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Board of Advocates Win Title. ...... p.4
Volume XXXII, Number VI
STCL Study Abroad. p. 7
STCL Up-Close. p. 10
February 2002
annotations
The Student Newspaper of South Texas College of Law
Students'
Perspectives
What do you think
about the recent Texas
Lawyer poll of the
state's top law firms
ranking STCL grads
below graduates of
most other Texas law
schools?
By SJ Davidson
Tab
Lawhorn,
3L
"Rankings
typically
serve one
purpose:
They allow those at the top to
impress each other while giv-
ing those ranked at the bot-
tom an opportunity to give
them the finger."
Hi
Kori
Westbrook,
3L
"The ranking
criteria was
'ridiculous. It
did not include broad enough
factors and mostly focused
on the firm's perceptions
about the recruiting process
and career services offices."
RELIANT ASTRODOME'S LAST RODEO
By Jason
P. Sharp
Staff
Writer
JLn celebrating its last
year in the Reliant
Astrodome, the Houston
Rodeo plans its most
extravagant show ever.
The 2002 rodeo events
will take place daily
between Feb. 12 through
March 3.
The Rodeo will move
to its new home at
Reliant Stadium begin-
ning in 2003. The 37-
year-old entertainment
institution has an annual
economic impact upon
the local community of
more than $206 million.
Last year, general
attendance for the Live
Stock and Rodeo was
A view of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Chuckwagon Race.
Photo courtesy of Dr. trunk Marl in. Houston IJvrstork Show am! RodrofTM).
over 1.3 million people form
44 different countries. The
Rodeo is a member of the
Pro Rodeo Cowboys Asso-
ciation and has the distinction
of being the richest regular
season in the world, second
only to the National Finals
Rodeo and the Houston
Rodeo is the second
largest fair or festival in
North America.
For STCL students
needing a break, the
spectator events include
bareback riding, saddle
bronc, bull riding, a youth
calf scramble, and "chuck
wagon" races. These
"chuck wagon" races
feature three teams of
miniature wagons that reach
speeds up to 30 miles per
hour. It is these races that
are one of the most popular
See Rodeo, pg. 7
SOUTH TEXAS' BLACK HISTORY
Steve
Shellist, 3L
"I think
students
should bear
the least
amount of
responsibility. We are only a
product of the quality of our
professors."
Trey Collins,
3L
"First of all,
somebody's got
to be at the
bottom of the
rankings. I
think the problem, and the
solution, starts with the
students. Very few students
treat law school as a job- and
it is."
By
Natherral
Washing-
ton
Staff
Writer
k3tories of South Texas'
humble beginnings from a
YMCA building in 1923 and
its $85 per semester tuition
arc commonplace in the South
Texas folklore. However,
whether deliberate or due to
innocent human oversight,
the story of African-Ameri-
cans at South Texas has not
been told.
In respect of fairness, it
must be noted that a dig
through the South Texas ar-
chives uncovered no official
policy of discrimination in the
admissions process. Instead,
from 1923 until 1983, the ad-
mission of students was left
completely to the discretion
South Texas College of Law's 2001-2002 Black Law Students Association.
of the dean. Considering the the time South Texas opened
social climate of the south dur-
ing the school's infancy, it
comes as no surprise that
roughly 45 years passed from
its doors until an African-
American graduated from the
institution.
In 1965, Mamie Proctor
Photo try SJ Davidson
became the first African-
American to attend South
Texas, and subsequently the
See BISA, pg. 11
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