The students aren't the only ones withlegitimate reasons behind their actions,International Law Society President BenjaminRozwood says.
"Students see faculty diversity as the end goalwhile the faculty and the administration have tomaintain strict academic standards in theirselection." he says. "I think the different pacesbetween these two are the cause of the tension."
But other students defend the earlier activismand say that its time may come again.
"That agitation served a very important purposein stimulating the movement," says Bernstein.
And the present peace is not due to a lack ofstudent commitment to diversity, she says. Infact, the lack of external conflict represents "amuch greater internalized stress," Bernstein says.
"There are students here at the Law Schooltoday who are willing to be noisy and would takepart in civil disobedience, if need be," she says.The "type of student involved in the high-levelagitation" and committed to the cause is stillvery much present at the Law School, she says.
Students say they really can't predict when andif the peace will end. But if the past history ofthe Law School is any guide, it can't lastforever.
"Perhaps it's like a cycle and tension may riseagain later," Herrera says.
Is the current situation merely a lull betweenstorms?
"It could be," says Bernstein, "I don't know.But I don't think people want a storm."