dealing with the possiblity of fraud in the vote tally. Recounts are expensive procedures. Hughes is currently in the process of collectiing signatures for his nominating petition. Although only 500 are required, he will collect two to three times that number in order to survive signature challenges. Circuit judges are elected for an initial term of six years. Thereafter, each judge must run against his own record and receive a 60 percent retention vote to remain on the bench for another term. Faculty tackles tenure criteria On Tuesday, November 15, the faculty met to discuss policy concerning appointment, retention, promotion, and tenure of the law school faculty. Currently, these decisions are made by the President of the University, with the advice of interested members of the Loyola community. As to decisions regarding law faculty, the law faculty advises the Dean of the law school, who in turn makes a recommendation to the University Committee on Faculty Appointments. This committee advises the vice-president and Dean of Faculties, who presents a recommendation to the President of the University. The law school has a flexible standard for scholarship. One article per year after the first two years of teaching is a rule of thumb. It was noted that these same criteria should be applied both to tenure and to promotion decisions. The faculty agreed that a high degree of competence in teaching was an absolute necessity for any faculty member, though members differed concerning the value of I ' the "objective" faculty evaluation responses by students. The Dean opmed that over a period of time, these statistics would provide ari accurate measure of student perceptions of the quality of teaching. The faculty thought that the students' views were probative, though not conclusive, in evaluating their teaching methods. The faculty also agreed that a faculty member's reputation among his (or her) peers was a valid factor to be considered. Classroom visitation by other faculty members was discussed as an additional evaluative tool. One faculty member suggested that faculty seminars should be' held occasionally, with one member presenting a lecture. This would provide both continuing education and feedback to the lecturer regarding his or her techniques. The faculty also raised the possibility of a candidate for tenure or promotion vidootaping his or her class, reserving the option of sharing it with other faculty members or erasing it. There being no further discussion, the faculty adjourned. i Blackacre page three Tuohy: Things are looking up in lnw school library Rick Cozzola "When people think of librarians, they usually picture an older woman wearing glasses, with her nose in a book, who is try ing to keep everybody quiet." One librarian who does not fit this stereotype is Loyola's reference librarian - Nancy Tuohy. Through many mean..-; attending law school, helping instead of silencing students, and upgrading the professionalism involved in being a librarian, Nancy Tuohy is working to alter the stereotyped attitude she says is prevalent concerning librarians. Ms. Tuohy was born in Evanston, Ill. and grew up in Iowa, Kansas, and Addison, Illinois. She attended college at St. Mary's in South Bend, Indiana where she received a degree in English literature in 1974. During 1975, she attended Rosary College in River Forest where she received a master's degree in Library Science. After receiving her M.A. she worked as a law librarian for a law finn for one and one-half years before coming to Loyola. At the firm of Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee and Hastings, Ms. Tuohy supervised a library of over 15,000 volumes for a finn of over fifty lawyers. In addition to cataloging, and helping move the library into new offices in the sears Tower, she helped the lawyers with some resear. ch. However, while working at the firm, she found "there was so much about the law I didn't know that bothered me." To remedy this, she decided to go to law school - choosing Loyola because it was the school she felt was best for her. She kept her job and began night school. When the lawyers she worked with learned she was attending law school, she noticed that their attitude towards her changed. They asked her to do more involved research. In choosing law she was not choosing it so much as an end in itself as an additional career to her work as a law librarian. After one year of working at the law finn she was offered a position at Loyola as reference librarian, which she accepted. At Loyola her duties have varied. As a librarian the most rewarding part of her work has been in helping people in their use of the library. Both as a librarian who answers questions and helps people find sources (which she compares to 'detective' work,}. JJpd as the Legal Research teacher - much of her activity at Loyola has been directed at helping students in use of the law library. She found that she liked teaching the freshman legal research course much more than she anticipated. She was nervous at first, since it was her first teaching experience, and it involved facing 75 students at once. She feels that the people in the classes understood the basics - which was the goal of the course. She also enjoyed helping students with the legal research problems as they came up. "It made me review all the basics of legal researcb.'' She says. "It was like taking legal research all over." One of the difficult parts of the course was the grading of papers. Correcting over 1,000 papers well, involves much more time and energy than she anticipated. "I'm sorry so much had to be crammed into so little time." She says about the four week time span of the course. Next year she would like the students to have more time to do the legal research problems and hopes to avoid some of the frustrations that happened this year. "I don't like turning people off to legal research," she says of the subject that she obviously enjoys. She likes the student-teacher atmosphere of the school as well as the cooperative spirit in the library staff. As a second year student looking ahead to her future Ms. Tuohy sees a number of possibilities. She can be a librarian, a lawyer, or any of a number of combinations of the two. She would, at some time, like todo some work as a practicing attorney because "You can only learn so much in a school." Basically she seems to see her library and legal backgrounds integrated Law school Reference Librarian Nancy Tuohy in her future. Nancy obviously likes working with people. "Someone who doesn't like people shouldn't be a librarian." she says. She also points out she has never met anyone who comes near the librarian stereotype she notes that many people have. She feels that it is important for the future of legal libraries, that the librarians at those libraries are professional in their approach- so that they can help lawyers and other researchers. She would like to see lawyers' view of librarians raised she notes1 "Lawyers support law libraries. If you antagonize lawyers, you will lose a lot of support for the libraries. One of her other goals for the future involves a more immediate problem. First year students who have asked, "When will we get those legal research papers back?" finally have an answer. "They'll be back by Christmas," she says recalling that there are over 1,000 of them, "1979". Loyoln freshmen find tips and terror at Pf.!!l!lpha Delta final exam preview "Bring your study anxieties" the sign said, so I threw mine in my