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Mark (1979-1983)

1. What does this past Kansas debater look like now?



2. What does this ex-debater now do for a living?

Mark is an anti-trust lawyer in Washington, DC. Specifically, he is a partner for White & Case LLP.

3. Has this former debater been "in the news"?

This is from the National Review Online, November 4, 2000:

"The debate community is a very tight-knit community," says Mark Gidley, a former University of Kansas debater. "You spend 40 to 60 hours a week on it, going to tournaments 16 times a year that run from Thursday to Sunday, and you do this for a couple of years. You see the same people over and over."

The point of this story was to finger Al Gore advisor Mark Fabiani for helping to leak then-candidate George W. Bush's DUI. A former Bates debater, Tom Connolly, revealed the arrest to the national media and NRO wanted to know if Connolly and Fabiani knew each other from college debate.

4. What else do we know?

Mark wrote this to the Federal Trade Commission, January 5, 2000:

"Protecting individual privacy is one of the greatest challenges we face going into this new era of web-based flow of information."

Ironic, eh?

I've got to get some newer material.

SMG

Steve (1975-1979)

Let's hope Steve and his family are dry and safe.

1. What does this past Kansas debater look like now?



2. What does this ex-debater now do for a living?

Steve is a law professor at Tulane University in New Orleans.

It beats working, I guess. (If that link doesn't work, try this).

3. Has this former debater been "in the news"?

In 2000, Steve told the Florida legislature that they could not simply appoint presidential electors that they liked. From the AP, December 11, 2000:

[Bruce] Ackerman [a Yale law professor], Griffin and [Kim Lane] Scheppele [of the University of Pennsylvania] are three of 37 constitutional lawyers who signed a letter to the Legislature expressing concern that the proposed appointment of electors by lawmakers was illegal. The letter, written by Griffin, said in part there is ``no lawful way'' to appoint electors after a certified election has been held.

He has also served Tulane as "Vice Dean." For those thinking prurient thoughts, I don't think that position is as sexy as it sounds.

4. What else do we know?

Steve isn't impressed with Republican federalism. Mobile Register, July 3, 2005:

[S]ome analysts see a widening disconnect with the GOP's traditional belief in restraints on Washington's authority.

"I think many people would have expected some relief once Republicans controlled all three branches of government, but that hasn't happened," said Stephen Griffin, a constitutional law professor at Tulane University in New Orleans. "If there is an important policy objective that they really care about, states' rights just doesn't deter them."

Slate quoted him on August 25, 2005, on the question of a "living constitution," which is relevant to the John Roberts confirmation.

RWH III

'chard (1979-1983)

1. What does this past Kansas debater look like now?



2. What does this ex-debater now do for a living?

Personal injury lawyer in Texas.

3. Has this former debater been "in the news"?

This is from the San Antonio Express-News, March 30, 2005:

"[W]e're going to...get to the bottom of this illegal steering," said Smith's lead attorney, Richard Hunnicutt.

I'm not sure what that is, but it sounds like a Texas thing.

4. What else do we know?

Well, this endorsement sounds somehow familiar:

"Alex Miller is one of the best and brightest appellate lawyers around...bar none"

Richard W. Hunnicutt, III
San Antonio,Texas

Did 'chard once say this? "Dr. Parson is the nicest, kindest man in the whole world."