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Weeks of October 2, 2006
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Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious holiday, all classes are canceled on Monday, October 2.

Guantanamo National Teach-In. On Thursday, October 5, law schools, colleges, and universities across the country will participate in a teach-in examining the legal issues raised by the detentions at Guantanamo Bay. All Chicago-Kent faculty, students, and staff are invited to participate in the teach-in, which will include several sessions broadcast nationally over the Internet as well as local panels hosted here at Chicago-Kent. Local speakers will include Dean Harold J. Krent and Professors Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Sheldon Nahmod, Bartram Brown, and Mark Rosen. Chicago-Kent co-sponsors of the event include: The American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, the Chicago-Kent Law Review, APALSA, the National Lawyers Guild, the Kent Justice Foundation, the Military Law Society, the International Law Society, the Chicago-Kent Lambdas, and the Justinian Society.

The program will run from 9:00am-5:15pm. From 9:00am-3:00pm, the program will be held in Rm. 580, and from 3:00pm on, it will be held in Rm. 590. You are welcome to attend all of it, or as much of it as fits into your schedule. You do not need to RSVP for the program. For more information on both the broadcast sessions and the local panels, click here. For details about the national program, including background information about the detentions, program speakers, and other participating schools, go to http://law.shu.edu/guantanamoteachin.

ASP Workshop on Outlining. The Academic Support Program will present the third of four Fall workshops on Tuesday, October 10, 12:00-1:00 pm, in Rm. 590 (for day students) and Wednesday, October 11, at 5:00-5:50 pm, in Rm. 590 (for evening students). This workshop will focus on different approaches to the course outlining process and will feature students and faculty sharing tips for assembling a useable and complete course outline. Although the programs are mainly aimed at first-year students, all students are welcome to attend.

Summer 2006 CALI Award Winners. The CALI Excellence for the Future Award, sponsored by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, is given to the student or students who receive the highest grade in each section of each course. The CALI Award winners for Summer 2006 courses are linked to this page. Congratulations to all of you who received the award.

Lawyers' Assistance Program Dinner. The Lawyers' Assistance Program (LAP) will hold its annual dinner on Friday, October 6, at 6:00pm at the Palmer House Hilton. There will be a table for law students who are in recovery or are interested in LAP's work. If you are interested in attending, contact Janet Voss, the Executive Director of LAP, at 312/726-6607, or jpvoss@illinoislap.org.

Joke of the Week. "Two women broke a Guinness world record by spending twelve days in a room with 888 snakes. Apparently, the record was for the two dumbest women in one room." (Conan O'Brien)

Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator," by Emma Lazarus.
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