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THE WIT AN
March, 1979
WITAN COMMENTS
According to the Constitution of the Witan, April is election month for the Editor-in-Chief. Nomi-
nations will be held on the first Monday in April (2 April 1979 to-wit) or thirty (30) days therefrom.
Any student enrolled in the School of Law may enter the lists. Each member of the editorial board
and of the staff is entitled to a vote. The somewhat limiting effect of this provision on the electoral
base is completely mitigated by the unequivocal equalitarian right of any student enrolled in the
law school to become a member of the staff. All that a staff aspirant need do is make two contribu-
tions within the preceding year, including but not limited to proof-reading, laying out copy, writing,
selling an advertisement or photographing an event. No work is refused, although it is within the
discretion of the Witan, whether to print it. Even unprinted contributions inure toward the member-
ship requirement. Thus membership on the staff is not difficult to obtain and two edition's labours
will surely convince even an acersecomic that the task of the editor is not a sinecure or even a plum.
There is, of late, a movement afoot to 'enfranchise' the entire student body and have the editorial
candidates run at large. Now while the abstract democratic beauty of such a proposal is patent, its
inherent impracticality and the subversive effect that politics has on journalism forces us to unfurl
our banner in opposition. And why only the Witan editor? Surely, sauce for the Witan is sauce for
the Law Journal, Board of Advocates, Chili Team, Legal Research Board etc., etc.
An election at large would reduce the election of editor to a popularity contest and a political
game. It would be abundantly possible for one entirely unfamiliar with journalism and publishing,
or one desirous of storming the school to become Editor-in-Chief. As it now stands there is a built-in
check and balance — although anyone can run for editor, only those actively engaged in producing
the paper can vote. As these are the people who will be working with the editor they will be certain
that whoever is elected is willing and able to do the work. And all that is required to enfranchise one
is two contributions. Anyone can contribute. It is really no different than our government
requiring citizens to register to vote in a county of residence. Being a citizen, in itself, is not
sufficient.
The Witan is yours, we encourage and welcome contributions.
The Hobbs To Be
Citizen Ambassadors
Professor Hobbs and his wife Virginia
are packing again. This time they're
bound for England, Russia, Sweden, East
Germany, West Berlin and France.
Together with twenty-four other exem-
plary American lawyers, he will represent
a joint venture of the American College of
Probate Counsel and the People-to-People
International Citizen Ambassador Pro-
gram, in a junket to promote goodwill and
understanding and to exchange ideas with
professionals from other countries. He will
attend formal meetings and seminars as
well as one-to-one encounters with
European lawyers, university professors,
economists, finance representatives and
Swedish accountants. Mrs. Hobbs will
tour and shop and charm the cities of
Europe.
They depart on 27 May and return
some three weeks later with a broader
understanding of legal practices and their
impact on property law in Europe and
Russia. The success of the project will
depend upon the willingness and ability of
the American delegates to cross the
chasm that separates us from foreigners.-
We don't know about the other delegates,
but Bob and Virginia Hobbs will cross it.
Do you remember, as so many of us do,
how he crossed it with us, when we sat,
callow youths, in his class? We were
treated as gentlefolk by a gentleman of
the first order and given an ideal to
emulate.
Wayne Scott remarked that the
Russians had probably conspired to get
him over there and keep him to make up
for all their defectors, past and future. We
decided, after a few moments reflection,
that there is no one in Russia who could
possibly be an even trade.
Tacos Al Pastor
Are you looking for a good time? If not,
why not? If so, follow these instructions:
1. Proceed to Colonel Francisco's office. 2,
Make sure he is in occupancy. 3. Close the
door. 4. Sign up to work in the Tacos Al
Pastor booth on the back of the door. It'i
really a brick. The Colonel and Lady
Francisco have been operating the most
popular booth in Fiesta now since 1975,
They serve an old Mexican style
taco—cooked vertically in kilns over a
slow charcoal fire and garnished with
impaled pineapples, all under the
Shepherd's watchful eye. The only
deviation from the Mexican tradition is
that Tacos Al Pastor employs beef and not
venison or pork. It's really lots of fun and
you get into Fiesta free. It's also the only
booth in Fiesta stuffed by students and
faculty of St. Mary's Law School,
profits inure to the benefit of The San
Antonio Conservation Society and The
Fiesta Association.
Just be careful, that the Colonel doesn't
falsely accuse you. He erroneously
assumed I had applied too much charcoal
to the kiln and said, "Ed, I hope you're not
stoking the fires in hell when I get there."
Me too!
But really, don't miss a chance to help
man the booth and savour Fiesta, one of
the many reasons why San Antonio is a
unique metropolis. I've done it for the past
two years and am already signed up,
Wouldn't miss it.
WITAN STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Edward Schroeder
Managing Editor Bill Hayes
Articles Editor Colleen McHugh
Features Editor Martha Warren
Copy Editor Robert Gardana
Consulting Editor Frank Gerold
Political Editor Erwin McGee
Associate Editors Ken Oden
Mary Jo Trice
Business Manager Hector Mendez
Advertising Manager Sally Swanson
Faculty Advisor Dr. Harold Gill Reuschlein
Staff Writers: David Weiner, Mike Robbins, Doug
Wright, Mrs. Palsgraf, Charles Davis, Mike
McColioch, David O'Neil, Denny Voigt, Eric
Jensen, Mary Rudolph.
Contributors: L. David Levinson, Wayne
Christian, Jane Bockus, Sue Hall, L.Wayne
Scott, Win Byers, Joel Westbrook, Tom
Clarke, Ann Schwartz.
Witan is published by students of St. Mary's
Law School, monthly except June and July. The
views expressed herein are those of the
individual writers and do not necessarily reflect
those of the WITAN, its editors, the
administrators, or faculty, unless otherwise
stated. The Editor is responsible for the views
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