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Newly minted law graduate Rachel Peitsch is mobbed
Defazio to law graduates:
keep ‘eyes open’ to fortune
■ 2002’s law school graduation
ceremony, held Sunday
atthe Hult Center, honors
students and faculty members
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
In order to profit from good for
tune, a person has to be bold
enough to recognize it and seize it,
Oregon Rep. Peter Defazio told 175
law students during his commence
ment address Sunday.
The ceremony, held at the Hult
Center, honored the achievements
of the class of 2002, as well as the
contributions of past graduates and
a current faculty member. The class
also gave the law school two gifts: a
contribution to the Wayne Westling
scholarship fund and a new pro
gram to provide student loan relief
to graduates who pursue careers in
public interest law.
Defazio’s speech highlighted var
ious ways the courts make impor
tant contributions to society and
gave several examples, including
that of the 2000 presidential elec
tion — which was resolved in the
U.S. Supreme Court.
“You’re graduating in extraordi
nary times by anyone’s measure,”
Defazio said.
Before Defazio, D-Eugene,
spoke, student speaker John
Courtney Olive recounted some
humorous incidents, which he
called “war stories,” involving his
classmates.
One such story involved a class
mate checking his e-mail during a
lecture, as Olive said law students
often do. He said the student
opened a file that “took over” the
computer and blared from its
speakers, “Hey everybody, I’m
watching porno over here.”
Olive introduced staff members
Shirley Dotson and Pearl Morgan,
who have worked for the law
Thomas Patterson Emerald
School of Law Dean Rennard Strickland and University President Dave Frohnmayer
congratulate Kevin H. Kono, who graduated first in the class of 2002.
school for 15 and 16 years, respec
tively. The pair stepped to the podi
um wearing yellow pompoms on
their heads, donning rain gear and
conical “UO” party hats.
“Don’t be fooled and think you’re
done,” Dotson and Morgan said in
unison. “You still have the bar, and
that ain’t fun.”
The event returned to the seri
ous, and law school Dean Rennard
Strickland presented Mary Christi
na Wood with the faculty teaching
award, which has been awarded
annually since 1990 to an out
standing teacher.
Strickland also presented past
graduates Norman }. Wiener and
Minoru Yasui with Meritorious
Service Awards, which are present
ed annually to people who have
made extraordinary contributions
to legal education and the law,
Wiener, a 1947 graduate who
spent his career in complex litiga
tion and forest products law, ac
cepted his award with a quick
speech. He repeated what he said
when dedicating a chair lift named
after him at Timberline Lodge, say
ing he has learned three things
since he began law school.
First, Mount Hood hasn’t
changed. Second, skiers don’t
change, and finally, “skiers waiting
to ski don’t want to hear any
speeches,” Wiener said.
Turn to Graduation, page 8
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