from the absurd to the sublime...

Here's the text of an email sent to all of Harvard Law School from Elena Kagan, the Harvard Law School Dean:

To all members of the HLS community:

In the spirit of trying to make lemonade out of lemons, I am pleased to announce the grand opening of the new HLS ice skating rink on Wednesday, January 21. Hours on Wednesday will be from noon until 10:00 p.m., with free hot chocolate and doughnuts served (but only on this inaugural day!) until 5:00 p.m. Usual hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. No, we don't rent skates. But our facilities department will send around a notice in the next day or so telling you where you can rent or buy them. They can't do this in Palo Alto, you know. I hope you enjoy.

Best,
Elena Kagan

Not one to sit idly by, Stanford Law School's Dean Kathleen Sullivan immediately responded to Kagan's challenge by initiating plans to convert the SLS Moot Court Room into an indoor ice skating rink. A visibly distraught Sullivan repeated again and again that SLS will indeed rent skates to the students.

Dean Sullivan also mentioned that she had recently approved a proposal for a Llama Petting Zoo.