briefcase and went to the Pre-Exam Discussion sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta last Sunday afternoon. It was billed as an enlightening look at the makeup of law school exams, and the peculiar testing characteristics of Loyola's professors, but turned out to be more frightening than seeing The Exorcist for the first time. By one o'clock the Georgetown Room was packed to the rafters with hung-over, chain smoking first year students who had come to hear what terrible things lay in store for them. The remains of the Holiday Frolic Dance the night before had been completely swept away, and not a Schlitz can was in sight. The Phi Alpha Delta members did their best to provide us with each professor's likes and dislikes without ''yelling fire in a crowded theatre," i.e. scaring us to death. There was, however, little they could do to dispel the impending sense of doom which soon descended upon the group. upon to tell the truth as to what they intend to test you on. The general consensus of the panel members was that it's worth the old professional school try. One point which the veterans kept stressing was to make an outline before writing the answers to the exam questions. Such a method is supposed to enable one to organize the issues, ascertain the applicable law, and finally to reach a viable conclusion. "That's all you have to do," they told us. The members of the audience were exchanging blank looks throughout the afternoon. More than one student was heard to say, "What am I doing in law school?" Tens of dollnrs squandered on Law school artwork Among the tips furnished was that Prof. Purcell favors neat exams, but he won't accept one written in pencil. A perplexed student asked how you could write a neat exam with a ball point pen. He was advised that he had better try. We also learned that Ms. Appel dotes on issues; Prof. Amaker does not like to receive an outline in lieu of an answer, and Prof. Curtin can be "very tricky." Shades of Richard Nixon? We were exhorted to know the common law as well as the statutory, and to read the exam questions two or three One unfortunate had the audacity to ask something which many of us had wondered about from the beginning. . . "What's an outline?" That "query" stumped the experienced Phi Alpha Delts. They held a hurried, whispered consultation at the podium before telling the student in question to see them after the- session. Mark Belokon Many Loyola students probably view the law library as a mere depository for books, professors, and other law students. Those who share· this vi~w are overlooking the wealth of art treasures that the building contains. In a conference room on the first floor can be found Wmslow Homer's masterpiece "Spare the Rod". Close examination of the work reveals that this study of education in rural America was painted during Homer's "cardboard period", when the impoverished artist was unable to afford canvas. The addition of mustaches on the teacher and most of her class are symbolic of Homer's dislike for the formalism and conformity fostered by the educational system. Across the hall, another conference room contains a trio of paintin~thatcould well be unsigned works by Gauguin. I found the sea-scape to be particularly impressive. Such stuff could easily sell at Merrill Chase for at least fifteen dollars apiece (framed). The Law School's art collection extends beyond its paintings. On the third floor the main reading room has "The Man With The Golden Palm" on permanent display. "" wood sculpture with outstretched .ot has no· doubt inspired many in ~e times before attempting to outline and hopes that one day they may graduate and then write the answers. stand with palms out, waiting· to receive. One of the speakers also suggested ~ T LJ M b Appropriately, a painting of Sir Thomas that we ask our professors what they will 1 'leW em ers More looks on ashamed,. have on the final exams. This was a novel The following students are eligible for There are also several of what euphe- idea which was greeted with a round of the Loyola Law Journal Staff as a result of mistically are called objets d'art. Typical applause. "Of course, why didn't 1 think of their petitions, submitted this fall: Guy of this ilk is the old English dowry that?" one student commented. However, Snyder, Bruce Rose, Brian Allen, Mike agreement in the third floor study room. this suggestion was followed with the McCormack, Paula Uscian, Holly Ber· Such documents make for interesting caveat that teachers can't always be relied land, Ellen Beverly and Patrice Bremino. reading, especially when you are trying to rr===========~====i::::::============~==;;;::;;;::;;;:;;;::;;;~ avoid more pressing work. The Law Review office has a framed cigar in memoriam of Col. Jacob Arvey and Chicago ward politics. It's a very nice cigar. I suppose it has been framed ~sa reminder that tlie Jake Arveys of the world are made, not born. It's a difficult task to track down and critically comment on the art at Loyola. I would suspect that much of it has come from private collections. Some of the unsigned works may even have been done by Loyola's faculty who aren't aware of their artistic ability or, in other cases,are. The collection is scatttered throughout the building, which adds to the difficulty of finding all of the works. But let it be a challenge to you. Unlike the University of Chicago, Loyola's collection is permanent. It will be here longer than you will, which, if nothing else, is a comforting thought. The Cook County Bar Foundation , wiD accept applications from minaity law students for scholarship awards to be granted -in February, 1978. Eligibility is based upon financial need and demonstrated scholarship Applications forms must be completed and returned not later than 5:00P.M January 9, 1978. Aplication forms may lx! secured from the office of Associate Dean Nina Appel or from B·A L SA· President, Norma Sutton Inquiries may be directed to : LL weUyn L. Greene Thaped~ Scholarship Chairperson. 6901 Oglesby Ave. Chicago Rlinois. Blackacre page four Evaluation reflects'Battle of the Fonns' compromise Mary Kay Kelly · . • Professors standing uncomfortably out· side their classrooms while the law school secretaries fry to master the process of collecting answer sheets, questionnaires and pencils from dawdling students - a sure warning the semester is drawing to a close, and tidings that the teacher course evaluation "Battle of the forms" is most probably over. This year the same forms as last year are being used except for a correction in a numbering error. The questionnaire represents the compromise finally reached after the year long controversy between the SBA and the administration about the purposes and format of teacher evaluations. Last year's SBA President and vicepresident, Jack Moran and Nancy Tripp, recognized the deficiencies in the teacher evaluation techniques previously used at Loyola. After lengthy consideration a new form was submitted to the Faculty Council for approval over a narrow majority, the council decided not to use the new forms. The SBA took the position that there was no legitimate reason why the new forms should not be used and decided to have · students fill out the new evaluations even though the administration was determined to use the traditional forms. Students balked at the idea of taking the time to fill out two forms on the same subject and according to Jerry Larkin, current SBA President, most students did not fill out - the SBA form. The