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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: Lessons of Virginia Tech
Many questions have been raised in the wake of the spring semester tragedy at Virginia Tech. Over the months ahead, they will continue to be asked and, to some degree, answered. There can be value in looking back, thoughtfully and in an effort to find a better future.
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Cases of the Month: Censorship by Theft
Each year, colleges and universities face a variety of challenges. One that seems to have become an issue each and every spring at schools around the country is the theft of large quantities of college newspapers. The particular reasons may vary from place to place, but in most circumstances, the papers are taken by someone, a student, who does not want other students to read the content.
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Cross Examination: Responding to Bogus Threats
One publication from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) simply notes that “… a student may use a bomb threat to avoid a test or miss a class.” This year, a commencement exercise at the University of California-Riverside was canceled due to bomb threats. Where did the threats come from? How did the school respond? What can colleges and universities do to deal with these threats?
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Liability Tip: Responding to Overseas Crisis With a growing number of student traveling overseas each year for an international academic experience, the likelihood of an international crisis involving students increases.
Cross Examination: Press Still Free Decades Later
The 1983 student burglary and theft charges had been printed in the Cornell University student newspaper but when an Internet search found the old article in 2007, the accused student sued..
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