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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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Focus On…: Attacking Alcohol-Again!
Whether it’s on or off campus, the issues related to student alcohol use continue to create difficulties for campuses and communities, and for students themselves. Here’s a quick look at action and issues around the country.
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Key Case: No Travel to Havana
In 2004, the U.S. government tightened its long-standing restrictions on educational programs offered in Cuba. A group of faculty members and students sued, claiming the new regulations were unconstitutional. This summer, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel v. U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Resources: Understanding Alien Issues
Looking for an update on employing foreign nationals on campus? Consider “Immigration Law: Issues for Faculty and Staff,” by M.B. Rhoads and H.L. Konrad. Published by the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA).
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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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