administration's evaluation results were never released and the SBA was restricted to publishing its results on a blackboard. During second semester of last year, efforts were made to avoid the confusion of two evaluation processes. One of the major areas of controversy was whether the results of an evaluation should be used on the question of whether to grant tenure to a professor. The Administration held that student response to a teacher evaluation provided concrete evidence as to the teacher's effectiveness. The SBA · disagreed, holding that the anonimity of student responses prevented the evaluation results from being sufficiently reliable in deciding the critical question of tenure. Both the SBA and the Administration agreed that the evaluations should be used to help teachers improve, and to give students some idea as to the approach of a particular teacher. The questionnaire now being used is a compromise form which reflects both the SBA's and Administration's priorities as noted on the form, the responses to the first fiv~ questions are released only to the Law School Administration for evaluative purposes. These questions are directly related to the students rating of the professor: his knowledge, preparation, effectiveness and interest in students. The answers to the remaining twenty questions are available to faculty and students but only after the professor of each class has completed grading exams. These questions are concerned with areas which would · be of interest to a student who would subsequently take the same course and to the teacher who wishes to see how students react to his teaching methods. Accompanying this article are the results to last semesters Teaching Evaluation Questionnaire. Although there was a . numbering problem in last spring's form the computer operator said he corrected' the error within a 90 percent margin. The 197677 questionnaire form follows with the tabulated results listed below. Questions 610: aank the following in the order of their importance to you in understanding the problems and concepts of this course. 6. Casebook 7. Professor's discussion 8. Professor's handouts 10. Student-prepared outlines and research (prepared by individual or group) 11. How valuable were the assigned readings (casebook, handouts) to you in understanding the subject matter of the course? A. Very valuable B. Moderately valuable c. Of little value 12. Given the nature and amount of the materials covered, day to day class assignments were unreasonably long: A. Never B. Seldom C. Sometimes D. Often 13. H there was a printed syllabus, to what extent was it·followed? A. Followed very directly B. Followed more or less faithfully C. Seldom followed D. No printed syllabus 14. Assuming you prepared the assigned materials, were you ever unfairly surprised by what was in fact covered in class? A. Never B. Seldom C. Sometimes D. Often E. Inapplicable 15. Considering the nature and amount of material to be covered in the course, the pace of classroom presentation of materials was: A. Well planned B. Adequately planned C. Poorly planned 17. How often did the professor take a moment at the ~ginning (or end) of the class period to briefly summarize what would (or had been) covered in the period and how it relates to prior material in the course? . A. Always B. Usually C. Sometimes D. Seldom 18. The professor's description, explanation or analysis of the subject matter was: A. Always clear B. Usually clear C. Sometimes clear D. Seldom clear 19. Assuming you prepared the assigned materials, the level of discussion was too difficult for you to follow: A. Never B. Seldom C. Sometimes D. Often E. Inapplicable 20. Did the professor talk about practical aspects of how lawyers do and should carry out their tasks? A. Frequently B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never 21. In this class, student discussion and questions were: A. Encouraged B. Accepted C. Tolerated Di Discouraged 22. Did the professor show respect for members of the clas as individuals (e.g., did he avoid unnecessary embarrassment or humiliation of students in class(? A. Yes B. No 23. The professor was available for questions outside of class: A. Often B. Sometimes C. Seldom 24. My decision to enroll in this course was based on the following reason: A. Interest in subject matter B. It was required C. Bar exam course D. It fit into my schedule E. Regard for instructor 25. How many: hours per week did you spend preparing for this course? A. 0-3 B. ~ C. 7-9 D. 10-12 E. 13-15 TeacherCo~EvruuationR~~76~7 AVERAGE FOR AMAKER AMAKER ENTIRE CML PRO CML PRO SCHOOL 6 2.58 2.68 3.04 7 3.15 3.17 3.04 8 1.30 1.16 1.25 9 1.91 2.13 2.25 10 1.57 1.18 1.23 11 3.28 3.36 3.44 12 2.76 2.57 2.93 13 2.10 3.21 3.20 14 3.2! 3.19 3.13 15 3.58 3.91 3.78 16 3.24 3.32 3.50 17 2.48 2.60 2.84 18 2.89 2.64 2.85 19 2.83 2.30 2.80 20 3.25 3.13 3.44 21 3.67 3.49 3.44 22 3.83 3.70 3.71 23 3.51 3.48 3.48 24 2.97 3.02 3.02 25 2.62 2.79 2.09 AMAKER CMLRIGHTS 2.i0 2.80 2.62 1.78 1.46 3.64 2.20 2.64 3.53 3.07 2.73 2.60 2.67 3.07 2.73 3.50 3.73 3.69 3.73 2.80 APPEL TORTS ll 3.50 2.93 1.21 2.57 1.00 3.57 2.36 1.50 2.93 3.21 3.36 2.57 2.79 2.64 2.43 3.93 3.93 3.62 3.07 2.14 APPEL TORTS ll 3.00 2.82 0.33 2.64 1.16 3.49 2.82 1.21 3.03 3.56 3.26 . 2.64 2.97 3.05 2.85 3.64 3.82 . 3.53 2.95 2.08 APPEL PROD. LIAB 2.14 3.29 1.50 1.00 2.85 3.29 2.79 2.77 2.64 3.93 3.07 2.43 2.71 3.00 3.43 3.86 3.93 3.79 3.00 2.57 BEYER BONA VICH BONA VICH ESKII.SON ·CON LAW I CON LAW ll ESTATE PL ~.fJO 2.96 3.67 3.00 2.67 3.17 4.00 0.71 1.10 3.00 1.98 1.40 3.00 1.51 1.40 3.00 3.34 3.50 4.00 2.20 3.67 1.00 2.48 1.18 3.00 2.93 3.67 4.00 3.46 3.17 4.00 2.87 2.67 3.00 1.91 2.17 3.00 2.33 2.58 3.00 2.65 2.83 4.00 1.47 1.42 4.00 3.87 4.00 4.00 3.87 4.00 3.00 3.59 3.40 4.00 2.98 3.50 4.00 1.62 2.92 Blac;kacre page five i HANEY HORTON HORTO:t-r HORTON HOWE HOWE JOHNSTON KAIEVITCH KAIEVITCH KAIEVITCH REMEDIES EMPLOY ADMIN LABOR ARB: ESTATES ESTATES FOOD AND CONTRACTS II CRED CRED DISCRIM. LAW DRUG LAW RIGHTS RIGHTS 6 2,87 2.24 2,85 0.14 3.44 3.43 2.20 2.!16 - 2.43 7 2.90 2.80 2.92 3.14 2.78 2.29 4.00 2.66 2.54 3.36 8 0.39 1.93 0.92 2.62 0.63 0.60 3.00 0.42 2.31 0.55 9 2.12 0.53 2.46 1.70 1.77 1.96 1.00 2.75 1.08 2.92 10 2.10 3.00 1.50 2.27 1.39 1.74 1.40 1.45 2.92 1.55 11 3.38 3.53 3.38 2.80 3.52 3.36 3.20 3.26 1.54 3.36 12 2.74 3.00 2.69 3.15 2.84 2.68 2.00 2.16 3.46 3.14 13 3.26 2.53 3.46 3.31 1.13 1.00· 2.20 1.64 2.54 1.18 14 3.26 3.76 3.46 3.46 3.25 3.29 3.20 2.77 1.25 3.36 15 3.76 4.00 3.85 3.29 3.78 3.68 3.40 3.12 3.54 3.57 16 2.95 3.00 3.31 2.93 3.34 3.07 3.20 2.60 3.46 3.71 17 2.21 1.76 2.15 2.29 1.75 1.36 2.60 2.04 2.00 2.79 18 2.77 2.88 2.77 3.00 3.03 2.61 3.20 2.56 2.77 3.07 19 3.21 3.24 3.00 3.43 3.28 2.86 2.80 2.55 2.92 2.71 20 2.62 3.00 3.23 3.93 3.59 3.43 4.00 3.40 3.15 3.71 21 3.64 3.88 3.85 4.00 3.75 3.32 3.80 3.60 3.38 3.86 22 3.97 3.21 4.00 3.69 3.84 3.79 4.00 3.70 3.31 3.93 23 3.86 3.75 3.77 3.93 3.28 3.25 3.80 3.71 3.46 3.79 24 2.03 3.41 2.85 3.79 3.25 3.25 3.40 2.98 2.77 3.36 25 2.92 2.94 . 2.31 2.79 2.59 2.93 3.00 2.51 2.15 2.29 : KANE, T...UCE · KILBRIDGE. KILBRIDGE LAMEY LAME~· LAMEY LUNDERGAN MCCORMACK MCCORMACK MICHAEL SEC REG CORP TAX CORP TAX CODE II CODE II CODE IT ESTATE TAX PROPERTY IT LAND USE FEDERAL JUR • 6 4.00 3.27 2.61 2.09 2.11 2.44 0.27 2.58 3.00 2.80 7 3.00 2.50 3.06 3.83 3.98 3.74 3.27 4.00 3.50 3.90 8 2.00 0.77 0.88 , 0.83 0.43 0.48 2.67 1.62 1.67 0.21 9 1.00 1.65 1.94 1.50 2.15 1.88 1.73 1.39 1.22 2.06 10 0.00 1.85 2.44 1.80 1.73 1.32 1.93 1.09 0.!16 1.()6 11 4.00 3.38 3.00 3.04 3.04 3.37 : 2.47 3.21 3.32 3.38 12 1.50 2.35 2.22 3.35 3.30 3.41 2.47 3.42 2.66 3.38 13 2.50 1.04 1.00 1.04 1.05 1.19 1.15 1.29 2.63 1.82 14 3.50 3.15 3.3~ 3.30 3.3.'3 3.59 2.43 3.42 3.41 3.57 15 3.50 3.58 3.56 3.74 3.95 3.89 3.20 3.79 3.62 3.81 16 2.00 3.16 3.11 4.00 3.86 3.93 : 3.07 3.46 3.38 3.67 ; 17 2.00 2.04 2.89 3.04 3.04 2.93 1.93 3.08 2.90 3.95 18 3.00 2.58 2.72 3.70 3.51 3.48 1.73 3.33 3.14 3.57 19 2.00 2.62 2.72 2.74 2.40 2.78 1.33 3.22 3.10 2.67 20 4.00 3.42 3.61 3.22 2.72 2.81 3.87 3.54 3.14 2.95 ' 21 3.00 2.92 3.11 3.74 3.75 3.59 3.47 3.58 3.48 3.67 22 4.00 3.92 4.00 4.00 3.!16 3.89 4.00 4.00 3.97 3.90 23 2.00 3.33 3.67 3.80 3.58 3.59 2.79 3.55 3.68 3.58 24 2.50 3.72 3.78 1.13 1.25 1.48 3.80 3.04 3.00 1.24 25 2.50 2.69 2.83 2.87 2.44 2.67 2.87 3.13 2.62 2.57 MICHAEL MICHAEL MOOT MOOT MURDOCK NORTON NORTON NORTON POWERS PURCELL FEDERAL FEDERAL COURT COURT CORP CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL POL PARTIES CRIMINAL JUR JUR (EVE) PRO PRO PRO PRO 6 2.82 2.68 2.50 0.73 1.72 2.81 2.52 1.22 0.40 3.00 3.86 4.00 : 7 3.92 2.59 2.72 3.66 3.42 3.25 4.00 3.37 8 0.53 0.34 2.00 2.75 2.76 0.86 0.69 1.44 2.57 0.64 9 1.92 2.05 2.50 2.14 l.l7 1.!16 2.00 1.33 0.60 2.07 10 1.20 1.48 0.00 2.71 1.26 1.43 1.28 3.33 1.86 1.93 11 3.21 3.21 2.00 2.90 2.92 3.47 3.32 2.91 3.71 3.37 12 2.75 2.95 3.50 2.19 2.52 2.03 2.29 3.58 3.29 1.84 13 1.26 1.68 2.50 1.90 3.28 3.53 3.13 2.58 3.86 1.65 14 3.36 3.03 4.00 2.44 2.68 3.19 3.30 3.25 3.86 2.95 15 3.79 3.64 2.00 3.56 3.32 3.75 3.61 4.00 3.71 3.63 - 16 3.37 3.23 3.50 2.85 2.!16 3.69 3.45 3.83 3.57 3.16 17 3.86 3.90 2.50 2.56 1.84 2.25 2.48 1.58 3.14 2.26 18 3.25 3.18 3.00 3.00 2.40 3.19 3.26 3.42 3.43 3.05 19 2.54 2.32 4.00 3.28 2.56 2.77 ~.00 3.25 3.57 2.89 20 3.29 2.92 2.50 3.30 3.40 3.38 3.61 3.83 2.43 3.63 21 3.79 3.49 4.00 3.68 3.44 3.91 ~.84 4.00 4.00 3.84 22 3.93 3.90 3.67 3.86 3.63. 3.94 3.94 4.00 4.00 3.84 23 . -3.54 3.56 4.00 3.55 2.70 3.52 3.35 3.92 3.57 3.37 24 1.71 1.18 3.00 3.00 2.92 3.25 3.03 4.00 2.43 2.68 25 2.36 2.31 2.25 1.67 2.84 2.88 2.84 3.42 3.43 2.53 . January. PURCELL PURCELL SCHOEN SPECTOR SPECTOR TORNQUIST WHITE TORTS IT TORTS IT CONLAW I EVIDENCE EVIDENCE CMLPRO JUVENILE LAW Graduation I , The mid-semester graduation ceremony I will take place on Saturday, January 28th 6 3.19 1.92 2.16 at 5:00 pm in the Prudential Building 2.97 2.77 2.97 2.86 Assembly Hall, on Michigan Avenue. It 7 2.90 3.34 1.67 2.02 2.23 3.82 2.14 will be followed by a cash bar at 6:00pm in 8 0.52 0.30 0.82 0.77 0.59 1.00 1.80 th:! Gibraltar Room, with dinner to follow 9 2.72 2.32 2.40 3.54 3.05 1.13 1.25 at 7:00pm. The guest speaker will be 10 1.58 1.12 1.98 2,14 2.65 1.44 1.75 Carol Kamen Bellows, the current presi- 11 3.26 3.50 3.25 2.80 2.84 3.50 3.29 dent of the lllinois State Bar Association, 12 2.97 3.09 1.81 2.67 2.77 2.67 3.00 whose father ~nee taugbt at Loyola. 13 1.10 1.32 1.04 1.00 1.12 2.77 1.00 The ceremony itself will be free but 14 2.87 3.34 ·2.21 2.70 2.70 3.17 2.57 tickets for the dinner will be approximate- 15 3.28 3.05 3.25 3.87 3.61 3.85 3.14 ly $8.00. This includes an entree with 16 2.74 2.91 2.80 2.92 3.00 3.72 2.43 appetizer, salad, vegetable, beverage and 17 2.23 2.23 1.49 2.13 2.07 3.22 1.71 dessert. Parking will be available on the 18 2.46 3.00 1.58 1.80 2.02 3.50 2.57 premises for $2.00. Letters will be sent to 19 2.62 3.16 1.81 1.85 2.18 2.88 3.57 all January graduates specifying exact 20 3.62 3.63 2.11 2.47 2.64 3.82 3.14 details. 21 3.46 3.63 3.49 3.50 3.57 3.75 3.00 N.B. Tne majority of graduates answering 22 3.87 3.93 3.54 3.61 3.59 3.87 3.43 the questionnaire indicaied approval of 23 3.20 3.64 3.02 3.06 3.12 3.69 3.17 caps and gowns, so if you have not yet been 24 2.97 2.95 2.95 2,80 2.98 3.00 4.00 measured, please see Mr. Buckley in the 25 2.54 3.09 1.23 2.55 2.70 1.63 3.00 Dean's Office. . - - ... -- ·. - Blacllacre page SIX illlL~CDJ) €'«\CDllU m ) m!IDll~®ill!U\IL~ Seconding the (e)motion SBA President Jerry Larkin was crawling around on his hands and knees last Friday, squinting at the door frame between the third floor reading room of the library and t1e law school elevator. Another man joined him and proceeded t· > draw little boxes on a yellow legal pad. Larkin inspected the sketches and nodded with approval. The man with the legal pad stood up, slipped a tape measure into his pocket, shook hands with Larkin, and said, "Well, that should just about do it." Larkin stood up, brushed off the knees of his trousers and promptly returned to the SBA office. Although there is no such thing as normal behavior in the law school library, Larkin's conduct did seem to be a wee bit strange. "Glass doors," he said, walking down the stairs. "Should keep the noise out of the reading room, don't you think?" Larkin had just executed one of the hundreds of tasks that have earned him the commendation which he recently received from the members of the Student Bar Association. A pat on the back from the members of your own organization may not seem like much, but for persons like Larkin, that's all there is in terms of reward. Blackacre would like to add a few pats of its own. · Larkin has been everything that the SBA's resolution says he has, and there is no need to string-cite the applicable adjectives that modify the dedication he has shown to his office. We do, however, feel that it is appropriate to comment briefly on his tenure thus far. From freshman orientation through his continuous negotiations with the architects of· the new law school building, Larkin has displayed a degree of optimism and professionalism that we think is crucial to the internal progress of the law school. Larkin has never turned his head to a suggestion. He has not, so far, balked at red tape. He has an uncanny ability to get to the heart of the matter at hand. "The library's noisy, so we'll build doors." His attitude is one that doesn't bend to hassles. Perhaps the most characteristic example of the quality of • Larkin's performance is the way he dealt with the Marquette Center addition that was proposed this fall. Larkin's position was: "It's simply not acceptable and we're not going to let them do it." Although there were other factors that led to the ultimate rejection of that plan, Larkin was prepared to fight it to the bitter end. But even with his firm stance on that cause, he has not a:.ienated himself from the university administration and has been able to work closely with them in producing student input Jor the new law school facilities. Larkin is a good listener, a good advocate, a good communicator. He has set a trend of cooperation among the various organizations throughout the law school community. Be it glass doors, or the constitutional definition of the committee structure, Larkin seems to be on top of things and seems to get results. The reason why Blackacre has chosen to subject Larkin to the embarassment of such unmitigated praise is our belief that his attitude about the law school is far superior tl) those which have recently manifested themselves in the form of anonymous letters and handbills. Critiques, protests and free-lance complaints such as the open letter prematurely circulated on the location of the new law school have no place in a community of educated persons. Nor do unsigned petitions to change the teaching methods of one professor or another. Yet both have occurred at Loyola. Jerry Larkin has demonstrated that problems can be dealt with directly and openly, with every expectation that · they will be resolved. Blackacre agrees. Anonymous. letters based upon rumors and petitions that purport to represent a class which they refuse to name can accomplish nothing. BKW BAlSA position on Bakke questioned Dear Editors: As Blacks, my husband and I are distressed to note that the Loyola Black American Law Students Associations (BALSA) as well as most Black organizations are urging the reversal of the Bakke decision as well as the continuation of the "special admissions" programs. When in the intellectual pursuits we insist that the only way that Blacks can achieve their rights is through special admissions of less qualified studel}ts, we tacitly admit that Blacks are unable to compete on an equal basis and achieve the same grade point averages that white students can. This leads to the very disturbing, but logical inference that intellectually Blacks are inherently inferior to whites. This cannot help but give credence to similar theories of such racists as-Professor Shockley of Stanford. It is high time that we Blacks learn from similarly disadvantaged and pennyless generations of Irish, Jews, and Italians that it is hard work, and not special admissions, which leads to the success of an architect like Sullivan and of justices such as Brandeis, Cardozo, Frankfurter, Musmano, and yes, Thurgood Marshall. Yours truly, Mrs. James ("Jimmy") Johnson Editor's note: James Johnson is a 1976 Magnum Cum Laude graduate of Yale University and a Phi Beta Kappa. He attained an LSAT score of 728, and currently works for a Government agency in Chicago. SBA notes SBA to sponsor speakers Christopher E. K. Pfannkuche SBA is planning an extensive speakers program for second semester. According to John Bulfin, SBA Secretary and co-ordinator of the program, the goal of the program is to present at least one guest speaker every two weeks. The lectures will span a variety of legal topics. including divorce law and admiralty law. Bulfin hopes to initiate the lecture series with Bill Veeck, owner of the Chicago White Sox, who would speak on the legal aspects of sports regulations. Suggestions as to possible speakers or topics may be addressed to John Bulfin at the SBA office. Door installed Sometime during next semester a glass door and partition will be constructed at the north entrance to the second floor library reading room. Classes regularly held in the moot courtroom and the proximity of the faculty reception area and the SBA office, make this hallway a well-travelled and unduly noisy area. It is oftentimes difficult for students to study in the adjoining reading room. This door should reduce the noise pollution. &ok Collection This Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the SB. \ will be collecting textbooks for the second semester book sale. Books used last spring will be collected at the SB A office on Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 10 am to noon; Thursday, Dec. 15 from 1 pm to 3 pm; Friday, Dec. 16 from 5 pm to 7 nm. A 1 .second collection will take place during semester break in January to collect those books in use this semester. ISBA drive SBA recently sponsored a student membership drive for the Illinois State Bar Association. Over seventy students registered for membership, which includes free subscriptions to various ISBA publications, group insurance rates and free admission to a variety of special programs. The annual membership fee is $2.00, ISBA also contributes funds to Loyola's SBA budget based upon the number of Loyola memberships. Applications for membership are available at the SBA office. January graduation The SBA recently recommended that Dean Murdock allocate $200 of the student activity funds to rent Assembly Hall in the Prudential Building for this January's graduation ceremony for the midyear graduates. This January, 34 students are expected to graduate ' ' \ ~ _,. I Committee position )pen A position for a student representative on the Student-Faclty Committee is currently open, due to the resignation of one student member. The position is open to any law student. Further information is available in the SBA office. Larkin Gold Star Jerry Larkin, President of SBA, received a commendation from the SBA for his performance as head of that organization, at the Nov. 16th SBA meeting, which was unanimously passed. The commendation reads as follows: "To commend Jerry Larkin for exemplary performance of his duties as Student Bar Association President for the first semester of his tenure. Jerry has demonstrated acute concern for the welfare of the law students, prospective students, the faculty and the Law School. Through his untiring efforts, unselfish devotion of time and energy and keen sens*vity to the needs and problems of his constituents he has succeeded in uniting diverse elements within the school for the common good. Jerry has been successful in presenting the student viewpoint to the faculty and administration to promulgate unpopular and, at times, seemingly unreasonable decisions. In short, Jerry Larkin has given us, in just half of his term, a standard of professionalism, integrity and leadership which we admire and appreciate." Libraflj hours extended · Miss Nancy Tuohy, Law Librarian, has announced an extension of the weekend library hours during the Christmas holiday and final exam weeks. Saturday and Sunday hours will be 9 am to 11 pm. In addition, any student who needs extra library time should see Miss Touhy about staying in the library after regular closing hours. The Cook County Bar Foundation, (the charitable arm of the Cook County Bar Association) will accept applications from minority students for scholarship awards to be granted in February , 1978. Eligibility is based upon proven fi.iiancial need and demonstrated scholarship. Application forms must be completed and returned not later than 5:00pm January 9, 1978. Application forms may be secured from the Office of Associate Dean Nina Appel or from B.A.L.S.A. President Norma Sutton. Inquiries may be directed to Llwellyn L. Green Thapedi, Scholarship Committee chairperson, 6901 Oglesby Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 60649. ' ~o((L I I . \ . . .. • - t • • • • Bl11ckacre page seven Time legislation delayed til Congress can find some -0.009 Michael Poulos On March 29, 1974 I first reported the growing national time shortage and the severe crisis that was in the offing. I also discussed the debate in Congress over national time policy legislation. When this legislation was first introduced the sides were clearly drawn on Capitol Hill: the liberals were in favor of it because it would change things, and the conservatives were opposed to it for the same reason. Today, however, the situation is both more confused and more acute. To help Loyola Law School students understand how Congress is attempting to deal with the time shortage an excertfrom the Congressional Record is printed below. (Note: This is actually a transcript of the latest meeting of the Joint Select Committee to Consider the Time Shortage and Various Legislative Proposals Relating Thereto. It will be an excerpt from the Congressional Record as soon as I can locate a Korean businessman who will ~ find a Congressman to correct the Congressional Record so this exerpt is included.) CHAIRMAN: The Chair recognizes the distinguished Senators from Dlinois. CHUCKLES and 'ADAWAY (speaking in unison on behalf of their constituents): We have received many letters from law students in our state complaining that they do not have enough time to prepare for class and write memos and fight rush hour traffic to get to their nine o'clock classes without being late. Because the law students of today are the club members . . . err . . . Senators of tomorrow, we feel the Congress must take action now to alleviate the time shortage. SEN. ANTHONY MARTIN ROBERT TRIGONA?: I agree even if I do oppose while putting aside politics for Christmas. Medical evidence indicates that law students when faced with a shortage of time are susceptible to colds and the flu. The time shortage is thus a health hazard. It is also a mental health hazard. Law students unfortunately develop the habit of working bard, and they carry this habit with them into their professional practices. When some of these hard workers enter politics and take on an elective office they have difficulty adjusting to doing little work. This inability to adjust is considered the major cause of mental instability in our legislative bodies. REP. LI'L ABNER!: We must also consider the economic impact of the time shortage. Because law s~~de_!l_ts .