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3b e r 18,15, Monday, October 18,1993 The Battalion Page 5 Ginsburg hitting full stride in new position The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Judging by her energetic questioning from the bench. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quickly hitting full stride in her new job. Intensive questioning last week by Ginsburg in a sexual-harass ment case caused one lawyer to abandon his contention that the woman who had filed suit must prove the conduct harmed her performance at work. "She basically pushed him to concede the case," said George town University law professor Su san Deller Ross. During her first two weeks of high court arguments, Ginsburg has asked lawyers frequent and probing questions on other issues such as drug forfeitures and civil rights law. She also has brought the per spective of a former women's rights advocate to the conserva tive court, said some observers who noted that Ginsburg at one point described the "old days" of sexist law professors. "She has hit the ground run ning," said Stuart M. Gerson, for mer acting attorney general in the Bush administration. "She has shown a great deal of energy and ; preparedness. Being on the court I is awe-inspiring, but she is not awe-struck." New justices often hold back ! when just arriving on the bench. Justice David H. Souter waited I three weeks to ask his first question 1 in 1990. Now a frequent and inci- ! sive questioner, Souter admits find- | ing the job overwhelming at first. Reading Continued from Page 1 The program has another goal in addition to instilling a love for the learning process: It tries to make children more comfortable : with themselves and the differ- | ences in races and cultures. Mabel Sequiera, a doctoral student in the Department of Ed- , ucation and coordinator of the | program, said the program helps tyoung children get used to the differences they will see in other I cultures. The children learn about cul tures through normal curiosity and questioning, Sequiera said. She told a story about asking the group what was different about her compared to many of the children. Sequiera, who is from India, said the children pointed out her accent, and then began to ques tion her about India: What food do people there eat? How do Ginsburg's performance is be ing likened to the equally fast start in 1986 by Justice Antonin Scalia, her former federal appeals court colleague. "It's not just that she's asking lots of questions. It's that she's asking outstanding questions that get to the heart of the matter," said Georgetown University law professor Susan Low Bloch. In the sex-harassment case, the lawyer representing the woman, who filed the lawsuit against a Tennessee company, didn't es cape close questioning either. Ginsburg suggested he was mak ing the case more complicated than it should be. If a woman is told "you think like a woman" and a male co worker is not subjected to similar comments, "doesn't that make their job more difficult?" Gins burg asked. "Do you need anything further than that? The terms and condi tions (of a job) aren't equal if one is called names and the other isn't," she said. Ginsburg suggested an equally straightforward view during ar guments on a civil rights case, pointing out that whatever penal ties are required, the law has been clear since 1964: "Thou shalt not discriminate." In another argument, she said a drug-forfeiture law's basic mes sage also is clear: "That's part of the penalty; you forfeit the home where the drugs were kept." Ginsburg's vigorous perfor mance comes as no surprise to lawyers who argued before her on the federal appeals court. they dress? However, the families are not the only ones getting something out of this program. "Even for me, it's different," she said, referring to the differ ent cultures represented by the children in the program, "even though I'm from a different cul ture altogether." "This should be a real growth experience for me," said Shelley Bolen, one of the tutors. Bolen said students are not the only ones who benefit from the program. "The program not only gives experience in teaching but also exposes the tutors to cultural and economic differences in our students," she said. "The great thing about this program is that it accomplishes many things at once. The par ents are studying, the tutors are learning, and the children are not only being stimulated, but are also in a safe, supervised sit uation." pm ■st 48 ble. friends' :nient ParkM 1 ’ 1 niversity Cenl‘ r Please Note: Open to all inter ested students. Your attendance at the Information Meeting is a prerequisite to your interviewing process. Please attend. Refresh ments provided! Casual attire. 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