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...business of corporate law--its transactional, almost sterile nature--does not lend itself to glamorization. The 30 percent of lawyers who practice public interest law (government and not-for profit work) are often more visible. Issues which inhabit the moral high ground, such as the preservation of constitutional liberties, are often more immediate and personally relevant to the public...
City Councillors Francis H. Duehay '55 and Alice K. Wolf were also on hand to lend their support for the ballot initiative...
Part of the problem rests with the way all debates since 1960 have been organized. Multiple questions and time-limited answers (no candidate has ever been granted more than three minutes to respond; this year the maximum is two minutes) do not lend themselves to serious exploration of issues. Also, reporters have often been maladroit questioners -- precious minutes were squandered in the second 1988 debate when Bush and Dukakis were asked to name their heroes...
...case in point was the Spin Doctors debacle last February. Treasurer Michael P. Beys '94 and his friends held a private, for-profit, off-campus party with the rock group. With Heinicke's support, Beys pushed through a resolution to lend the U.C.'s name and $20 of its money to promote the event. Personal pork barrels shouldn't be the business of the U.C. Duncan, for one, voted against the measure...
...event was an attempt to lend support to those who have yet to come out, Romero said...