The viewing and funeral for UC Berkeley senior Chris Wootton, who was killed early Saturday morning outside Chi Omega sorority, will be held this weekend.

Viewing:

Friday 5-9-08 @ 6-9 p.m.
Rice Mortuary
5310 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90503

Funeral Service:

Saturday 5-10-08 @ 10 a.m.
Hope Chapel
2306 P.C.H.
Hermosa Bch, CA 90254
(310) 374-4673

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Mayfair Faculty Club c/o Chris Wootton Scholarship 6000 North Woodruff, Lakewood CA. 90713.

After the crime scene tape and cop cars have left, students of UC Berkeley’s Greek community have left signs mourning the passing of a UC Berkeley fraternity member killed last night.

They are mourning the tragic death of 21-year-old Chris Wootton, a member of Sigma Pi who was fatally stabbed early this morning.

In a display of support, students have delivered flowers and chalked phrases such as “We Love You Chris” on the street near the parking lot Wootton was killed. (Click here to read more…)

As a Boalt Hall School of Law student and singer-songwriter, Josh Keesan thinks about law and rock music a lot–often at the same time. Last year he combined his passions on the self-produced record The Law of Rock, Vol. 1, setting lyrics about contributory negligence and promissory estoppel to catchy folk-pop.

When the 24-year-old wants to find new music, he said he usually turns to the Internet. But as a student studying music copyright law, Keesan added that he is conflicted about the phenomenon of online file-sharing.

“I think (illegal file-sharing) is sort of a necessary evil at this point,” Keesan said. “I think (subscription) services like Rhapsody are going to become increasingly prominent as just a way of, ‘I want access to everything new that comes out all the time.’ File-sharing provides a way for that to happen because record labels haven’t provided a way for me to get that.”

Keesan’s songs can be heard on his Web site and MySpace. His biography reads: “While the rest of his Boalt classmates are surfing the Internet and killing time on google chat, Josh is tirelessly working to distill legal doctrine into digestible three-minute musical gems.”