Many students said the article was sexist, Moreno said, because Sedgwick "noted what clothes women were wearing, but not men."

Perez said Sedgwick blew his personality out of proportion as well. "I was called a fiery radical; I have to blush at that," he said. "That's not the way I see myself."

Despite the article's assertions, tension levels on campus this year have been much lower than usual, Law School students said.

The less-stressful environment may be due in part to Dean Robert Clark's recent appointment of Williston professor of law emeritus Roger D. Fisher '43 as a "peace keeper" for the Law School community.

"I think everything is much more quiet this year because Dean Clark is paying Roger Fisher a lot of money to keep things down," Moreno said.

Even so, Ramsdale said she and other students will continue to apply pressure on the administration to include more women and minority faculty members.

She said the school is not "lowering [its] standards by hiring women and minorities."

Although the article portrays the Law School in a stormy light, many said there is no harm done in exposing the truth.

"Old alumni are very ruffled that we are getting a bad reputation," Perez said. "But if this is actually representative of the political climate, let the false facade start coming down.