Computer use on campus is obviously widespread and growing rapidly. Technology is now a factor in most transactions on campus, in most classrooms, and in most communication. But as technology use by students, faculty and staff increases, so does the opportunity for misuse.

Q. I am regularly asked to write letters of recommendation for students, some who I know very well. Others I have more limited contact with. I want to be as helpful as I can, so I try to provide reference letters if at all possible. Are there risks in this approach?

Seven years after three Seton Hall University (NJ) students died in a residence hall fire, the students who deliberately set the blaze were sentenced in court. Earlier this year, two former students received five-year prison terms, with an opportunity for parole within sixteen months.