~tay up all night studying the bed manufactur-ers are suffering a drop in sales as their products do nol wear out fast enough. The sporting goods industry is alsc suffering from the time shortage because no one has time to go on safaris anymore. The most recent example is the b:mkruptcy of Awfulcrummy and Filch. The New Liberals everywhere agree that Big Business needs more time. CHAIRPERSON: What does the White House propose? REP. GOODOL'BOY (D., GA.): The Pres'dent says we is gonna have to make a sacrifice. He feels we must let the market work it out, but just in case he wants standby authority to ration time. He says we need a tax on time guzzlin' activities. ·He also proposes establishin' a time tax on ev'ry hour a person does or doesn't do sompin' and then rebatin' the money when ol' folks git their social security checks. Most impohtantly, he wants to decontrol the price of ol' time while addin' two centS, subtractin' three cents, 'n' then addin' one cent to the price of ev'ry hour of new time. 'N' finally, he hopes yawlil suppoht 'im unless he possibly changes his mind in which case Waltah'llet yawl know. SEN. RUFFLE WNG: Ah don't care what the Pres'dent thinks. Ah want to know what position Loyola Law School endorses! CHAIRTIUNG: I do not believe Dean Mudrock has taken a position; he only speaks from Hynesight. However, I did hear on the radio that he spoke to the faculty and they all agree that if time rationing becomes necessary an hour a day must be alloted for raquetball. REP. MORE VAIL (D., WIS.): I feel we should summarize all the various prQposals. SEN. SLIMENMIRE (D., WIS.): Excellent idea. First, we have the President's proposals and the variations thereon. CHAIRENTITY: Does anyone favor the President's proposal? SEN. BRAINBYRD: I would except for one thing, it is supported by the President. SEN. SCOOP NEEDSAGOOD (WASH.): I feel we should continue with the present policy of Deficit Time Allocation. After all, we have lived well for years by the maxim: "Put off 'till tomorrow what cannot be done today, and do today what cannot be put off 'till tomorrow." Such a policy keeps us down to the bare essentials. It leaves no time for frivolities. It inspires work ethic. SEN. MO UDULL: Quite the contrary, there will only be time for frivolities and no one will get any work done. SEN. SCOOP (double this time): But Deficit Time illocation has the support of the Conservative Demo crats. It is perfect ideologically: we don't change things, but we can still run a deficit! SEN. MERRY GALLBLADDER: I stand opposed to deficits as being inflationary. REP. VERY GALLINGBLADDE.ij, JR.: We're talking about ·time, Dad, not money. SEN. GULL'SBLADDER: But time is money! Isn't it? At lea.s,. t, that'.s what we always believed. SEN. H ~: Back m the good old days ... (the next four pages are omitted) ... And that, briefly, is my opinion. CHAIRITEM: Gentlemen, are there any other proposals? SEN. GEORGE MISGOVERN: I personally support Bill in the Senate 1,000,009. This legislation will make every day one hour longer. REP. PARK SUN RECREATION (D., SEOUL): I have a friendly amendment to offer to this fine bill: "For members of Congress the extra hours in each day will accwnulate and they will all then fall during non-legislative work periods." SEN. ONTHEDOLE: I do not feel the taxpayers will approve of Congress taking such an action. It has the appearance of impropriety. Perhaps the amendment should be worded so that it will take effect only if Congress takes no action to the contrary. REP. PARK: Ah, the old escalator clause ploy. Very good. I will rework my amendment. REP. GUY VAN DER JAGGED: Why hasn't this bill been passed yet? CHAIRPRESENCE: According to the record, almost everyone agrees with the idea that Congress should lengthen the day, but there is substantial controversy over when the extra hour should occur. SEN. NORTHERN PIKE: I think we need a federal agency to determine this question. SEN. & REP. YELLOWWATER: Absolutly not. This matter should be left up to the market. REP. VAIL: The hour should fall during the day to give the poor more time to find the welfare office. REP. WAYNE OATS (D., OfflO) : The extra hour should be at night! CHAIRWOMAN?: Order! Order! SEN. MAGIC NAME (D., MASS.): Gentlemen, gentlemen. I doin't think this ahguing will help us bettah accomplish our goils. We must look to a mob practical solution and abort our fighting. . REP. TOUGH HIDE: Not with federal funds, you don't! SEN. STRONG THERMOS: If Gawd had meant for the day to be longah he would have made a 13 hour timex. CHUCKLES and 'ADAWAY: If God had meant for us to have a twenty-four hour day he would have created shorter casebooks! SEN. HOWARD CONFECTIONER: Gentlemen, I appreciate the rationale behind making every day one hour longer. I know we need more time to do our work. I know the economy could profit from more leisure time. I appreciate how an extra hour can make it possible to meet that impossible deadline. And I know you all want more time to campaign, so do I. But did it ever occur to you that lengthening the day by one hour is impossible? SEN. H3-: Nonsense, Howard. If Chiffon Margarine can fool Mother Nature the Congress of the United States ought to be able to. Foundation Leslie. Robbins reacts to problems of battered women Candy Wayne, a representative of the ·Legal Assistance Foundation's Center for Battered Women, addressed members of the National Lawyers Guild on the prob. lems encountered by battered women, December 3 at a luncheon held at the. Lawyer's Guild's Chicago headquarters. The Center for Battered Women is a program recently developed by the Legal Assistance Foundation to provide some resources for abused and battered women. Primarily, the LAF program is set up to do emergency work. They emphasize forcing existing institutions to recognize the problem and to act on it. One method is to obtain a temporary restraining order to keep the husband out of the house. Although Mrs. Wayne feels that this judicial remedy is not particularly useful, it does aid the victim psychologically, making her seem to have more control over her life, rather than doing nothing. Using the police department and the State's Attorney's office is also an alternative. Current,ly, domestic violence cases are low priority and frequently an officer will not even be sent. Statistics, however, show that over half the calls to police are cases of domestic violence. LAF is working to force the police to act immediately and respond to all such calls. However, when these cases come before the judges, criminal sanctions are rarely imposed, in spite of the seriousness of the charge of aggravated battery. In one case the State's Attorney would not charge the husband, ~cause he didn't witness the beatin!'