THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW
ultra vires FEBRUARY 10, 2004
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 5
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Ex-premier gets nude Nelson pies Radical Lawyer likely not an actual law or MBA student BY SIMREN DESAI
Law Follies: Its "electrifyin '!"
On Jan. 29, in an apparent attempt to make a point to Bay Street elites, someone impersonated Goodmans LLP arricling student Jill 'lelson (U of T 2003) and sent former-premier 1\.fike Harris, now a partner at the firm, nude pictures of Nelson from her pictorial in J>ft:ybqjs 2002 "Girls of Canada" u;sue. The emru.l was blind copied to lawyers at several Bay Street flrms, some of Goodmans' clients, a varicry of U ofT Law and Osgoode Hall graduates, and to some student organiz· ers currcntlv at U of T and Osgoode. Many h;ve attributed the email, whtch also features a link to Ultra Vires' story last month on the controversial online forum Law Buzz, to Radical Lawyer, a vocal, colourful, and at times n.llgar, pmter on the board. UV put these allegatiom to the Radical himself, who agreed once again to he interviewed on condition of anonymiry. When asked about the email sent to llarris, Radical responded, "A~ much as the Ra<lica\ name and phcnomenpn ~l ~a bet~ attnbuted to the so·callcd alleged
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has ahsolurc:ly nothing to do with it ... such acrh·ities do not in any way shape or form assist the Radical's social justice and public interest agendas." In a surprising de,·elopment, U\' has discovered that despite posing in his innumerable online postings as aJD/~ffiA at the U of T, the individual known as the Radical may nor be registered at either the Faculty of Law or rhe Faculty of ,\Ianagement. A faculty member at the law school, who also knows the presumed Radical's idcntiry, has confirmed with the Records Office that this individual is not al}d has never been at the law school. Further, the mdiv:tdual's name is not found in the Student Directory at the law school or the webmail clirectory at Rotman. UV has also discovered that this individual has previously been charged by the police for sending threats of violence and death to women by email The Radical vehemendy denies any suggestion that he is not attending the U of and maintains that the Radicals are in fact a group consisting o f three JDs (mcluding one at Osgoode Hall), one fourth-yearJD /~ffiA, and himself. Radical described himself as
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PLEASE SEE MRADICAL" ON PAGE 6
Law Follies, the Faculty's annual song and dance revue, took place Feb. 6 at Tranzac Club. This year students spoofed the musical "Grease", performing to a sold out crowd. Photo roHrll!J of Simrm Desai.
UofT celebrates reaching $1-billion fundraising milestone Birgeneau still "very worried" about funding implications of tuition-freeze BY DAVID KHAN
Present for the announcement was U of T President Robert Birgeneau, Rotman Dean Roger Martin, and campaign chair _ and Chief Executive Officer of B:"\fO Financial Group, Tony Comper. Lee·Chin addressed the conference via video·communication from Calgary. Birgeneau pointed out this milestone was reached one year ahead of schedule (although ironically the fund had previously reached $!-Billion but had de'~<-alued due to hea,·y Investment losses in the stock
On Jan. 29, the University of Toronto held a news conference announcing that the fundratsing campaign had successfully reached the $1 -Billion mark. The donation that put it over the top was a $10·million contribution from 1\fichael Lee-Chin, Chairman and CEO of investment company AIC Limited. His commitment is tied to the creation of the \IC Institute for Leadership at the Rotman School of Management, as well as a chau to be held by the dean of the Rotman School. PLEASE SEE MLEE·CHIN" ON PAGE 7
UVINDEX • MORRIS ASH, P3 • HOROSCOPES, PU • GOlDEN OlDIES, P12 • TORTURE, P14, 16 • BEUNDA, P15 • BOB DYlAN, P19 • NEWS FROM THE DEAN, P22