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Opinion: Punishment Fit the Crime? Laying Down the Law: Handling Harassment Cases Noted: Demanding Resources or a Lawsuit Liability Tip: Computer Users Need Basic Security Just Ask: reference letter risks Follow-up: Judgement in Dorm Fire Deaths Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use Opinion: Scared of the Big Judgments?
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Magna's Campus Legal Monthly - November, 2006 - Full Issue PDF
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Large Risks in Large Crowds at Concerts
Large campus crowds are expected at major sporting events and plans are generally carefully made for them. But what about campus concerts? Do colleges and universities exercise the same care for campus concerts that is displayed for football and basketball games?
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Cases Noted
Mixing Football and Faith
Was faith the reason they were dismissed from the college football team? Three New Mexico State University students say they were “outcasts” on the team because they were Muslim. They have now filed suit in federal court against the school, claiming Constitutional violations.
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Liability Tip: Be Ready for an Emergency
How prepared are you for the next disaster? Certainly, the Fall 2005 Hurricane Katrina experience was an extreme example of disasters, but colleges and universities, and campus units and organizations, need to have plans to continue business, in all, even the most extreme circumstances.
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Cases of the Month
This month, we consider issues colleges and universities can face when they try to extend their boundaries or grow. Consider the challenges faced by three California institutions, and one in New York.
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Just Ask
Q.What is up with the bird flu? To what extent should we be working on plans for a possible pandemic influenza? Where can we get help or guidance?
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Campus Speech Zones: Acceptable Limits
According to court rulings in the past few years, campus speech zones are usually deemed permissible if they keep at least some high-traffic areas open to demonstrators. In addition, court cases in the past few years have suggested that campus constituents have a greater right of access to these areas than outside parties.
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Laying down the Law - Responsibility for Slip and Fall?
Responsibility for Slip and Fall?
The Principle: Colleges and universities have a duty to protect those on campus from foreseeable harms.
The question: With thousands of people on most campuses every day, all moving in a variety of directions, to what extent can schools be held liable for injuries on campus paths?
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Focus On...
This month, we focus on attempts to address issues related to student conduct, as campuses seek to promote civility and reduce rowdiness. Consider these efforts aimed by behaviors at games, in the neighborhoods, and student language.
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Next Week
Follow-Up: Hazards from Hazing A state court has ordered a national Greek letter organization and its chapter at the University of Texas-Austin to pay $16.2 million damages for a freshman fall to his death as a result of hazing.
Key Case: They Will Know (or Say No) to Christians…
Using state criteria, students at a Methodist and a Roman Catholic school received financial aid, but the state refused to provide scholarships to students at a Buddhist institution. Does the Colorado program violate freedom of religion and equal protection standards?
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