It is easy to forget, seeing as our students today probably worry considerably about grades and academic fortitude, that for nearly a century, Canada’s first official law school at Osgoode Hall didn’t even grant degrees.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
You will feel doubt in the next two weeks, but don’t fret, this is merely a formality for epiphany.
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts and Culture Editor>
In order to escape boring family commitments this holiday season, The Obiter Arts + Culture department sent out a team of writers to cover the most exciting cinematic release of the past few weeks, Les Miserables.
ANGIE SHEEP
<Staff Writer>
Happy New Year Ozzies! It’s always nice to see how well the holidays update a student’s wardrobe. I am particularly pleased to see that the unique and classy style of 2012 was not lost in the blur of the snowy season.
TRAVIS WEAGANT
<Editor-in-Chief>
This morning, I entered Obiter Dicta’s secret archive of back issues (it’s in our porn folder). I re-read my own predictions for 2012, and was surprised to discover just how wrong I was about most things, and how marginally right I was about some things.
CITLALLY MACIEL
<Staff Writer>
A new year has arrived and with it feelings of renewal, inspiration and hope. This is resolutions time: learn another language, get in shape, lose weight, eat better, read more, drink less, go back to school, finish school, take a trip, or get a [good/better/exciting] job.
CASS DA RE
<Features Editor>
Coming back to school after a luxurious and lackadaisical break can be both dreadful and desirable. While one dreads the return of stress and overbearing schedules, one may also welcome the reintroduction of student camaraderie and company.
CAMERON SMITH
<Contributor>
Having read with interest the piece on the most recent reincarnation of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Gaza within the last edition of Obiter Dicta, I wanted to refute the claims made that Israel is a state where basic liberty is protected, religious freedom is fundamental, and the rule of law is paramount.
NADIA GUO
<News Editor>
This semester will mark the first instalment of Nadia’s Criminal Law Watch column. Within each issue of Obiter Dicta, I will be keeping Osgoode up to date on current and noteworthy developments in criminal law in Canada, and around the globe, with a focus on injustices.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
During the NHL lockout, many hockey fans claimed that they would seek retribution for what the NHL and the Players’ Association did to them.
CAMILLE DUNBAR and SANDRA ALSAFFAWI-DAVID
<Equity Officer, Student Senator >
In 2013, a Juris Doctor degree comes complete with legal acumen, classic Latin phrases and a swanky price tag to boot.
ANGIE SHEEP
<Staff Writer>
My past articles have primarily focused on fashion in terms of clothing, leading me to realize that one vital periphery has indeed been overlooked. In this issue, therefore, I want to highlight another important aspect of one’s professional “look” – hairstyles
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
The Kentucky Wildcats are the defending champions in NCAA Basketball. What is happening at the University of Kentucky, though, goes beyond winning championships.
THOMAS MASTORAS
<Co-Editor-in-Chief>
Hamas terrorists are entirely to blame for the current round of violence and suffering in Israel and Gaza.
QUINN HARRIS, HILARY FENDER, SPENCER BAILEY
<Contributors>
For their second trip to the theatre on March 8th, your mock trial producers began the night with a candlelit dinner at La Palette ending at Spencer Bailey’s apartment with his cat Boston, some whiskey, cheddar and onion flavoured chips, and shreds of na’an bread.
CASS DA RE
<Features Editor>
There is a lot of concern about lawyers and their mental health. You’ve seen the statistics and rankings that put lawyers at the bottom rungs of the proverbial ladder.
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
Are you stressed yet?! Well, you will be! That’s right, the semester is almost over and all that studying and note compiling you haven’t done since the first week of September has now come to bite you in the brain.
DANIEL AKINBOSEDE
<Contributor>
This piece is intended to serve as a contrarian perspective and partial rebuttal to the Op-ed entitled “The Death of Hope and Change.”
What follows is the full-length November 12 submission by Student Caucus to the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) in response to LSUC’s Pathways Report on the future of the articling requirement.
ELENA IOSEF and LEEANNE FOOTMAN
<Contributors>
Throughout this semester you’ve probably seen advertisements for L&L meetings on Osgoode’s TV screens, you’ve gotten e-mails from us (perhaps a few too many), seen our Exec members wandering the halls, and wondered what exactly we’ve been up to.
RORY MCGOVERN
<Contributor>
Propagandizing war through social media is a total and utter disgrace. Why would anyone show the world their ugliness by putting their sadism on display?
ALEXANDER YU
<Contributor>
“Greetings, travellers!”
*Correct identification of the source of this quote entitles one to a coffee courtesy of me. Yes, there’s only one correct answer.
JEFF MITCHELL
<Contributor>
It’s that time of the year again. With exams around the corner, Osgoode students take a seat in the Library to study. As upper years will recall, the “exam period restricted access policy” is just around the corner.
In these pages lies Student Caucus (SC)’s response to the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)’s Pathways Report on the future of articling. It is a commendable and articulate effort, to be sure, especially in view of a rather tight deadline, which the response notes. But alas! I’ve been forgotten again.