!: Although they are expedient, LAF feels that criminal sanctions are not the ultimate answer for solving these· social problems. One measure instituted by the Department of Human Resources is to send "crisis intervention teams" along with police on domestic violence calls. Ms. Wayne feels that these personnel are not properly trained because their methods include quizzing the woman to see what she did to incite her husband's violence, and to make her feel that she provoked the attack. Another goal of LAF is to make the ·police keep accurate records of phone calls and complaints. This is in case the wife kills the husband in self-defense. there is a record of the husband's violence which can be subpoenaed. There is currently a lobby in Springfield to amend the Police Reporting,Act to attain this end. Besides the emergency nature- of the project, Ms. Wayne commented that the educational aspect is also very important. It is usually reported that most incidents of domestic violence occur in lower income bracket families. But a study between Harlem and an upper income community contradicts this theory to show that the frequency of wife abuse was about the same. LAF's caseload is evenly distributed between Black, White, and Latino women. One explanation for the statistics is that upper income women have different restraints which keep them from going to the police, including the threat that a rich, influential husband holds over them. The explanation for the cause of wife beating then goes beyond mere economics and class lines. Some studies show that these violent husbands had fathers who beat their mothers - with women . 'brought up in similar households, not questioning this behavior. -- Ms. Wayne explained that :m some mar-riages, the husband originally wasn't violent, so when this behavior pattern began, the women believed it would chanee for the better, especially when the husban I :1ppcared gE>nuinely remorseful after the incident. In other cases, the women is so financially dependent on the male that there ·appears to be no possibility of leaving. However, this is changing somewhat with the establishment of shelters. TheSalvation Army runs one which will arrange for a wife with no income to receive immediate public aid. This is a good alternative to relying on the possibility of receiving temporary support from a husband who isn't making much money. ----------------------------, Blackacre staff Editor-in-Chief Bernie Weiler Managing Editor Features Editor News Editors Leslie Robbins Shelley Smith Mary Kay Kelly Tom Lenz Forum Editor Photo Editor Production Editol· Brian Allen Judy Fors Marlt Belolton Contributors : Jim Newman , Genny 0 'Toole , Jerry Larkin , Ric h Co::.z ola , Mike Poulos , Jay Fill e r, Jack L e hayne, Phil Zultow s lty, Rich Kim nach, John Donahue , Christopher E.K. Pfannkuc he, Mark Belolton, John p.,1£in lllfttr" r( 'l " nnm ~ n ., ~nh Cnon P. y , nou t' Rrown , B o t> Wi k her . . · I f 1 • • •. [ ' ' f .Tar• c tt . Andy ~ c h le ifer, Liz P e rt dz i c h ----- -- ---·~. - - ·-- ··--.,-r-·_-r-......-.,.....-----.,.~-~ ·- · .. Blgckacre page eight Janie Byrneing all tire slippery bridges to City Hall Jack Leyhane A note to holiday party planners: don't invite Jane Byrne and Mike Bilandic to the same party. Everyone knows, of course, that Jane Byrne has accused the mayor of all sorts of high cnmes and misdemeanors arising out of the recent cab fare hike. It's difficult to keep track of all the allegations, but the basic theme of Janie's charges is that somehow Bilandic "greased" the way for the fare hike to pass the City Council. To back up her charges, Janie has revealed a series of memos written by herself to herself and people who have .since died. These memos look very official: they're typed and signed and stuff like that. Why they're even notarized, and everyone knows that when something is notarized it is automatically true. Janie spent a lot of time in the middle of November singing to everyone who would listen, and it took up a lot of her time. Bilandic apparently didn't mind, because he relieved her of her responsibilities at City Hall so she could have all the time she wanted to say even more nasty things about thf' mayor, the taxi companies, and certain aldermen. Janie used the extra time to good advantage. She predicted that she'd have her old job back pretty soon and that maybe even sooner Mayor Mike would have to find a new way to support his socialite wife. She also got a chance to repeat her whole story to a grand jury {)r 'two. She even found time to discover a couple of witnesses who, she said, would back up her story. The witnesses said they weren't present at any of these things that Janie was talking-about. Janie said that was so, but they were still witnesses because right after all these things happened she called them up and told them all about it. Fortunately, Janie's daJ~ghter was nosy, and she listened in on some phone calls and so she could be a witness, too. And to be on the safe side, Janie said she had even more witnesses, but that they worked for the city and so to be even safer, she wouldn't name them. Confusing? You betcha. But even more interesting than what Janie is saying is why she is saying it. Surely Jane Byrne is not the only courageous person : -ever to be in the city's employ. Even assuming everything Janie says is so, surely this is not the first time officials of the city have engaged in practices that might be a bit shady. Why then, for the first time in recent memory, is a city official, now an ex-official, saying all these nasty things about other city administrators? --Two observations that everyone has made provide a platform from which to launch an anlysis of these questions. These observations are, first, that none of this ever would have happened were Daley still mayor and, second, that Janie's allegations threaten Mayor Bilandic's high popularity. A year ago, when Daley died, and Mike Bilandic was annointed mayor, everyone assumed one of two things. Either he was fronting for someone else, perhaps Richard M. Daley, who, after a decent interval, would assume the mantle his father had shed, or else that Bilandic was just a seat warmer in general, there to keep things going until the party chieftains could decide which of them would take over. After all, Bilandic was a nobody. Sure be was 11th Ward alderman, and he was Daley's floor leader in the council after Tom Keane was sent up the river, but he· was pretty much an upknown quantity to the Chicagc• masses. "Michael the Bland" he was called in those days. He seemed the perfect choice to bold the party together during a brief interregnum. He had no stated. ambitions- in fact he stated that he would not run in. the special mayoral election- and in the meantime the· bosses could jostle amongst each other, trying to cut each others throats behind the scenes while still main~g a posture of unity before the public. Then something strange happened: Bilandic started acting very mayoral. He was at the scene of the Lake Street 'L' crash looking concerned, he was out touring the filtration plants, and in general doing everything he could to get his face in the papers and on the !O:OOpm news. He got a new tailor and started