Annals of Penn Law Vol. 1 No. 2
I had some funnier titles in mind, but I figured I wrote Annals of Penn Law Vol. 1 No. 1, so I might as well do a No. 2. As you may remember, I was not particularly impressed with my first law class experience; however, the class has certainly grown on me. We've gone from reading about the history of vaccinations and the propoganda campaigns that have gone along with them to new born and pre-natal screening. Both of these public health categories have raised and continue to raise ethical problems, especially when these programs are legislatively mandated. As far as disease case reporting is concerned, HIV and AIDS has been one of the most difficult public health dilemmas in recent history because of the associated stigmas, discrimination, political rights, and the lack of curative treatments for it. Fortunately, this is rapidly changing, which changes our conception of what should be mandated. Legally speaking, many of the cases surrounding these public health issues have been very interesting to analyze and difficult to solve, despite some very meticulous statutes.
YES, I know that's all crazy interesting, but I'm sure someone will read that. Anyway, since my time-of-my-life experience in New Orleans I've been to some craptastic club swim meets at the University of Maryland and the University of Virginia. UMD has an unbelievable pool, one of the best in the world, and it was exciting just to go there. UVA also has a pretty nice pool, but has an even more nicer campus (I know that's incorrect grammar, but easy A with Dean Ray was the only English Class I took! (It really was a great class)). If you have never been there I recommend it. The campus is uniformly georgian/classical architecture, has some nice green spaces, and the great town of Charlottesville to its credit as well. ALSO, although only half my readers will care, the pizza restaraunt Mellow Mushroom has the hottest wait staff ever. ALL of you will be glad to know that it has good food. Maybe not as good as a New England or New York pizza place, but it still tastes nice.
The work is piling on, so I better get back to it. I'll report on the rest of my classes later. As for the architecture of UVA's campus, if I got it wrong, please feel free to correct me. Take care team camel.