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SBA President Outlines Semester .. p. 3
Volume XXXI, Number IV
The Blue Book Gets A White Wash . p. 6
See You Overseas p. 9
February 2001
annotations
The Student Newspaper of South Texas College of Law
Students'
Perspectives
Exchange
students, what are
your first
impressions of
Houston?
By SJ Davidson
Ann-
Britt
Moos-
Nielsen,
Denmark
"I do
find
very dif-
ferent here, this always having
to be prepared to be called on.
And the supermarket is [an] ad-
venture with so many different
foods."
Brian
Nygaard
Nielsen,
"The
Houston
skyline is
really
beautiful. The Budweiser does
taste like water, though."
Students Applaud New
Library Preview
By Richard Weaver
Assistant Editor
The Fred Parks Law
Library welcomed stu-
dents to study on its
fourth and fifth floors
immediately upon their
return from the holiday
break.
Students were eager to
occupy the new building
despite the continuing
construction, noise from
construction workers'
walkie-talkies, and the
pungent odor of fresh
paint.
"That paint smell is
obnoxious. You can taste
it," said Jim Rock, 2L, as
he sat and conducted
toxic tort research. "But
See LIBRARY, pg. 11
There is light at the end of the tunnel. After months of construction hassle, students,
faculty and staff are beginning to see the end is in sight. Two floors of the new Fred Parks
Library opened recently while construction continued on the remaining floors.
Photo courtesy Library Services
APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST A&M AFFILIATION
ADMINISTRATORS CHOOSE TO CONTINTUE LEGAL BATTLE
"I've met
nice and
polite
people at
STCL, but
it's funny
to hear
people say 'ma'am'. It's amus-
ing to hear people saying they
want to save the environment
when they all drive a big car with
just one person in it."
Nicolai
Sorensen,
"Houston
is really
very big.
You abso-
lutely need a car to get around.
That part is not at all like home."
By Sean Palmer
Editor-in-Chief
The dream of a binding
affiliation between South
Texas and Texas A&M
University was never fur-
ther from becoming real-
ity than after the two
schools were handed an-
other disappointing
judgement from Texas
courts on November 30th.
After more than a year
of deliberation, the Texas
Third Court of Appeals
in Austin ruled that Texas
A&M University ex-
ceeded it's legal author-
ity in signing a contract
to affiliate itself with
South Texas College of
Law. The 1998 agree-
ment would have closely
linked, but not completely
merged, the two schools.
South Texas hoped to gain
national name recognition
and Texas A&M hoped to
achieve it's long time goal
of a having a greater pres-
ence in the Houston area
through a law school.
The ruling is only the
latest in a string of bad
news for STCL and
TAMU in their two year
legal battle against the
Texas Board of Higher
Education. Undaunted by
adverse rulings at almost
every turn, the administra-
tion of both schools seems
determined to keep the af-
filiation dream alive as
long as there are any le-
gal options. According
to South Texas' General
Counsel Jerry Thorn, the
appeals court's ruling was
disappointing, but not dis-
heartening.
"We plan to continue to
pursue our legal options,"
said Thorn. "The motiva-
tion to continue to pursue
a final resolution is the
same as the motivation for
us to enter into the agree-
ment in the first place—
better opportunities for
our students. We want to
enhance the marketability
of South Texas degrees on
a national scale, and also
to provide greater educa-
tional options through joint
programs."
Thorn said that the ap-
peals court's latest ruling
was not nearly as shock-
ing to the legal team as the
lower court's rulings were.
"What was really unex-
pected was the trial
court's ruling against us
in the first place," said
Thorn. "For example, the
lower court cites to an-
other affiliation with
Baylor that they got all
wrong ... we think it
stands for the opposite."
The Texas Board of
Higher Education, which
governs public higher
education in the state, has
been successful in it's ar-
gument that Texas A&M
exceeded its authority in
signing the affiliation
agreement because it did
not initially ask for the
Board's approval.
TAMU and STCL claim
See RUUNG, pg. 3
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