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March 6, 2007

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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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Opinion: Enough Already

They thought it was a good day in Columbus, Ohio, after this fall’s OSU-Michigan football game. There were only 93 game-related arrests. There were no serious injuries. And outside of the stadium and parking lots, it only cost OSU $45,000 to clean up from the crowd!

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Out of the Courts: Taking On Campus Sexual Assaults

Sexual assault is widely considered to be the most underreported violent crime in America. That is the first of many findings from a U.S. Department of Justice review, “Sexual Assault on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Are Doing About It.”

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Cases of the Month: Mixing Money and Alcohol

This month, a look at the use of fines, cash, and taxes to attempt to control alcohol use and abuse by college students around the country. Can money accomplish what education cannot?

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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?