November 15, 2005

National On-Campus Report - November 15, 2005 - Full Issue
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Educating Students about the Law: How to Throw a Cop-Free Party, and Maybe Change the World
Can you charge a cover at a house party if you’ve hired a band? Can police get permission to search your apartment from your landlord? If a police officer asks you for ID, can you refuse? That’s what University of Wisconsin–Madison students wanted to know during a recent question-and-answer period with the founder of a student rights advocacy group.

Quick Quotes: Students and the Law
"Kids know a lot about the stance of litigiousness in society—they know the buzzwords—and they know that you can sue somebody, but they don’t know the details."

Today’s Student Giving Campaigns: Smarter and Earlier
Asking students to donate money to campus while they’re still enrolled seems a bit brash, given the increasing debt loads and tuition costs students face. Despite this challenge, some colleges and universities are rethinking their approach to philanthropy and becoming better at cultivating student donors.

Campus Capsules
New schedule helps commuter students lower their gasoline bills; Magazine replaces ailing yearbook; Celebrities make rounds as guest lecturers; More Facebook fun

Legal Updates
Students allegedly burn 7,000 copies of campus newspaper; Court sides with college in academic dismissal case; Fine for swearing does not violate student due process rights; Qualified immunity protects campus police in disorderly conduct case; Faculty can't sue campus for student newspaper remarks