My, how we've grown! One of the very founders of the RG wrote to let us know that, while he was surfing the Internet, he stumbled upon our beautiful website (theresgestae.com if you haven't yet checked it out). His pride for the publication is evident 60 years later, and we thank him for having the gumption and tenacity to pave the way for the one and only Res Gestae, which is clearly just as dear to our hearts today.

Here's a quick look at the Law School's early engagement with the Web, or the "WWW" as the author of this February 2, 1995, article in the RG put it. The description of hypertext is pretty sweet. If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then perhaps, fourteen years from now, editors of the RG can giggle when they come upon our articles about the consternation generated by MLaw Live.

The Law School Prom takes place in just a couple of weeks, so Kicking it Old School decided to look into the RG archives to see what sorts of parties and dances Michigan law students have planned and attended over the decades. Issues of the paper from 1957-1959 provided a few gems, including this one. The Crease Ball seems to have endured for a while--KiOS has seen references to it in many an old RG. KiOS also hopes it's true that one could have a date served a subpoena by a police officer. Not shown here is an ad for Crease Ball tickets noting that the first 150 people to buy tickets would "receive a card entitling them to a free 'clean and crease' of a pair of pants at the Kwick n' Kleen." Does anyone need a plank in a platform for an LSSS run?

Kicking It Old School planned to cover a different topic this in this installment (something about prior attempts to persuade the law school community of the wisdom of keeping a shark in the library's lightwell), but when, while researching, we found this in the November 11, 1981 issue of the RG, we changed our plan: