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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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Liability Tip: Heading into the Danger Zone
Most campuses are in a constant state of construction and re-construction. New building and renovation of existing facilities is an on-going process. With all of this construction underway, colleges and universities can take advantage of a real opportunity to improve safety and security. Think before you build or restore!
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Key Case: Contract in Controversy?
They were law students at William Marsh Rice University (TX), a husband and wife. In spring 2002, they took an organic chemistry class together. While attending a minority law workshop, out of town with another instructor, they were given a chemistry exam they were missing back at Rice. The students were instructed to take the exam in separate hotel rooms and return them to the instructor in two hours.
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Cases Noted: Not Guilty in Crime Report Case
A state jury has ruled that the former dean of students from Notre Dame College (Ohio) did not violate the law by not telling police about two student sexual assaults. The former dean had been charged with two counts of failing to report a felony.
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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?
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