sporting three piece suits, he got engaged to a glamorous socialite, he took up jogging. • Michael the Bland became Bilandic the candidate. Not too many people were alarmed. Those who still held to the notion that Bilandic ·Was fronting for young Richie figured that Daley the Younger was still not ready to make his move. Others opined that the bosses were forced to unite behind Bilandic rather than risk losing the whole bag of marbles to Pucinski in a moment of disunity. The idea that Bilandic might be fronting for no one but Bilandic was not publicly discussed. After all, even though he was rearranging his image to become less boring and more popular, he was not even a ward conunitteeman, the first step towards bossism in the Daley image. And BUandic was elected- and he began to be more and more a mayor in his own right, and not just a figurehead seat-warmer. Before the election be had convinced' the butchers to sell meat after 6:00pm, long thought an impossible dream. Then be began breaking with the established premises of Daleyism: he compromised on the Crosstown, he questioned the head tax and noted that it was discouraging companies from locating in the city and driving others away. Even admitting that jobs were leaving the city was in itself something of a departure from the tenets of Daleyism. Now the jogging mayor makes no secret of his intention to remain mayor after the 1979 election- and without some major scandal to deflate his popularity he would have to be considered the odds on favorite. Enter Janie. No one was more loyal to the late mayor than Jane Byrne. And with good reason: Janie's position was completely dependent on the good will of· Richard J. Daley. Other ranking officials had some kind of independent power base- as conunitteemen in their own right, as the people who had made Daley's career go in the first place, or with powerful friends in one of the above categories or in the labor unions -but Janie was just a doorbell ringer when John F. Kennedy introduced her to Daley in 1961. By the time Daley died, Janie was not only a member of his cabiilet, but also CcrChairperson of the Cook County Democratic Party. She could no longer be loyal to Daley, her patron, so now she would have to be loyal to his memory. Guess what the next Chicago election is going to be all about, gang? The question of who will be the better mayor is going to be phrased in terms of who is the true disciple of Daley, who keeps the flame of Daleyism burning brightest. Bilandic will be branded a revisionist by each of the several candidates (there already are a goodly number with their hats in the ring) and they will tar each other with the same brush as well. Janie's just one step ahead of the pack: she's already branded Bilandic a revisionist. Is it all just personal loyalty to the memory of Da Mare? Or is her display prompted by anti-Bilandic forces preparing an assualt on the mayoral summit next year? In English: is Jane Byrne being used by someone to further their own mayoral ambitions? The newspapers have largely ignored the fact that Jane Byrne was on her way out of city government long before she ever breathed a word to Mike Royko. When Bilandic was elected, one by one. high officials in city government began to retire- resigning so that Bilandic could assemble his own team. Byrne didn't want to go, but she knew she was slipping- right after Daley died she was stripped of her title as Co-Chairperson of the party. Furthermore, Janie was never very popular with a lot of people that the city does business with- like the taxi companies for instance. Perhaps you have forgotten how Janie got all the taxi drivers furious with her by insisting that .they all wear green uniforms (the idea was later shelved) and bow she accused the drivers of committing the I-57 slayings? A lot of people who had to do business with her (not just taxi companies) complained that she was rigid and uncompromising and very belligerent when her pet projects were questioned. But-as a Daley pet- the criticism had to be muted in order to stay in Da Mare's good graces. With Daley dead, however, her competence could be- and was- publicly questioned. But Janie was not one to go down without a fight. The Chicago Tribune disclosed that Janie had approached them in August with the same story that she revealed to the Daily News in November, but she wouldn't let the quote from her now infamous memo or use her as a source- even indirectly. The Trib, thus, had to scrap the story. Now, of course, she maintains that attorney Don Reuben, who represents both the taxi companies and the Tribune, was instructed by Bilandic to kill any publicity. That's hard to believe. Even if Reuben were foolish enough to try, it'~ hard to believe that the Trib would meekly go along. It's much easier to believe that somewhere between August and November someone got to Janie and, perhaps by promising future employment if successful in toppling Bilandic, gave her the necessary encouragement and incentive to go public with her story. Who might have done such a thing? Bilandic has a growing number of enemies: it's no secret, forinstance, that he and party chairman George Dunne do not get along. Tom Tully raised half a million bucks for his personal political warchest only a couple of weeks before he announced that he would not run for reelection to the Assessor's office. H Bilandic did doublecross the entire organization by deciding to stay o·n the fifth floor of City Hall beyond their timetable, any of the potential candidates may have unleashed Janie. You'd think that with all these opponents that Bilandic would be in bad shape- but he doesn't seem to be there yet. The reason for Bilandic's strong position is that he bas one extremely strong ally in his corner: Tom Donovan. Tom Donovan is not a conunitteeman, either- but he's got a better job as the gentleman who dispenses the patronage that keeps the city that works working. As long as Donovan supports Bilandic, the mayor can keep building his prestige and his power despite the all the glowering going on among the ward bosses. And if Janie's wrong about what she says- and she might be, you know- Bilandic will be running for reelection in 1983. jay Filler ACROSS Black's Unabridged No.4 1. Ring of light 5. Coral Islands 11. Great Story 12. Close 13. Occupant of Texas Flag 15. Time Zone, abbrev. Request word 19. Lame Stepper 22. Weather word, abbrev. 23. After deductions, abbrev. 24. Get someone else, 3 words 25. Upon 27. Expert 28. Grease 29. Upon 31. Mythical beast 32. Not large, abbrev. 34. End of Possessive they 36. Suffix 37. Iberia, abbrev. 39. Where soldiers sleep 4. Existing 43. Pound abbrev. 45. Greek Goddess 46. Small organisms 48. Girl's name 49. Crazed nature 51. Food plan 54. Margerine 55. Urge 'T ~~ i ·- --1 ~/ I I 'J..9 ·- - - ----f-· I . I . _]. 1f:> : 1S poWN 10. Med. Clues 1';, jl ·, J 11 i .,n 14. Fast plane 34. Oh my 16 P lty 35. Small bug 1. Aids . ar G 36. Hotel 2_ Space Craft 17. orden Support abbrev. 38_ Platters : ~C' • (.- · 7 __\ I -~. 3. Cord 20. Suffix 21 Mid 40. College Major, abbrev. 4_ Sea . west state abbrev. I 5 _ Bet 24. Labels 41. Is me in being, 2 words S. Drink 26. Neither here --- - - - 42· I, Mr. Drysdale 1 30. Letter after m 44. Let it - - - - - - 7. Rowers support 46. That's --- ---- 8. Not a truth teller abbrev. 31. Canadian State Liver contents 9. Pound abbrev. 32. Letter after R 50. Spring month, abbrev. J c.' __---- -..,....------ - - -
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