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June 28, 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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Resources: Notes on Note Taking

According to one recent publication, providing campus note-takers is "about more than providing notes.” With note taking a common accommodation for some student disabilities, colleges and universities are advised to consider related issues. One available source on the topic is a new pamphlet from LRP Publications.

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Liability Tip: The Challenge of Walls

Team-building challenge courses and climbing walls can be great from an educational perspective. But they can be a liability nightmare if not properly designed, built and operated. Is your campus up to the challenge course and wall challenge?

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Cases Noted: A Second Hack at Missouri

It happened again – a loss of personal data from computer records at the University of Missouri. This spring, the files of more than 22,000 students and alumni were breached by Internet accounts based in China and Australia. The records included all students and graduates who worked while in school at one of the system’s four campuses.

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Cases of the Month: Hitting a Sour Note College and university marching bands have a rich history and tradition of promoting institutional pride, but some have a history their schools are a bit less proud of today.

Resources: Focus on Constitutional Concerns How to balance individual rights with institutional responsibilities? Consider some tips from “The First Amendment on Campus: Handbook for College and University Administrators.”



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